Bombe Chest on Chest – Day 2

Yesterday, we made a lot of progress and will hopefully stand the bottom case at the end of today, Day 3. Frank goes home this evening and won’t be back until after the Holidays so the Bombe will be on hold until he returns. There will be a blog on the Bombe tomorrow [...]

Time to Rock and Roll

my term for really cranking it up, the clothes press is finished, need to assemble everything, the hunt board is almost sanded and scraped , gettin ready to get its finish, so really nothing to show there , until we are done,
have a deliberation, today I start a private class on the bombe , have [...]

Hunt board drawers/doors

not quite as far as i wanted, but its coming, will get the doors done today, here are some pictures of the drawers , note i did a center book match crotch on the top drawer, as a central focal point , the lt and rt small drawer is plain walnut, the hardware would just [...]

Still Whittling

well im still finishing up the hunt board construction, hope to wrap it up today…decided to get a little creative with those doors and drawers , so i resawed some walnut crotch for drawer fronts and door panels , that took a little while, not the sawing but the selecting..but i think we have it, [...]

whats up

the girls are at home today, using some older computers that dont have the compatibility issues , you would think these software companies would make sure everything is compatible before putting it out there…guess not…i think they use us as the test folks…and then to build the computer in china and have it support folks in india [...]

Clothes Press construction complete

the clothes press is all built and most of the sanding is done, a little more to do, but did alot as we built it, here are some pictures of it all built, and a shot of the swing door ,corner..where we used a 45 degree glue block full length in the corner to reinforce [...]

more clothes press

Here are a few more pictures of the Clothes Press as it’s getting wrapped up. We have the opening sides as well the crown opens and will have a false floor, this is really a cool piece, and will surely be a neat conversation piece, if one elects to show all the hidden compartments…will [...]

Wrapping up the Clothes Press

today I am finishing Up the clothes press, will take today and tomorrow, got to make the drawers and finish up some upper case details, then we can get some final photos before we start finishing it , its been alot of fun , and a head scratcher here and there , but otherwise , [...]

Hicksville Planing Mill

Yesterday,  Jeff and I went up to Hicksville mill , nothing fancy here , just hard-working folks and lots of wood , they are not on-line , do not take Credit cards , and can be a bit difficult to get on a phone, they are running around moving lumber and working, BUT if you are willing [...]

Thinking Ahead

today i will finish up the 5 or 6 webisodes on the corner cabinet we are doing as the show, then back to the clothes press and huntboard….the girls are back processing cases and bases, the new computers are a big help , but sure was a wonderful stress filled week or so getting them all on-line and [...]