Category Archive: Posts by Finish

Nov 06 2015

Making Valances for Our Bedroom Windows

Categories:

Block Plane, Cordless Drill, Dado Stack, Finish Nailer, Minwax Stain, Miter Saw, Pin Nailer, Polycrylic, Pull Saw, Quick Clamp, Red Oak, Table Saw, ToolGuyd, X-Mat System

by benjamen

November 6, 2015

Over on ToolGuyd, I reviewed the Woodpeckers X-Mat Deluxe kit 1. One of the projects I used the X-Mat system for was to make some valances for our bedroom. In the summer, it is really hard to sleep past 6 am in the morning because the sun comes out and is very bright in …

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Jul 22 2015

Finishing a Rustic Cherry Mirror

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Cherry, Colt Router, Minwax Tung Oil

by benjamen

July 22, 2015

When I reviewed the DelVe square for ToolGuyd, I started to build a mirror frame using the square. I never showed the final steps and the finished product because it wasn’t relevant to the review. So this post takes over where that post …

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Jul 06 2015

Filling a Finish Can with Marbles

Categories:

Urethane

by benjamen

July 6, 2015

While I was talking to the guy at Woodcraft about how to make a better bathroom cup, I also talked to him about why I had such bad luck with General Finishes Arm-R-Seal in the past. One thing he said I could try …

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Jul 06 2015

New Bathroom Cup

Categories:

Lathe, Maple, Purple Heartwood, Urethane, Walnut

by benjamen

July 6, 2015

A few years ago I made a small bathroom cup on my lathe. I turned it from a glued up block of maple, purple heartwood, and walnut. The cup lasted me about a year and a half and then the glue failed. I had used Titebond to glue the blank together …

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Jun 28 2015

Color Coded Shop Outlets

Categories:

Shop, Spray Paint

by benjamen

June 28, 2015

A few years ago I remembered reading on the Penultimate Workshop that Dyami Plotke color coded his outlets to avoid putting to many machines on the same circuit. I always thought this was a great idea, but never got around to implementing it. While I don’t blow a lot of breakers anymore because …

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Feb 26 2015

Making a Cornice out of Crown Molding

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Finish Nailer, Minwax Stain, Miter Saw, Pin Nailer, Polycrylic, Red Oak, Remodeling

by benjamen

February 26, 2015

When we replaced the exterior windows and doors in our family room, I trimmed the door out with a fluted casing and a cornice made out of crown molding. Now that we remodeled our family room, I wanted to trim out the double doors into the …

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Feb 18 2015

Treehouse Bed

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Cordless Drill, External Stain, Miter Saw, Pine, Router Table, Son, Table Saw, Treehouse Bed

by benjamen

February 18, 2015

My son’s treehouse bed is possibly the largest, most complex project I have attempted. It took over a year to complete. After planning and partially building this project, I discovered the finished pieces wouldn’t fit out the door. This set me back several months as I tried to …

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Jan 29 2015

Adding a Mouse Door to Some Baseboard

Categories:

Acrylic Paint, Daughter, Red Oak, Scroll Saw

by benjamen

January 29, 2015

You’d think my main reason for installing a mouse door in the baseboard was to add a bit of whimsy to our family room addition. You might be partially right, but my real motivation starts with trying to lay baseboard in my kitchen. A few years ago, when I …

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Jan 01 2015

Matching Pine Trim to Oak

Categories:

Minwax Stain, Pine, Red Oak, Remodeling

by benjamen

January 1, 2015

To trim out the family room, we choose red oak colored with Minwax natural wood stain. The story would end here, but I also needed to match some pine picture rail to this trim. After shopping around, the only picture rail I could source locally came in pine. Now you …

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Dec 12 2014

Pass Through Window

Categories:

Minwax Tung Oil, Orbital Sander, Polycrylic, Remodeling, Walnut

by benjamen

December 12, 2014

Remodeling is a runaway train. First we just wanted to get rid of the old shag carpet in our family room and replace it with a laminate floor. Then my wife said we should paint the ceiling to get rid of the black rafter outlines. Before you know it, we’re painting …

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