A Quick Update
I haven't update the site in a few days, but never fear, I'm actually building something. I'm making the prospective project #2, the desk for my room. It's going swimmingly and I love being back making something again. If you need a fix in my absence, then go to...
The Bedroom Desk 2
What's on the schedule for today? More of the same. Almost exactly the same in fact - I made a mirror image of what I made yesterday, then cut the three cross pieces. The cross pieces are located at the front of the desk, in the middle of the desk, and about 1/3 of...
The Bedroom Desk
And we're off. So after rough cutting my 17 foot lengths of material down to a manageable size I started marking out and cutting the back upright. This piece, and it's mirror, are the anchors of the desk. The writing surface and the shelves intersect with it, and it...
Desk Saturday
I'll do a separate post for the desk construction. Have a good weekend all.
Friday
The wood arrived this morning, and the delivery guy left it out on the lawn. I didn't realize until the afternoon because I had no reason to go out the front door, and I didn't notice the receipt stuck in the letterbox. But thanks very much for the delivery service...
Thyrsday
Ok, so the title is a typo, but I like it. Went into town today with Frank, went to the builder's merchant and ordered 3 lengths of 17-foot long 2 by 2 pine. Now, I wasn't aware of this, but if you buy unplaned wood, as in direct from the sawmill, it is in fact 2...
Wednesday
So the desk design is up, I'm ordering wood tomorrow. Happy days, Dave's got a project.
Prospective Project #2
And here is my second prospective project. This is a desk for my room that has to fit in a very confined space: 80cm by 80cm. It's between the end of my bed and the wall, and there's nowhere else for it to go because my room is rather small. It's one of the two box...
Tuesday
Still working on that sketchup model. Worked out the dimensions though, and got a rough cutting list together, so I'm good to go.
Monday
Preparations start today for this weekend's project. I'll post the sketchup model on Wednesday when I've got it finished. Got jerked around at the dentist this morning: they won't give me any treatment without the little plastic medical card. Which is not what they...
Prospective project #1
I have the house to myself this weekend. I'm considering doing a project. Google sketchup is a fantastic program to use when you're thrashing out some details. The picture is of a craft table I'm considering; I could build the skeleton quite easily in a weekend. The...