Wine Rack Pt. 2

I have been channeling my inner David Marks recently, by making routing templates from MDF. They aren’t anything special, just 1/2″ MDF that I rough cut with the jig saw, and then sanded fare with flexible sanding sticks. I have one template left to make, and that’s the one for the “racks”, and it’s going to be the hardest, because it doesn’t have a single strait surface on it. Check in next time to see how i did.

Wine Rack Pt. 1

My next project is for the kitchen, and will be my first project that incorporates lots of curves, and mortise & tenons. That’s right, I have yet to make anything that uses mortise & tenon joinery. My design is based on a photo I found on woodstore.net. My design will be a little more complicated to make, but I think it’s more aesthetically pleasing. I’m going to use Peruvian Walnut for the vertical boards, but I’m not sure what wood I’m going to use for horizontal boards. Right now, I’m considering either Purpleheart or hard Maple.

Solid carbide joy

So what do you do when you when you have a project that requires mortises and pattern routing in a splintery wood? You buy yourself some solid carbide joy. Seriously, spiral bits do an excellent job at taming chip out, they work just like a helical cutting head in a planer or jointer. They attack the wood with a shearing action, so they remove material quietly & gently.

Considering something new

It’s time that I own up to the fact that I’m not a good writer, and hence not a very good blogger. No this doesn’t mean I’m going to stop blogging, what it means is that I’m going to change my blogs format a little. Instead of spending days agonizing over what to say and how to say it, I’m going to start blogging tumblr style. In short I’m going to start posting more often, but my post will be shorter, a paragraph or two at most. Don’t worry I’ll still post lots of photos.

picture frames

I don’t have much to say in this post, but I do have a lot to show. Last time I showed the jigs I use to make picture frames, This times I have some frames to show. Over the last couple of weeks, I have made the two frames pictured below, They where both made using simple router bits, and wood left over from other projects. The first one is made from Honduran Mahogany, with miters reinforced with Mahogany keys. The second frame is made of Jatoba, one of my favorite woods. It’s miters are reinforced with Jatoba keys.