Diaries of a Craftsman
This one is from my beautiful bride, You can check out her awesome works on the web at Twine and Tumbleweeds or on Facebook HandyHubs is my knight in a flannel! This dog gate is going to keep our dogs healthy and breathing. Keeping …
If you are anything like me, you make pencil marks on just about everything. On lumber for cutting, sketch pads, even walls when you’re trying to hang pictures or shelves and what not. Pictured in the photo was me hanging a shelf (JK ha)… Maybe? …
One last project before we close out 2020 delivered. Our friends at Elevate Insurance were in need of a conference table to match the other pieces we created for them. Using 2X6 and 1X6 premium pine, we created this 8′ X 35″ V-legged Table.
We ripped 13 2X6 X8’s down to 5 inches, taking the rounded edges off the table, then ran them through the planer to clean up the main surfaces. Using our Handy Dandy Kreg Jig, we then added a series of pocket holes. Putting Gorilla Wood Glue in between the boards, we then pocket screwed the boards together making sure we reversed the grains on each board to avoid warping. Then clamped them to keep them tight while the glue dried. We let them sit overnight in a nice 70 degrees.
Meanwhile, I assembled the V-Legs and lined them up on the support boards.
Once everything was dry we took a special touch and hand planed the excess glue off and did several passes with various grits of sandpaper for a nice smooth finish.
Merideth stained them with Minwax, Dark Walnut penerating wood stain, which really brought out the design of the grain. the table was sealed with our favorite poly, Polycrylic Protective Finish.
Delivered Just before New Year, the Crew at Elevate was ecstatic!
Visit our Friends Markese and Cherise Green At Elevate Insurance Agency!
Located at 1800 Capitol Avenue, Cheyenne, WY 82001
Email: elevateinsurancewy@gmail.com
Phone: 307-638-7770
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Welcome to the Farm! We are so Excited to Start our new adventures!. Kinda overwhelming at the moment but we will settle in. As we are Moving in, one of the first things we had to do was finish off the fence in the back …
Good Ol Royal Remington Steele, Remi has been by my (our) side for 14 years now. So loyal and Happy. We have had many adventures together. Some not so good but, most were amazing. Today I had to say good by to my best shop …
Big project in the books! This was a fun and exciting Build with Merideth’s creative designs and my tools. This project turned out beautifully.
We started with the L shaped desks, to make the frames, we used pine 2X4s featuring a two-tire shelf on one side. For the Desktops, we used edge-glued tabletops that we purchased from Menards and cut them to fit. Assembly consists of hidden pocket screws and Straight brackets for the desktop connection.
Merideth then designed a two-tier receptionist desk, using 2X4s and fine covered plywood for the “Walls” Covered with prefab tongue and groove shiplap on the outside. the desktops and customer standing edges made from Edge glued boards. Mer then put a coat of Rust-Oleum Ultra Cover Primer on and let cure for a day.
Mer then painted them with Rust-Oleum Countertop Coating in a light Ash color to match the customer’s office paint tone.
Delivery was made just in time for the grand opening party. Next on the docket for Elevate Insurance? Conference room table!
Visit our Friends Markese and Cherise Green At Elevate!
Located at 1800 Capitol Avenue, Cheyenne, WY 82001
Email: elevateinsurancewy@gmail.com
Phone: 307-638-7770
My oldest boy is quite the creative person, we have built some cool things over the years, and he comes up with some awesome Ideas for Art, tie-dying, painting, melting, burning setting stuff on fire. Any way he has great Ideas. He spent some time …
Well, it finally happened and was much needed, My Beautiful bride, Merideth ( #twineandtumbleweeds ), went and bought me good ol’ Pickup Truck. I am so excited! I love it and got a screaming deal on it! We have been needing one for so long …
My Beautiful Bride, Merideth, and I celebrate 18 years of marriage this year, June 22nd to be exact (almost 25 together).
For our anniversary I made this LOVE Knick-Knack shelf to accompany her Cow painting and display her Willow Tree Figurines.
The Build was quite easy. Here is the cut list using 1X4s:
Put together with 1 5/8″ 6-Lobe Drive Steel Pro Trim Wood Screws filled the wholes with Elmer’s wood putty and then sanded it a little ruff for a more rustic look.
Stained with Verithane Premium wood stain in a Golden Oak color. it really pops against our light gray walls.
Happy Anniversary My Love!!!
Quick little project during or COVID Quarantine, Not only do I love old wood but finding love in old wood is cool. This piece came from a very special (To Mer and I) tree that we had cut at a friends home. We searched all …