Woodworking ⁽⁹¹⁾

Brian Bilbrey January 27, 2013

Another weekend gone

Also this weekend, I baked cookies, and made an army's worth of chili. I used the last of the summer's freezer-reserve tomato sauce, a couple of pounds each of ground turkey and ground spicy italian sausage, and mixed red kidney and black beans. Heat and chili powder added. Yum! Sadly, the cookies are almost gone... I got the second coat of white on the shelving today. A small roller with a smooth-coat cover, and a gallon-size rolling grid solved the problems I was having with painting. I still have to decide what to do next: Poly or no poly. I'm…

Brian Bilbrey January 26, 2013

Finishing in Stages

The woodshop isn't big enough to build everything, then finish everything, then put everything in place up here in my office. SO ... I've assembled the first set of shelves (which was done by the end of last weekend). Since then, I've been applying finishes. Four days of finish, just for the shelving backs. A coat of the dark teal, knock down the grain, and recoat with the teal. Coat once with satin finish oil-modified water-based polyurethane, sand with 320 grit, and recoat with the poly. The backs are stunning, but not photographable as standalone objects. You'll see what I'm…

Brian Bilbrey January 2, 2013

Happy 2013

Or as Jenny puts it, "The Library opened yesterday." I like that metaphor. It's a bit Doctor Who-ish, but cool. I spent most of New Year's Day doing production work down in the basement, trimming and cutting dadoes and rabbets for the other three shelving units. Tonight, I started assembly: The Second Shelf

Brian Bilbrey December 29, 2012

Wider

The shelving unit that goes beside the door is a two-piece: a 12" deep bottom section, and a 9" deep upper, totalling 7 feet tall. Here's the next stage of assembly of the bottom section, glued up and curing right now: This evening, I plan to get the side piece glued on, so that I can fabricate the back, and start preparing this unit for paint.

Brian Bilbrey December 25, 2012

Shelving begins

Finished assembly on the bones of the trial shelving unit: It'll stay in the workshop, sans face frame. The first half of one of the office lower shelves is in glue-up on the table saw extension: Shelving assembly