End Table: Fitting
Today, we fitted all our pieces together, so that we could measure and fit the bottom shelf and tabletop. We’re actually ahead of schedule today, and ended up having a more laid back pace.
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It’s Tables All the Way Down
During our woodworking class, I paused momentarily to snap of photo of several other classes’ projects: pieces that were in progress. While our class has everyone’s work stored on shelves (we haven’t yet assembled things together yet), these were all here in a group.
End Table: Mortises
Our class today focused on working with our legs, and getting mortises set up. I’ve had some slight exposure to drill presses, but using them for mortises was a new experience (but so much better than doing them by hand).
End Table: Glue Up
During one of the slower moments, near the end – I took some photos. We haven’t been in the classroom itself much, as the last classes have had us out on the main floor with our various pieces.
Here though, we ended class by gluing up our tops and lower shelves.
End Table: First Class
First class tonight, for another session at the Chicago School of Woodworking. We arrived a bit late, and hurriedly got all our materials into the classroom while the rest of the students were out on the floor.
Paused to take this photo, which had a lot of nice light coming in the windows.
Cabinets: Last Day of Class
At the end of class, with our cabinets ready to be transported to the car. L to R it’s me, our instructor Nick, and Liz.
Cabinet Top + Veneer
Today, our instructor Nick gave us two pieces of plywood that we would join via screws to make the cabinet tops. We counter-sunk the screw holes, joined the pieces together with screws, and cleaned up the sides using a router.
Cabinet Doors
A pretty low-key kind of day. We did a lot of work with hinges, installing the main doors for each of our cabinets. Liz and I opted to reverse the hinge placement on our drawers, with the idea that they might end up in our basement/shop next to one another.
Cabinet Hardware
Our instructor, Nick, talking through how the newly installed drawer should function.
Cabinet Class, Drawer Work
Checking to make sure things are level and lined up. Small note: we used splines for the corner joints.
Cabinet Class, Workshop Images
A nice thing about our class time: oftentimes, there aren’t a lot of other people, using the table saws. This is a view of the main area, where we do most of our cuts.
Cabinet Class, Clamps A-Plenty
On seeing this, I have two thoughts. First: that’s a lot of clamps. Second: you can never have too many clamps.
Cabinet Class, First Day
Working with Nick, our instructor, learning how to use a sliding table saw.
Scenes from Woodworking Class
Our next project (which I probably won’t end up finishing in time): a two piece plant stand.
Tonight, we got a walkthrough of the pieces we needed… and we set about measuring, marking, and cutting.
The students in the class are all over the place, in terms of the projects they’re currently working on. Some are pretty far ahead, some are far behind. But we all more or less paused, to work on getting the materials prepped for this project.
Dovetails, Continued
After cutting out the tails, I started work on the pins. Which involved using painter’s tape, and scribing the tails onto the board for the pins.
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