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What to do with an extra board?
by Steve Newman Thursday, November 18, 2010
When i made that Floating top table, I had an extra 1x8x6' pine board. Needed a small project for this board. I came up with a "chair' of sorts, called a "Pouting Chair". Although this one would be a bit small, one could put a doll...
Old Floor boards= Blanket Chest
by Steve Newman Thursday, November 11, 2010
Old Tongue and groove Pine floor boards from an old school house. Cleaned up, the T&G ripped off, left a lot of 3/4' x 3" vertical grain boards. Using a frame and panel construction, and raised panels, made a box for the Blanket chest. Raised...
Old Pin-nic Table
by Steve Newman Sunday, November 7, 2010
That I re-cycled into a TV Table. I had about eight pieces of 2x6s from an old, non-treated Pin-nic table. I re-sawed some into useful pieces, cross-cut others into a top. The wood turned out to be redwood. The style requested was to be a "Mission...
Reindeer parts
by Steve Newman Wednesday, November 17, 2010
To make that Reindeer: Basically, just four different kinds of parts, you'll need to make two of the front and back legs a body from that 1x6 Antlers, note the grain direction. Use a 3/8s round-over bit on both sides, the notch is cut to fit the notch...
Pine kitchen island
by Steve Newman Friday, February 11, 2011
Just $28 in pine, from Menards. The two shelves are panels sold at Menards. The legs are resawn from a 2x4. The spindles were resawn for a 1x4. The aprons were re-sized from more 1x4s, and cut down to 3" wide. This will get a paint & contact...
Hand plane's tale: Crash and rebirth
by Steve Newman Friday, July 27, 2012
Awhile back, I had won a Diamond Edge #6c handplane. It was kind of rusty, front knob was cracked, everything was in one piece, though.. However, when the box arrived at my front door... .something didn't look quite right. The front of the part came...
cheap table part three
by Steve Newman Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Somehow, I don't like this set up used for pictures. Where was I? Ok, I guess i will just show the completed project, and the Chair it was supposed to match. Chair was my Grandma's, now belongs to my Daughter. let me know if you like it..
Blanket Chest
by Steve Newman Monday, November 14, 2011
From a few old Oaken barn rafters? Yep, after pulling a few pounds of nails, resawing down to about 3/4" thick, and planning down nice and smooth, I wound up with a nice stash of White Oak. Purdy, ain't they? Made a box out of some of the parts...
Chopping a mortise..by hand
by Steve Newman Thursday, December 9, 2010
At least that's the way I do them. I cut the tenons first, and then use them to layout the locations on the mortises. Once I've mark where they will be, I use a Marking guage to mark the sides of the mortise. Next, I use a narrow chisel to start...
Workbench project
by Steve Newman Sunday, May 13, 2012
Is underway. i started with some old, nail-sick, UGLY beams from a garage that fell down, old age. enough for four legs and some other items. I also had a beam laying around outside of the shop, kind of buggy. Wound up takingan axeto plane off the buggy...
Rust hunting results
by Steve Newman Sunday, May 13, 2012
i needed a few planes for the shop. Decided to go visit a few "thrift stores" in my area. Found a few rusty, CHEAP planes. Just needed some work to clean back up , and return to service. A Stanley Bailey #8c at one shop @ $25??? Sold !! Kind...
A look into my shop's tools
by Steve Newman Friday, November 19, 2010
Just some of the toys I make do with My "big" drill press The "Frankensaw", two craftsman tablesaws were used to make this saw. One a broke trunion saw, the other a "parts" saw home made router table, with fence my two bandsaws...
Some older tables
by Steve Newman Thursday, December 30, 2010
A few pictures of some older tables I've made. Mainly a Shaker design, just simple tables. This one has been in a grandkid's room for awhile. Just some "pallet Oak". Old Skinny Leg, more of the Oak pallet wood. Legs were tapered on the...
How I build a chest of drawers
by Steve Newman Saturday, November 13, 2010
end panels web frames details of the frames face frames and drawers. Top in place Details of top's frame, showing a center stretcher. Plywood top sits in the rabbet around the edges. More to follow later...
Just...shelves
by Steve Newman Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Every now and then, I get a board or two. No real project for just a single board. I usuallyjust make a shelf , fancy or not, depending on both the wood, and what "exras" I have on had, maybe a railing sitting on some dowels, or some Shaker...

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