First lil side project I’ve done since starting my job.. Making a few of these for friends… Cuz all my friends are hipsters with an abundance of scarves.

First lil side project I’ve done since starting my job.. Making a few of these for friends… Cuz all my friends are hipsters with an abundance of scarves.

Dems were sum unhappy termites.

Dems were sum unhappy termites.

“the poet is you who reads” my cousin snapped this when we went to rome.

“the poet is you who reads”

my cousin snapped this when we went to rome.

i’ve joined the cutting board club.

end-grain cutting board by me. in oak.

don’t mind the awful chamfer. 

Here is a photo of my completed workbench. I built this as my final project in cabinetmaking school. The bench is essentially a lite version of Ian Kirby`s bench. The original calls for a 3” thick maple top and 3”x3” legs. I built my bench entirely out of red oak and made the standard unit of the table 1-3/4”. I also shortened the bench by almost a foot. Changes were made for no reason other than cost savings, I managed to find some short boards of 8/4 red oak. Everything else about the bench was to the original plans. The big tenons are wedged. I did all my mortising on a hollow chisel mortiser and tenoning with a table saw tenoning jig. It wasn’t a super complicated piece, but really fun to build. Most of our recent classwork was veneered carcasses, so it was nice to use some “real” joinery for a change.This bench will hopefully be prominent in many future photos of my workpieces. 

Here is a photo of my completed workbench. I built this as my final project in cabinetmaking school. 

The bench is essentially a lite version of Ian Kirby`s bench. The original calls for a 3” thick maple top and 3”x3” legs. I built my bench entirely out of red oak and made the standard unit of the table 1-3/4”. I also shortened the bench by almost a foot. Changes were made for no reason other than cost savings, I managed to find some short boards of 8/4 red oak. Everything else about the bench was to the original plans. The big tenons are wedged.

I did all my mortising on a hollow chisel mortiser and tenoning with a table saw tenoning jig. 

It wasn’t a super complicated piece, but really fun to build. Most of our recent classwork was veneered carcasses, so it was nice to use some “real” joinery for a change.

This bench will hopefully be prominent in many future photos of my workpieces. 

more to come.

When someone asks me what I want for Christmas, how will I explain this to them?

When someone asks me what I want for Christmas, how will I explain this to them?

(Source: olsthoorn)

If I haven’t been really into my schoolwork lately and building furniture it’s because I’ve spent the last little while working on this:

It’s my new longboard! I pressed it in a vacuum bag out of 7plys of 1/16” maple. It’s got moderate tub cave, 41.25” long with a 33.25” wheelbase. I fucking love it. It came out a bit flexier than I had hoped, but it still shreds quite nicely.

This is the 6th board I’ve pressed, but the first since starting woodworking school. The skills I’ve developed there really show in the final product, this board is a vast improvement over my last.

Next time I want to experiment with a screw press, the vacuum bags are very temperamental, and I think mine has sprung a leak. I also want to try using Titebond III next time. I used gorilla glue for this.. it does the job but because it expands when it dries it’s not exactly ideal.  

I shredded this board on an 18% grade on friday (as steep as it gets in Ontario) and had a fucking blast! I’ve already had a few friends ask me to make them one!