Plates cut on the CNC. This can easily be done on tablesaw and bandsaw, or with a template and router, etc., but I have the CNC so that's what I used. I also used the CNC to mark where to drill holes for the cable clamps.

Plates and cable clamps. I drilled the holes on the drill press and split the pieces on the bandsaw. I could have done this with the CNC but chose to use the other tools instead. I did use the CNC to mark where to drill the holes and cut each piece, though.

Cable clamps cut -

Gluing the cable clamps in place and using a drill bit for alignment. I had predrilled the plates so this made it easy getting the clamps in the right location.

Clamps finished and fixed on the plates -

Knobs cut on the CNC. Again, this could be done with a bandsaw but more consistent and much easier on the CNC.

Painted flat black to match the brackets and ready for cables -

Ok, I'll do another post shortly with the rest of the photos.
David

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This was my submission to the American Association of Woodturners POP  exhibition and auction.  The theme for this year's POP is "holding space".  Alas, my piece was not selected by the jury for inclusion in the exhibition/auction . 

Each submission needs an artist's statement tieing the work to the show's theme.  Here is mine:

In ray streaked light of early morn,
The new one, the little one is born.
The Guardians gather, holding space.
Hands encircle the protected place.
Securely in a haven found.
Assured by a promise sound.

It's walnut and about 6x6x6.

Along with the above comments, I really wanted this to be a project journal. I've come to believe when you show your work as you are doing it, you become better from the experience. I also love following project journals and I'm bummed there have been fewer and fewer on here. I didn't want to be part of the problem. And no, I'm not a facebook guy and I'm not moving over to that format, won't do it.

Ok, so here goes. I did a wine cabinet a month ago, it turned out well and I had planned to use the basis of that design to make a new liquor cabinet and buffet table. The old ones I have now were made by me 20 years ago and have held up well, but are blocky and unrefined. These will be great to pass on to the kids as they move out. But I wanted to update and get more refined pieces now that my skill level has started to progress. This cabinet has the same flow and leg contours as the wine cabinet had. It's 4' high and about 30" wide. It's made out of walnut I harvested and milled my self and some beautiful curly ambrosia maple that I got from Rickey.

Here are a few pictures in production stage. I took these when I thought I could still get this in a project journal. This is a pic of a side of the cabinet, the 2 legs are attached to a panel with dados via loose tenons (aka Dominos).

A view of dry asembly, the second pic shows I put 3 cross supports dovetailed intro the side panels.

For the drawers I used a center guide rail, I like the simplicity of this and the predictability of this;

Pic with the underside of the drawer;

The doors were a challenge, and I'm not the best at them. I posted on these in regards to what hinge to use. I settled on a simple solution, but I do wish I attempted a offset knife hinge. My opening wasn't perfectly square. When I put the doors in with just dry assembly, here's what I got;

The gap between the doors closes when the top hinges are placed. So I used hide glue for the longer set time and for my ability to manipulate the joint;

I put blue tape in the opening to prevent an "issue". Here's a pic with the top hinges in place, presto no gap left;

I let these doors sit in place until the hide glue cured. Then I hand planed the hinge side of the door to develop a uniform opening from top to bottom. Since I used a no mortise hinge I needed a slight gap for the hinges.

Here's the final assembly, notice the matching figure of the 2 drawers fronts;

The back is shiplapped sassafras, love the smell. Did not put a finish on this.

Here's a pic of the door tenon/mortise joint, a little tearout on the tenon but still a nice fit;

Custom pulls that turned out great;

Grain match was ok, but wasn't a knockout;

The cabinet in place;

Handcut dovetails in the drawers;

Fully stocked!

Thanks for looking!

It was a fun project and I decided to make one for my daughter and granddaughter. Well, the list kept growing and I decided to make more for other women in my family and friends that have made a difference in my life. So after digging thru my wood stack, I came up with these.

Walnut

Ambrosia maple

Thirteen total.

With three more to go.

I was more than happy to have him in the shop but it did add a few twists to the process.  It's a little bit of a challenge to do all you thinking plotting and planning out load.  The other thing, it has been a long time since I worked on a project where my work time was dictated by days off, his not mine.  He was surprised to find out that the only mechanical fasteners were six screws and six figure 8's to hold the top on.

Made from Cherry, here're a couple of pictures.

Japan's summer is once again scorching hot, with temperatures exceeding 45°C. How's it going in your country?
Please take care of yourself.

