by DMcGirr | Aug 12, 2009 | Carpentry, Woodworking
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...
by DMcGirr | Aug 10, 2009 | Carpentry, Engineering, Woodworking
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...
by DMcGirr | Aug 3, 2009 | 365 project, Carpentry
My jovial face hides the nature of my thoughts lately: that my current comfort with being on the dole, and living week to week and never really achieving anything is a cycle of just marking time. I finished my my pliot today, and I’m sending it off within the...
by DMcGirr | Jul 12, 2009 | Carpentry, Engineering, Woodworking
Hello there are welcome to the second of The Mad Carpenter’s tool reviews. Today we have a look at the power drill, one of the corner stones of the woodworking world. You need a drill these days; either for driving screws, drilling pilot holes or drilling…...
by DMcGirr | Jul 8, 2009 | 365 project, Carpentry
Click after the jump for the drawing of the desk I’ve needed since I moved in. It’s still in the rough stages, but I’ve been interested in nomadic furniture for a while now, so I’m thinking I need to make it modular. 80cm by 80cm. So that all...
by DMcGirr | Jul 5, 2009 | 365 project, Carpentry, Real life sort of stuff, Stuff
Still sitting around with the buddies. Becky might be moving in. Which I think is fantastic news. She’s a stilt walker, circus performer and prop maker. She alters her own clothes, and all that sort of stuff. Frank’s an animator, Mary plays music, Sin...
