Map/Plan Rack
I recently went
looking for a map/plan rack to put all those rolled up house plans that keep
multiplying around here. Nothing, nada, zero, zip ... no such thing available
in the 4th largest metropolitan area of the US. So I did what I
should have done in the first place ... build to spec.
Thanks to
CAD I was able to precisely layout 15
circles of the appropriate diameter in the 10" x 20" available scraps
heretofore destined for the heap.
The need was
urgent, so this design-while-you-build piece was made of rift sawn oak plywood leftover from a previous project,
but after it was done I
couldn't help but think how nice it would look made out of quarter sawn white oak, with
through tenons and corbels ... Hmmmm.
Exterior Garage Side Door Restoration
A picture,
or six, is worth a thousand words ...
Cabinet Door Adjustable Spice
Rack
5/6/06 - After
two big kitchen projects in a row this year, it was definitely time to kick back
and enjoy some simple, old fashioned woodworking on a much smaller scale:
This little project, promised now for about a year to a dear friend, had been
waiting on the generation of sufficient maple scraps, and it
took the drawer leftovers from those two kitchen projects to get it started. The above shows
the almost completed unit, screwed to the edge of the shop bench to get an idea
of how it is going to fit on the target cabinet door.
The spice rack is comprised of a 'back frame' containing one half of a French
cleat, pictured above; and the 'trays', which contain the other half of the
French cleat, pictured below:
The trays (including an extra just in case), in various stages of completion,
and the simple router jig used to cut the curve in the end pieces of the trays.
The router jig is used with a bottom bearing, flush trim bit.
Top view of one of the trays
showing the corner detail. All parts are made from 1/2" and 1/4" hard maple.
Joinery for all parts is dadoes, or half lap joints in the case of the back
frame, and glued with TiteBond III. No fasteners were used in the construction.
All that
remains is a final fitting to the cabinet door, and then a couple of coats of
clear lacquer sprayed on to give the maple a natural wood finish. All-in-all, a
satisfying little project that reaffirms how good it can feel to create something
useful from the off-cut pile, no matter the scale.
Craftsman Style House Numbers
Frank
Lloyd Wright house numbers in a Craftsman style frame.
Designed for a
client's Craftsman home and destined for display under a porch overhang, I
fashioned this piece from
quarter sawn white oak, finished with ZAR 114 Provincial stain, and protected
from the elements with four coats
of exterior poly.
Page
1 (Bedside
Table; Kitchen Cabinets)
Page 2
(Trivet; Writing
Desk; Trad. End Table; Lamp)
Page 3 (A&C Coffee
Table; TV Cabinet; Walnut Coffee Table; A&C End Table)
Page 4 (Walnut Hall
Table; Granite Top Mission Table; Mission Hall Table)
Page 5 (708 Style Writing Table)
(Mission Trestle Table)
Page 6 (Arts and
Crafts Bench)
Page 7 (New
Construction 2005-Kitchen)
Page 8 (Tool
Drawers; Stacked Tansu)
Page 9 (Plan
Rack; Door Restoration; Spice Rack; A&C House# Frame)
Page 10 (Craftsman
Chair Reproduction)
Page 11 (A&C
Kitchen Dining Set)
Page 12
(Cherry/Walnut Hope Chest)
Page 13 (Mission
Sideboard)
Page 14 (Kitchen
Drawers; Calendar Frames)
Page 15 (Corner
Cabinet)
Page 16 (2008
Kitchen Project/Trash Pullout)
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