I’m going to be on hiatus for a few weeks, as I have a new shop dog that needs some basic training, and a lot of attention.World, say hello to Wrigley the goldendoodle, yes I’m a Cubs fan. I won’t be on a complete hiatus, I will probably spend most of my nights designing projects (gota love Sketchup) that will be built in the spring.
Wrigley the Goldendoodle
This will be the last box I’m making for a while and It hardly deserves a post of it’s own, But I feel compelled to share a shot of it, because it’s my favorite by far. The Hickory Sides, Black Walnut Keys, and Figured Honduran Mahogany top perfectly compliment each other, at least in my eyes.
Every now and then I get a request for a really simple item, and they are always A joy to make, because they require no planning. On Friday a friend asked if I could make a doorstop for her office, and I said sure no problem. I think this little project, took all of 30 minutes, and 20 of those where spent trying to determine what angle to cut the stop at. I settled on 10 degrees after making a couple test stops from SYP. Hopefully these stops will last a decade or two.
A pair of doorstops
It’s always take me longer to get around to a post than I think it should, I should probably stop predicting when I’m going to post next. With that being said, I’ve finished some more lif-top boxes, and I even remembered to shoot some video this time. This is not my best recording job, but hey it was 45 degrees in the shop.
I finished the prototype box last night. The top is Spalted Maple, the sides are Poplar, & the bottom is Red Cedar. The finish is two coats of Watco Danish oil, followed by a coat of clear Liberon Black Bison wax. This was the first time I’ve used Spalted Maple, and I have to say It was a lot harder to work that I thought it would be. The lid pictured below is actually #3, The first one chipped out badly while tapering the final side, and #2 split almost in half, while removing it from the cutting jig.
Check back in a few days, as I’m planing to film a video over the weekend, to show how the process I used to make this box deviated from the one Doug shows in his book.
