Work Bench Top Box

This is a work bench top built from a piece of 2' x 6' x 3/4" Birch plywood that is reinforced around the edges and width wise with 1 x 2 inch pine boards of the kind you buy in a bundle at Lowe's. The boards were verticaly (long side) straightened on a jointer and then glued and screwed in place with drywall screws. The ends of the  1 x 2's are mitered but not glued.  I also added some 2 inch strips of MDF under the long sides in order to provide a better contact surface than the softer pine and increasing dimensional rigidity.  The finish is a coat of boiled linseed oil.

The work bench top sits on top of another of my custom made devices called the "sladders".  These are very strong saw horses with three horizontal shelves.  The top is a 2x6 that is wide enough to stand on.  The other shelves can also be climbed and stood on as with a step ladder so this device is a called a "sladder". 

The view under the top.

Belt Sander Stand Box

This stand was built from reused redwood 2 x 4's and pressed fiber board panels from a white bathroom vanity stand.  The top and bottom frames were made using keyed mitered joints with one three inch screw to pull the joint tight while gluing. I painted the exposed fiber board and shelf with oil enamel white paint.  The top is a piece of MDF.    Plywood squares on the corners form feet. The stand is upside down in this picture.

The sander stand in place in my work shop with the Hitachi belt sander mounted on top.

Urn, Ring, and Chocolate Boxes

The large box is my urn.  A urn does not need to be a ceramic vase, the cemetary at which I have a plot paid for said that people make their own urns these days out of a variety of materials including wood.  The large box on the left is the urn, consider this as prototypical.  I also plan to use it for a camping box.  The smallest boxes in the foreground are ring boxes, the other is a chocolate box.

Heirloom Tomatoes

I started these from seed back in March. The variety is Russian Miscowitchz (sp?) The fruit is large and bulbous with green stem area and dark purple-maroon bodies. The flesh is also deep maroon, and deliciousl

 Four of the plants are now in this pen, protected from the wind and animals by three foot high panel of black plastic.  The ground inside the pen is is covered with weed block that warms the ground and keeps the moisture from evaporating.  The jugs of water are intended to provide a warmer micro clime. Today is June 20th, 2011; a three month growing season ahead. Will they make?

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Two Year Goal

6:54 PM 5/28/2011


Be living in a house by the sea with a view of the mountains and a beautiful garden and a hobby barn with wood shop downstairs and writer's loft upstairs together with several people that I love.


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Garden Bed Box

This raised garden bed is a box constructed from reused 2 x 6 inch redwood planks that were formerly part of the exterior columns of a tree house.  The garden bed sits on reused sand box filled that was filled with bedding sand.  I mixed in a few bags of garden soil and sheep and peet and covered with mulch.  Need an irrigation system.

Garden Bed Box under construction on the garage floor.  The Hitachi 18v drill and driver work great on the 2 1/2 screws that I used for assemble.

Guitar Kit Box

There are many custom jigs and cauls necessary to build the Steward-MacDonald Triple 0 Guitar Kit.  After reaching the point of needing to wait for 10 to 14 days for the Tru-Oil finish on the body and neck to dry, I decided to make a large box to hold these and get the pile off the floor in the meantime.  This box is 15 by 15 high and deep and 27 inches long.  The tray is removable and will fit on the floor of the box.  The side and bottom panels are quater inch oak faced plywood in redwood frames.  The top and bottom frames are 3/4 by 1 1/2 inch pine frames with keyed mitre joints of tiger wood.  The tray is made of maple, note its symmetry.  A concession to having to decide the correct orientation of the tray.

Tray in progress on my router island work stand.

Rosewood Guitar with Tru-Oil Finish

Back, click to zoom  in for up close of open pore finish.

Side

Slotted Head Stock, Rosewood Veneer over Mahogony.

While the guitar was drying, I made some boxes.