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A few months ago we bought 12 five gallon food grade buckets to build a bucket garden.  At first we were going to build it in a 3x4 configuration but decided to build it in a 2x6 configuration instead.  I bought the treated 2x4's and engaged our 14-year old grandson to assist.  

We cut the 10' 2x4's to the proper length for the long stretchers and since he had limited time that's all we did for a few days.  But he wanted to help build it so I waited until he could help again.  When he was available his best friend wanted to help, as well.  So Monday afternoon, the day before Valentine's day (critical info for later) I picked them up from school and we hit the shop.  

Three hours later we had a finished bucket stand!  And they learned a lot about working in a shop environment as well as using tools brand new to them, so it was a good day.  When my wife got home from work I showed her the bucket stand and told her that since I'm a guy and the next day was Valentine's Day, then Happy Valentine's Day!   

It didn't matter to her that I should have built this months ago so that was a good thing.  Now we have to get dirt and begin planting whatever she wants to grow.

I don't have finished pictures yet, but I'll take some and post later. PS, the round table has crazy, beautiful figure all over. Definitely furniture worthy. 

The joinery on this book case is stopped dado's. 1" solid oak.

Made of mahogany and some nice curly maple, with mitered corners. I don't like the holders where the box falls out when you pick them up, so created a sliding bottom, hidden in the miters.

One coat of Rubio, so need to put on another, then some wax for it to be finished.

Got to love quick win projects.

So again I beg your pardon on the pictures.  I completed the piece this spring.  It's about 6 x 4 inches and made from Honduran mahogany.   I call the piece Whirl. 

I noticed on Rick’s workbench was a partially finished cherry table that just needed some tweaking and glue. He told us that it was to go to a good friend of his named Betsy and he was unable to finish it before he sold the tools. I offered to bring it back to Houston and once finished, get it back to him somehow. The only glued up section was a nice live edge top and the other pieces were dry fitted. I took several pics of the dry fitted table and also labeled the individual pieces with blue tape at their junctures. We disassembled the table, wrapped the parts in a shipping blanket and loaded it up for the trip back home. We jokingly said that the project was so tough that it took two of us to finish it. 

For the first 2 or 3 months after I returned, I would trim a piece here and there and add a little Titebond between my other projects until it looked like he had intended for it to look and gave the whole thing several coats of ARS semi-gloss. 
I don’t know if the table was taking too much room in my shop, if I needed to get out of town for a while or just wanted to go see Tennessee again but my wife and I decided to load it into her Traverse and head back to the Nashville area.  After spending a couple of days with Rick and Rickey, we made our way down to visit my wife’s relatives in Louisiana. 
Rick had notified Betsy of our pending arrival and she met us at Rick’s house to pick up the table. She seemed quite pleased with the results and we all had a good time making it happen.

Waiting to sand and paint the wall until we know the picture frame hook isn’t moving down some.

(This wood is from Bell Forest Products) 

Here, I am drilling the hole square and plum, to the shaft to accept the product that will join the head and shaft. I've been using 5/8" threaded rod, and on this batch I am going to make and try 5/8" solid wood dowels out of oak. The cane heads were all made out of 200 year old red oak cutoffs from a couple projects this winter.

I grabbed some bits of walnut and maple off the shelf and started cutting. With the pieces I had, I ended up making a 2 level paper tray for my desk. Moving quickly I accidentally swapped the stock I had planned for the top vs bottom shelves, so the better match ended up on the bottom. Stopped dados in the sides to retain the ‘shelves.’ The top one ended up rather thin and flexy, so I glued a couple thin strips to the underside and clamped it bowing up in the middle slightly. We’ll see how that lasts over time, but it stiffened it up significantly. 

 Quick shellac finish is under way. 

The gaps alongside of the shelf, on the sides, are intentional. #1, I'm paranoid about wood movement. #2, the shelf is installed on the taper of the legs. One part touches the legs, the other doesn't, because of sitting at the taper.

Forty  plus years ago the first thing we did to the house after moving in was build a pergola on the back of the house to create some shade.  It was a project that my Dad and I did over a couple of weekends.  But the time had come to tear the old beast down before it fell down and build a new one.  It is all rough Con-Hart Redwood,  6" X 6" posts, 2" X 6" joist and 2" X 2" staves on top.

Now I just have to get all the patio furniture moved back.