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Category Archives: Home Improvement
Concealing Mistakes
With the decision to create breadboard ends made, the focus quickly turned to sourcing material. As I’ve lamented in the past, my part of Cleveland is a bit of a hardwood desert. I only needed one 6″ wide x 48″ … Continue reading
Posted in Dining Table, Home Improvement
Tagged Breadboard Ends, Dining Table, fixing mistakes, walnut
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Failure & Wisdom
With the two huge slabs sufficiently flat, I was eager to apply glue and bust out the long clamps. Fortunately, my beard accumulated a touch more gray since my last large panel glue up. Therefore, I spent a full night’s … Continue reading
Posted in Dining Table, Home Improvement, Uncategorized
Tagged Dining Table, Disappointment, jointing edges, Learning, Lie-Nielsen, sap wood, walnut
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Properly Built Dining Tables Start With Large Televisions
Where were we? The base was done but the top needed attention. Nature did most of the heavy lifting on the tabletop. I just needed to position the grain correctly and concentrate on tight joinery. The only downside of these … Continue reading
Posted in Dining Table, Home Improvement, The Big Reno
Tagged Bookmatch, CNC, Dining Table, hand plane, hybrid woodworking, Lie-Nielsen, Mike Siemsen, Naked Woodworking, Nicholson bench, table top, walnut
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George Walker Comes to My House (kinda)
Just to be clear, George has never been to my actual house. However, when I noticed my front porch column was completely rotted, my first thought was to bust out my copy of By Hand & Eye. My next stop was … Continue reading
Posted in Home Improvement
Tagged By Hand & Eye, DIY, Front Porch, George Walker, mitre box, Old School, PVC
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Milking It – Part III: Fin
I finished up the milk painted bench and I’m happy to report it’s been in use for about two weeks. My experience with “Real” milk paint wasn’t as easy as I’d thought. The acrylic stuff from General Finishes that I … Continue reading
Posted in Home Improvement, Mud Room
Tagged Ana White, benches, Domino, fabric, Festool, Milk Paint
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Milking It – Part II
After reading all the good advice today (thanks everyone!) I was quite confident going into coat two. I mixed everything at the 2:1 ratio of water to paint like yesterday. I sanded with 320 grit sanding pad and removed the … Continue reading
Posted in Home Improvement, Mud Room
Tagged Ana White, exploration, Milk Paint, new horizons, winging it
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Milking It – Part I
I tried my hand at milk paint tonight (Real Milk Paint). I followed the instructions from company with the ratio provided by Chris’ in a recent post. I was a bit shocked by the “foaminess” or “thickness” of the consistency. My … Continue reading