Woodworking: Speakers, Table, China Cabinet
I put what I'd hoped would be the final coat of polyurethane on the table I got a while back for my office at work. (Sadly, I didn't do a good job and it will need another final coat eventually.) It looks pretty nice and is small and round (3 ft round with a pedestal instead of legs), so we decided to put our ugly kitchen table in my office at work and this one in our kitchen. Did the exchange tonight, and I think it will be a nice improvement in the kitchen. (Our kitchen is TINY, so making optimal use of it is important.)
Additionally today, I got to play with the scroll saw as I was helping Josh work on the speakers he is making. A scroll saw is a saw with a little tiny blade that allows you to cut out fun shapes. I've probably said it before, but I will say it again: the scroll saw is way cool and lots of fun. You can do fun little shapes and it totally feels like sewing... except you are cutting wood instead of joining fabric.
Also working on Josh's speakers, I got to use the router. A router is the tool that is used for things like the nice rounded (or more ornate) edge of a dining room table, or for the top of a baseboard. In our case, we were using it to make the entrance to the port rounded. It was fun also.
Anyhow, all this leaves me thinking I kind of want to make a china cabinet. I'm just thinking about all the cool stuff I could do with a scroll saw and a router... and a big pile of wood and lots of time on my hands. Well, maybe someday. When it's not about to be freezing cold in the garage for 6 months. In the mean time, I will probably just make myself one more shelf for the china cabinet I have now.
Or maybe I will get another china cabinet off craigslist. I like this one. Though I'm not sure that's really the "style" I want in my dining room, I think I could do nicely for books and games in a living room someday and would go really nicely with our antique couch and victrola players. Price is right too. Too bad it's 2 hours away. Don't like it that much.
Additionally today, I got to play with the scroll saw as I was helping Josh work on the speakers he is making. A scroll saw is a saw with a little tiny blade that allows you to cut out fun shapes. I've probably said it before, but I will say it again: the scroll saw is way cool and lots of fun. You can do fun little shapes and it totally feels like sewing... except you are cutting wood instead of joining fabric.
Also working on Josh's speakers, I got to use the router. A router is the tool that is used for things like the nice rounded (or more ornate) edge of a dining room table, or for the top of a baseboard. In our case, we were using it to make the entrance to the port rounded. It was fun also.
Anyhow, all this leaves me thinking I kind of want to make a china cabinet. I'm just thinking about all the cool stuff I could do with a scroll saw and a router... and a big pile of wood and lots of time on my hands. Well, maybe someday. When it's not about to be freezing cold in the garage for 6 months. In the mean time, I will probably just make myself one more shelf for the china cabinet I have now.
Or maybe I will get another china cabinet off craigslist. I like this one. Though I'm not sure that's really the "style" I want in my dining room, I think I could do nicely for books and games in a living room someday and would go really nicely with our antique couch and victrola players. Price is right too. Too bad it's 2 hours away. Don't like it that much.