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One last shot of the flappy shavings of Styrofoam™.
And I'm out! This was a big project for me. My garage is too small, I didn't have nearly enough clamps in the beginning of the project, and I purchased, learned how to use, and then incorporated into the project a thickness planer, a biscuit joiner, pipe clamps, a belt sander, and I learned how to do some times of hinge mortising. I also worked a bit with stains and for the first time, dyes. I did more sanding, and more proper, fine, incremental sanding than I've ever done, by far, to achieve amazingly smooth finishes. I made perfect roundovers with my router table and a new bit, and even ball-corners by hand. I made grooved shelving that came out as I'd hoped, with rounded over front ends. I got to try my hand at several little craft boxes, and those came out great. I found and fell in love with my new favorite woodworking store - Rockler, and I even ordered up a custom color of paint from Home Depot for the first time.
This was a really great project! One to grow on, and learn from.
Mom says she has some pics of the final location for me. I'm hoping to get those soon, and probably add them to the TV stand collection.
IMG_6395
One last shot of the flappy shavings of Styrofoam™.
And I'm out! This was a big project for me. My garage is too small, I didn't have nearly enough clamps in the beginning of the project, and I purchased, learned how to use, and then incorporated into the project a thickness planer, a biscuit joiner, pipe clamps, a belt sander, and I learned how to do some times of hinge mortising. I also worked a bit with stains and for the first time, dyes. I did more sanding, and more proper, fine, incremental sanding than I've ever done, by far, to achieve amazingly smooth finishes. I made perfect roundovers with my router table and a new bit, and even ball-corners by hand. I made grooved shelving that came out as I'd hoped, with rounded over front ends. I got to try my hand at several little craft boxes, and those came out great. I found and fell in love with my new favorite woodworking store - Rockler, and I even ordered up a custom color of paint from Home Depot for the first time.
This was a really great project! One to grow on, and learn from.
Mom says she has some pics of the final location for me. I'm hoping to get those soon, and probably add them to the TV stand collection.