Raised dog dishes wrap-up

They’re done, and I’m really happy with how they turned out. This was my first experience with black walnut, and I must say, I really like the wood. It was really easy to work with my limited hand tool collection and skill set. Most of the work was done with power tools, but I used my hand tools for a lot of the finishing and finesse work.

I have read that walnut is the “premier” North American furniture making wood, and after this project I can see why. The only real drawback of walnut is that it has large pores/grain. I had originally wanted a glass smooth surface for the top, but I quickly changed my mind when I realized how much work that would require. Ok, that’s enough of me babbling on it’s time for the photos.

collapsible spray booth

I was on vacation last week so I built myself a collapsible spray booth.  The walls are made up of 8: 45″ by 90″ panels.   The corners are formed by joining 2 panels with door hinges; thus allowing the booth to be collapsible for storage.  The 4 corner units are bolted together using 2 parallel boards: 1 along the top of the wall, and 1 along the bottom.  The top of the booth is a single sheet of plastic film held in place by the top parallel boards.
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