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Happy Father's Day! I love making personalized gif Happy Father's Day! I love making personalized gifts, and I think this latest project is one of my best. I made this #thinredline flag for @msilvis1213 a couple weeks ago, and she gave it to her husband, a volunteer fireman here in central PA, yesterday. Pine with acryllic paint and @minwaxusa Classic Grey and water-based scarlet with a white vinyl decal courtesy of my #silhouettecameo. #woodworking #rusticdecor #woodenflag
I was cleaning up all the pieces for the last 2 se I was cleaning up all the pieces for the last 2 seven-footers in the set of 8 #castlejoint benches I've been plugging away at for the last two months, and "Here's To The Night" by Eve 6 started playing and gave me graduation goggles. Figured I'd share a few pics of my parts pile before I start assembling. #woodworking #joinery #patiofurniture
It wouldn't be summer if I didn't build a few #yar It wouldn't be summer if I didn't build a few #yardzee sets. #woodworking #yardgames #summerfun
Two more #castlejoint benches ready for my client! Two more #castlejoint benches ready for my client! These are 7 feet long, and yes, they are as heavy as they look. #woodworking #joinery #patiofurniture #outdoorfurniture
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Dropped these four #castlejoint benches off at my Dropped these four #castlejoint benches off at my client's house yesterday. Loving how this set is turning out. I'll get going on the long benches ASAP. #woodworking #joinery #outdoorfurniture #patiofurniture Note: That's not blood or paint or anything in the third pic. I upped the color saturation a bit and didn't notice it turned the sappy, dark knot bright red. Oops!
Client photos are the best photos! My neighbors hu Client photos are the best photos! My neighbors hung their new #Peloton shelf yesterday and sent me this pic. It looks awesome! #woodworking #rusticelegance #rusticdecor
Looking back at my old posts, I realized I never p Looking back at my old posts, I realized I never posted pics of all of the floating crown moulding selves I built for our stairway. I could never get them to look right in photos because the lighting isn't ideal. I took some new pics recently, and after some time in Lightroom and plenty of tweaking within IG, I think I've got something decent, if heavily edited. Bonus pic at the end showing progress on a trio of castle joint benches. #woodworking #rusticelegance #rusticdecor #floatingshelves
Busy couple weeks of castle joint glue ups with th Busy couple weeks of castle joint glue ups with three benches almost finished. While I was waiting for glue to dry (Loctite construction cement needs to be in clamps for 24 hours!) I was also working on a #Peloton shelf for another neighbor and a monkey bar addition to the kiddos' swingset (with thanks to my wife for drawing up plans and helping with construction). #woodworking #joinery #backyardplayground
I knocked out a dozen castle joint bench legs yest I knocked out a dozen castle joint bench legs yesterday. Each one takes 10-15 minutes once I get into a groove. My new heavy duty tenoning jig makes things easy. Here's a condensed look at the process with an arthouse filter to distract from the giant mess that is my shop. #woodworking #woodshop #woodworker #joinery
Another project for a neighbor - a custom shelf wi Another project for a neighbor - a custom shelf with shoe hooks to hold #Peloton shoes, towels, and a water bottle. I'll be working on this while glue dries on the castle joint benches in the coming weeks. #woodworking #SketchUp
Decided my tenoning jig needed an upgrade. This be Decided my tenoning jig needed an upgrade. This beast should do the job. I wasn't thrilled with the stability during the test cut, especially since I'll be pushing 6x6 table legs through the blade with this, so I added the outrigger you can see in the fourth pic. It's rock solid now. Last pic shows what I was using previously. Slight difference. #woodworking #woodshop #shophacks #joinery
Dropped this #castlejoint bench off at my client's Dropped this #castlejoint bench off at my client's house yesterday. And then I picked it back up today. It's going to serve as a model for the other 7 benches I'll be batching out in the coming weeks. Luckily they live in the same neighborhood! I'm happy with how this first one turned out, and I'm even happier that I now know a bunch of little tweaks to make the rest even better. #woodworking #patiofurniture #deckfurniture #joinery
No preschool doesn't mean no learning! Quality tim No preschool doesn't mean no learning! Quality time with the block plane this morning, evening out a pair of 6" halflaps on this bench. #woodworking #quarantine #quarantinewoodworking #quarantinelife
#ShopHack - 90 degree clamping guides are extremel #ShopHack - 90 degree clamping guides are extremely useful, but they're also a bit expensive, especially as you'll almost always need more than one for a glue up. I made a set of four out of aluminum speed squares from HF. They're only $3 regular price, but you can often find a 30% off 10 under $10 coupon, which means you can make a set of 4 clamping guides for about $20. I used @loctiteglue PL Premium construction cement to glue them. #woodworking #woodshop #shophacks
Working on #castlejoint uprights this morning. The Working on #castlejoint uprights this morning. The symmetry is #oddlysatisfying . These will be the legs for the first bench I'm building all the way through before batching out the other seven. #woodworking #joinery
Given that I'm dimensioning 300+ linear feet of 4x Given that I'm dimensioning 300+ linear feet of 4x4s, 6x6s, and 2x6s for this patio set project, I figured I should upgrade my dust collection a bit. I had been using the orange 5 gallon bucket you can see peeking out from behind its 30 gallon replacement. Slight difference. The generic cyclone topper I got on eBay a while back continues to be awesome. Every shaving and virtually every speck of dust drops into the bin instead of clogging my filter. . . . The rig is two circles of MDF, one that fits tightly inside the top of the bin and one that sits on top of the rim with weather stripping to provide a seal. I also had to seal the seams of the can with silicon caulking before it was air tight enough for the shavings/dust to drop through the cyclone. Only issue is that if the air flow is restricted at all, the can buckles slightly and then pops back out when the airflow is restored. Still makes me jump every time. #quarantinewoodworking #woodworking #woodshop #shophacks #dustcollection
Several projects ago, I started getting a bit more Several projects ago, I started getting a bit more serious with my build plans. I've always used #SketchUp for design, but hard copies of those designs rarely made it into my shop. I was using simple text-only cut lists with handwritten notes + the occasional screenshot on my phone for complicated parts (and/or relying way too much on my memory). Lately, I've been taking the time to put together more detailed plans, and it is time WELL spent. Here's a look at some of the details from a project I'm jumping into fully this week - a castle joint patio set that will eventually comprise 8 benches and 2 giant tables. Look back in my feed for additional images of the models for the entire set as well as my practice #castlejoint examples. #woodworking #furnitureplans #woodshop
Finished this bookshelf bench just in time to stay Finished this bookshelf bench just in time to stay home and read lots of books with my girls! It'll live in oldest's bedroom (pic 3), but I grabbed some pics in a less kiddy setting as well. Hoping this grows with the girls and they get many, many years of use from it. #woodworking #bookshelf #bench #booklover
I won't be able to deliver it for a while, but the I won't be able to deliver it for a while, but the table for my daughter's #preschool #classroom it done! Lots of rounded edges and robust construction will make this a safe and hopefully longlasting addition. It'll replace an old flat-pack table in the play kitchen area of the room that has seen better days. For now, it's getting broken in at morning lemonade + goldfish cracker parties. #woodworking #kidfurniture #playroom
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