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The drawer for the chess table needs an insert in order to keep the chess and checker pieces neat, organized and displayed in a pleasing manner.  I started with a few ideas on paper, and [...]

My father and I went over to an advertised estate sale, and we could not find anything we really needed or wanted.  We were headed out of the basement, when a rusty old sentinel in the corner [...]

I took the completed chess table down to Ronnie Holland to be spray finished.  If you are in the North Georgia area, and you are looking for very high quality re-finishing work to be completed, [...]

Recently, I was asked if I wanted to come and get a filing cabinet which had been in a garage with a water leak.  The top of the cabinet had rusted, but the rest of the cabinet was in great shape [...]

The Windsor chair project has progressed now to the point where I am painting the chair.  I decided I wanted a traditional finish, but also for the chair to show considerable wear.  I want a [...]

We recently had a visitor show up at the shop who was in need of an interesting object.  The group of quilters needed a part for their large commercial sewing machines that held the very large [...]

I have done some carving projects over the years, and always wanted to make a shaving horse, in order to do some of the larger projects that were on my bucket list.  I found the shaving horse [...]

Keeping with the theme of “legacy” projects that have been hanging out and not being completed, I started working on the final pieces for the Grandfather clock.  I have been working [...]

Well, it has been like an old home week.  I have revisited quite a few of my “long term” projects and have made an attempt to clear the decks and get some of them in the house for [...]

So chapter two of the drawer saga turned out to have a much happier tone.  The glue up of the drawer in the table worked perfectly!  We fitted the drawer to the table and it was a great fit.  The [...]