X Marks the spot. For the next mortise. I’ll need to do four of these, one on the end of each stretcher. The width is 3/8 inch leaving wall thickness of 5/16. For some reason, I don’t have a 3/8 chisel, so I’ll need to pick up one of those tomorrow morning. Fortunately, they’re fairly…
Just completed my first spreader to leg mortise and tenon. When it fits, it fits. Three more to go.
This is beside the point, but last night before bed, I took one 5 mg Melatonin tablet to help me sleep. Whew! I won’t be doing that again! I don’t think it helped much last night, but I’ve been trying to wake up all day. And to think I almost took two of them. I…
This vise has been sitting in a drawer since before Art passed away. I think he may have even given it to me for Christmas at one point or another. I had always been a little confused about the installation process and was afraid I’d screw it up – or worse – screw up a…
I’ve been storing my clamps by attaching them to a shelf along the east wall. The problem I have with that is that it takes up too much wall/shelf space. So, I’ve just completed putting together a clamp stand that has plenty of room (so far) to accommodate future acquisitions. Here are the photos. It…
We had a few trials today but prevailed nonetheless. The counterbores drilled to accommodate the zipbolts were too far apart. So, I had to use the new Bosch router freehand to mill out more space. In the end, it came out fine. The sections could be fitting a little closer together, so maybe I’ll think…
Just finished my first Zipbolt Connector clearance route. Came out great! Only 25 more to go! The videos below illustrate how they work. And I’ve added a few photos including those of my new Bosch router…
This is an excellent and dense video from Lowes on all the important aspects of installing a butcher block countertop, including the sink.