Work on the bean bag toss game finished today. Suprisingly to me, I squeezed this in during halts on the poker table. Per my usual, I underestimated the time it would take. I did have a good feel for project steps and it was well within my tool and skill level to [...]
The poker table project is done (see image below, with my “supervisor” approving of the work). Considering I started just 3 weeks ago (and frittered away the first week really) not too bad. Like any of my projects, there are things I’d do much differently the second time. Before I forget, I [...]
Out of all the project steps, this one is most definitely a two person process. Not understanding how much foam I’d truly need I bought a 1 inch High Density roll from Jo Ann’s. One thing is certain…I had no clue how expensive foam is. When it came time for this step [...]
Included below are images for the table top itself. The red felt really looks nice, and is snug against the top. Underneath there is some “headliner foam”. In retrospect, I may have used thin bubble wrap stuff because the headliner foam was dang expensive. But not as much as the whisper vinyl.
Here’s the felt mounted [...]
The poker table project kicked off just before Shelley left for a “she-cation” to the NW. As I posted before, I used Mark Junell’s approach as my starting point Link. But I wanted to modify what he did a bit because he used 3 sheets of 3/4 plywood for his table. 3/4 [...]
Poker has consumed much of my free time lately, as you know if you are an occasional reader of my site. If you are a longtime reader here you know that I’m also very much into woodworking. I like both, some for the same reasons and some for their very different ways fulfilling [...]
One of the things Shelley and I have wanted to do is build a storage shed for the LaPine property. You may recall a previous posting Priorities where I lay out things I wanted to do if I had time and the money.
The unfortunate thing is the true high priority projects cost a bunch. More [...]
I’ve picked back up a smaller project that was on the shelf for a bit. My unit Executive Officer left for California around Thanksgiving. As per military customs we sent him off with a farewell ceremony and gave him mementos of our appreciation of his hard work.
One of the gifts I made (bed [...]
Shelley hit it with a vengence today, as I worked on the plywood holder simultaneously. She started off routing the edge on the cedar shingles. They match the trailer’s look nicely.
She then put in dog-ear cuts into the slats, then mounted them on the roofing. Below is the finished product…looks great!
She did [...]
I’ve been wanting to get more skills in making boxes. This is a key technique and set of skills that feed into many projects. I particularly like finger joints, but am scared to death to even consider dovetails. Often considered the mark of a craftsman, dovetails are possible with a router and [...]