by DMcGirr | Dec 20, 2009 | Carpentry, Woodworking
Remember the desk? Last worked on it way back in August… Anyway, I finished it last Monday, and here’s the final part. Because it’s finished. This here is the pile of wood that the desk has been for the last few months. Upon looking at the...
by DMcGirr | Aug 16, 2009 | Carpentry, Woodworking
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...
by DMcGirr | Aug 15, 2009 | Carpentry, Woodworking
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...
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 | 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…...
