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Sunday, May 17, 2009

Thursday, March 12, 2009






All that's left are the hinges and a little
surprise left off to the day of delivery.




Letters are painted and ready to
be put in there place.

Friday, March 6, 2009





The red will house the letter "A"
The yellow will house the letter "C"
Blue and green are next.




Taped and ready for the painting of two colors.



Wood working is pretty much done now.
Notice the rounded corners so when
she falls on it we won't have to get stitches.



Here we put on the framework that will
house the alphabet letters.




Here is the top drying.
The bottom is the same.




Next we add the Bottom and some feet.
The bottom (same as Top) is 1 x 5's
glued together using biscuits and Elmers.




We first make the box itself.
It is 3/4 in. plywood.

Saturday, January 3, 2009



Stay tuned, I have a new member of the
family on the way. Waiting for plans to arrive.
Will take you through the making of this
toy box. I'm excited to get the show on the road.

http://www.u-bild.com/projects-childrens/2059.htm

Friday, July 25, 2008





Finished Gingerbread Clock. AKA, Kitchen Clock.
Circa 1898. Any comments, please?

Friday, July 18, 2008





Back to the Gingerbread Clock. I installed everything just to
make sure there won't be any surprises when the clock is
finished and I assemble it. Now I will take it apart and sand it, stain it, apply the Tung Oil and wax it. Next photo should be a finished
clock.

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Saturday, July 5, 2008






Finished, ready for shipment

Saturday, June 21, 2008




After gluing up some cherry wood I saved from my brothers kitchen cabinet doors he replaced. A little band saw and outer edge router work and walaa, this what came out.Next is the cutout for the clock insert, some cherry stain and a nice Tung Oil finish.


I thought I would take a break from the Gingerbread Clock to make a clock for my niece.
She reminded me she was the only one in family that did not have some sort of clock from me.
My brother Peter printed a couple drawings of Wisconsin because that's were they live and I will make a simple wall hanger from these.I chose the one on the left.It's bigger than it looks.

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Sunday, June 1, 2008



The router work for the door is done.
Took almost all day as I tried to stay
true to the original 1898 clock.





Everything is glued to the main body.
The door is next.

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Thursday, May 8, 2008




I worked on the top.Some carving, a little router work and a little scroll saw work.Still a ways to go.