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Well...

Looks like there might be a new tag along project in the works, and it will be an interesting one. Drinking my coffee, I hear this:

"I know what you can make me.".


She draws a box on a scrap of paper, and it turns out to be a stand up sewing box similar to a cradle. I ask if she wants cabinet grade maple plywood, but she grins... That walnut would be perfect. I had seen her looking at the stack of black walnut every time she goes into the woodshop.

So... I told her to find the exact design / style she wants and then I will start on the rough sketches. This should be a nice ride.

Piece of cake for you Jim...

markiver54 wrote: ↑

Fri May 10, 2019 10:32 am

Piece of cake for you Jim...

I won't go that far. It will be a challenge. I'll either have to process a large slab of walnut from my stash, or do some jointer work from the black walnut stack I made from the logs I ran thru the bandsaw mill. It will be interesting, I am looking forward to the next couple weeks.
Miss T is searching for a couple pair of hinges on line now.

I may make the sides in a "rails and styles" design, just to have the opportunity to join them with mortises and tenons, and insert the bookmatched panels in the frames.

I bet your wardrobe will benefit when this one is done...keep Miss T happy!

markiver54 wrote: ↑

Fri May 10, 2019 11:23 am

I bet your wardrobe will benefit when this one is done...keep Miss T happy!

She has crocheted me three afghans already. A summer and winter weight for the recliner, and a mid weight for the wheelchair when we go out. It's always cold when we are in public buildings... And the circulation in my legs is poor when I sit for too long. She watches out for me.

If you tackle this one you may give me some ideas that might apply somewhat to a small project I need to get done.

I WILL be tackling it. The hinges are on order and I'll be starting in the next day or so. I will work every day I don't have another commitment, such as a VA appt, or that charity fishing tourney next Friday and Saturday.

Take it in stride for sure!
I personally have become a bit of a procrastinator, however,I know when I am in the right mind and don't jump in until I'm really motivated and into it.
If I push myself, I know I won't like the results. Wish I had your skills and patience.
I DO know that Miss T will love your gift whenever it is completed!

The key to my successes is that I am willing to take a chance, try new ideas and see them fail. I'll back up a step and repeat, or change directions, and not get hurried. Eventually I reach the goal.