Dresser glue ups – diagonal squaring breakthrough
Mark Bronkalla The dresser frames are now all glued up. As you might expect there is an experience curve here with the last one going most efficiently. I also reached the conclusion…
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Dresser Rails
Here is one more shot of the ends being glued up. This is another case of never having too many clamps of flat surfaces in the shop. The ends are…
Dresser End Grid
The end panels have a decorative “grid”. This add interest to what would otherwise be a plain end panel set in the frame. This sort of decoration is common on…
Dresser Project Legs and End Rails
With the first set of mortises in the corner posts complete, it is time to move on to the second set. As I started cutting the test pieces it became…
Dresser project legs
The legs are the first set of components to make. The rail tenons will fit into the mortises on the legs. There are a lot of mortises to cut. 9…
Dresser project #2
Time to do another set of dressers for the kids. This is the second small production dresser project that I have done for them. The first set was made a…
Baby Gate completion
The baby (and dog) gate turned out well. The flat pieces were all 1/2″ ash. Pivots are 3/8″ dowels. These may need to be sanded or the holes reamed a…
Baby gate
This past weekend we started on a new project: building a baby / dog gate for the bottom of the stairs. When the kids come over they often bring their…
Sharpening a Card Scraper
Mark Bronkalla Scraping for finishing While applying the final coats of epoxy and varnish, there are times when it can be quite frustrating. At times it may seem like you have: Finishing…