Recent content by Shawn Curry

Here it is with a coat of oil, alongside the stack of lumber I made this weekend. Some construction pics too. This is what it looked like December 31: I also had to build these stands (from lumber I milled) in order to run all those 4x6 across my jointer:

I've been dreaming about this one for a couple of years now. Hard maple and red maple, sawn by me from a couple of logs that were down when I bought the property. Roughly 700lbs of curly maple. It's not quite done - I also plan to add a drawer case underneath to house all of my hand tools...

Thanks! It was basically an experiment - I've read that it can be much stronger for end grain applications, which normally tend to soak up a lot of yellow glue and starve the joint. I can't really verify that claim in regards to strength, but I can say that the squeeze out cleaned up much...

Titebond 3 for those. I considered gorilla glue since I was gluing end grain, but I just ended up using a thick coating of titebond. I did use gorilla glue on the miter joints for the boxes. Mitered boxes for my girlfriend, mom, and sister, and a couple friends. Black walnut, black cherry (my...

Santa's workshop 2016 Chessboard for my dad; 1-7/8 squares. Black walnut from my sister's tree and red maple from one of mine. I used the section on the right.

Nice work! I have a walnut branch like that, not quite that large, and I've wanted to make some curved slabs from it. But, there's a knot or two in mine that make me wonder how stable it would be. The granberg length guide is adjustable, in terms of where you can position the "rungs" where...

My woodland pro spinner came with 2-3 different "spinner anvils" for different sizes. I've never tried spinning a 3/8lp though as I put a lot more miles on my .325's and up. My breaker anvil is just a block of metal with various width grooves machined into it, one for each different chain...

Thanks - yours did too? A bed frame is definitely on the list of things I'd love to make. But, I think I might do a few smaller projects next. :)

We installed the restaurant booths last weekend. If you're ever in Newfane NY, come to Calhoon's Pub and check them out!

Thanks! Yes @TimRD is right - cut all of the tenons and bridle joints with this tablesaw jig, and a Freud 20T flat top rip blade (real nice blade BTW):

About halfway through assembly - delivery date is 2 weeks from today:

Bench frames:

I thought really hard about building one of these when I was first starting out. But, I still haven't gotten around to it. I've been storing all of my lumber in my garage, which as it turns out, wasn't too bad of a spot. It's uninsulated, all wood construction, and one of the garage doors...

Progress update - just about ready for some finish on the tables.

Greg and I were thinking more along the lines of "Free Prime Rib Dinner". :D