Isla’s Bed Design Features
Mark Bronkalla I have made a number of beds. The design and construction techniques have evolved along the way to simplify the joinery, minimize fit-up trimming as well as sanding of the…
Woodworking
Isla’s New Bed
I had made a convertible crib / bed for my grand-daughter Isla a almost 4 years ago, see: https://bronkalla.com/blog/2018/03/04/crib-construction-start/. It had been successfully converted from crib to bed. However, Isla…
Dining Table – Completion
Final assembly of the dining table was done in the dining area. It is too big and heavy for Teal and I to move on our own. Assembly “in situ”…
Dining Table – Frame and Slides
Some of you may be wondering why there was such a delay in getting to the end. Besides other projects getting in the way, the finishing takes a long time…
Dining Table – Top Joinery
The table top is the largest part of the project. Not necessarily the most complex but certainly the most time consuming. As a result, I ended up working on multiple…
Dining Table – Coloring the Wood
You might think that “coloring the wood” is an odd phrase but in this project I am dealing with a notoriously difficult type of wood – Cherry. While lovely, cherry…
Dining Table – Trestle Base
The table was modeled completely in Sketchup. This helps to not just plan the work but then I can export individual components such as the legs as input for the…
Dining Table – Top Glue-Up
The wood was broken down into usable lengths, run through the jointer with the power feeder and then planed. It became evident that there was an almost even split of…
Doll Trunk / Travel Case -2
With the back and doors assembled, now we can start on the “dresser drawers”. The drawer fronts are solid stock. I chose maple as it can be finished clear and…
Doll Trunk / Travel Case
My grand-daughters were getting 18″ – “American Girl ” style dolls for Christmas. My daughters asked that I build doll cases for them. They had some suggestions on how they…