Stuffed Chicken Thighs
Mark Bronkalla Stuffed thighs are better than stuffed breasts You will find many recipes for stuffed chicken breasts. However stuffing chicken thighs produces a taster and juicier dish. A few years ago…
Staining the dressers
Finishing for “pop” With the quarter sawn oak, I want to enhance the grain figure while also making the mix of white and red oak piece blend together. Additionally the…
Bison Rump Roast – Sous Vide
Roast 3 lb bison rump roast split lengthwise 1 bulb garlic roasted at 375 for 20 min with tops cut off and some olive oil. The goal is to bake…
Making the Dresser Tops
This time I am using White Oak veneered MDF that is 3/4″ thick. I ran a cross a deal on some sheets that were edge damaged at Alpine Plywood when…
Fixing some defects
Defects happen With any project there will be defects to fix, for a variety of reasons. With the batch of drawers assembled there were a few that had some gaps…
Trimming and fitting drawers
Design and construction elements This design uses “flush” drawers that fit closely into the frame. Final fitting is fussier than if you are using overlay fronts. The drawers need to…
Dresser drawers part 2
Lessons learned With the first batch of the top drawers out of the way, it was now time to start on the rest of them. These are bigger, and I…
Dresser Drawer Construction
Building out the drawer boxes There are many ways to build the drawers. I have settled on a particular technique for the furniture I build which provides what I think…
Sweet Potato Pecan Pie
One of my Favorites Sweet Potato Pecan Pie has become a Thanksgiving and Christmas staple for us. Originally, I was intrigued with Sweet Potato Pecan Pie after having it on…
Dresser project – small drawer dovetails
Initial testing One of the goals when making the CNC router was to be able to do general woodworking joinery including dovetails, sliding dovetails and mortise and tenon joints. The…