Mish mash

On the left: shooting board, on the right: start of workbench.

I made the shooting board to help square the edges of the kids bookcase. It worked pretty well but a sharp plane is needed otherwise it chatters.

The workbench will have a laminated top. On the right is the beginning of that. I have salvaged 2x4's from a remodel that's going on up the street. I have to take out nails and remove any dirt but it is free and will work fine. The workbench design will be a blend of roubo (link 2) and "Bob and Daves' good fast and cheap" (link pdf).

Kids Bookcase

I have the pieces to the top all roughed out. So now you can finally see the "V" taking shape. I think I will just do a finger joint for the sides. I just don't feel comfortable cutting dovetails on angled grain yet. I will be adding a divider in the middle so as to have 2 sections.






This is a close-up of the boards I am using for the top. These were from the kitchen re-model we did recently. They are very nice single plank boards 11 1/2" wide. These would cost about $5 ft. new. That's alot of money saved.


Also, I will be making a shooting board to trim the ends of the pieces.