We have two of these giant first aid kits packed with odd and unusual items that I'm not prepared to use, maybe the tracheotomy tube. Dad was an MD, and this is part of his legacy. I should have brought the kit with me to the installation, it wouldn't have prevented anything but it sure would have been impressive. In any case, I'm well and slowly getting back up to speed.
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Well, well. I've scored a cabinet job. Most people think that cabinetmaking and furniture making are the same thing, but they're not, which is not to say that a cabinet cannot be a piece of furniture, but he point is that modern cabinet making requires efficient processing of panels, be they plywood, melamine, MDF etc. The cases are usually standardized sizes and use a wide variety of hinges and slides that are...
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Here's a nice little furniture project. This tiny table, only 18 inches tall, is designed to fit between two low slung wicker chairs and to be used to put tea cups and snacks on. The top oval is a removable tray with the lower trays being pull out shelves. The bottom of the trays will likely be laminated with Abet Laminati's rice paper "formica" that I have left over from another project if I can find it. ...
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Ah. The doors.They're done. Now usually a project such as this doesn't take so long, but we were under no constraints other than our own appointment with our ultimate destiny, and so we could, more than less, work at our leisure. Here's a wide shot or two of the installation. The handles came out rather well and we'd like to do a few more versions of these if given the chance. ...
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Well, Mara has gotten most of the finish onto the door job. Here I'm chopping a mortise for the lock. And, custom jobs come with custom problems, like finding the right sized extension ring for a lock that's really designed for aluminum doors that one sees used in retail shops. So, here's a ring made from a bit of Osage Orange. The little clock job is advancing and Mara is in the middle stages of...
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Nice skies. Jupiter, Venus, the Moon, and if you look at the horizon, Mercury. I don't know where Earth is. In other news, Mara is applying the finish to the doors. She's using Sikkens Marine and is fussing with it. "Gloppy, with a heavy iron pigment for sunscreen which hides the grain", she says. Gosh, the wood grain looks like the horizon. What does it mean?
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