Steve Skidmore
12-28-2006, 2:11 PM
I hope everyone had a safe holiday.
Here are a few pictures of a christmas gift I made for our sister-in-law for her log cabin. After many years of trading gloves and wine and other such things we implemented a rule that our gifts must be self-made which has really added to the fun. Back in October I asked her for ideas and she said she would like a shelf to display the mugs she receives annually from her children with her grandchildren's pictures, she was suprised.
The construction is loose tenon, mainly 6/4 pine all milled from one of several timbers I bought at an estate sale, I have no idea how old it is. The door is 3/4 with 1/8" panes, the back is a 1/4" mirror.
I have built very little with pine and became quite frustrated by the softness. I swear I couldn't get within 10' of these parts without denting them. And if that wasn't frustrating enough I'm still cleaning pitch from the bandsaw blade that I did all the resawing on and my table saw too. I have several more timbers and large (2"x18"x10') boards and we both have cabins that fit well with pine furniture so I guess I better get good at cleaning pitch.
Thanks for looking,
Steve
Here are a few pictures of a christmas gift I made for our sister-in-law for her log cabin. After many years of trading gloves and wine and other such things we implemented a rule that our gifts must be self-made which has really added to the fun. Back in October I asked her for ideas and she said she would like a shelf to display the mugs she receives annually from her children with her grandchildren's pictures, she was suprised.
The construction is loose tenon, mainly 6/4 pine all milled from one of several timbers I bought at an estate sale, I have no idea how old it is. The door is 3/4 with 1/8" panes, the back is a 1/4" mirror.
I have built very little with pine and became quite frustrated by the softness. I swear I couldn't get within 10' of these parts without denting them. And if that wasn't frustrating enough I'm still cleaning pitch from the bandsaw blade that I did all the resawing on and my table saw too. I have several more timbers and large (2"x18"x10') boards and we both have cabins that fit well with pine furniture so I guess I better get good at cleaning pitch.
Thanks for looking,
Steve