Plane, not sanded, please

Here's a photo of the drawer I just finished. No sand paper used. I applied the finish to the hand planed surface and .. I .. think it turned out pretty well.

I'll sand in between coats, of course, but only lightly and with 220 grit.

Takin' the router plane out for a spin - Bench Tool Storage

Using the router plane to make bench tool storage.


The final product.

Fun with Scrubby, Jack and John

Well, I have to admit it, I was dreading flattening the new workbench top. But it turned out to be kinda fun. With aid of Scubby (the wooden scrub plane), I was able remove all the high spots from the top. Then Jack (the shorter Jack plane, of course) leveled things out.

Last, the jointer plane made it all flat and pretty. There are still a few scrubby tracks that need to be removed, but I'll get to those later. For now I have a really nice and flat top to start making my drawers and wall cabinet on. Yippee!

The Pilgrimage to Mecca

It was decided that for my birthday, we would pilgrimage north .. to Mecca. This was a long anticipated journey.

As we traveled northward, ice formed on the ocean shoreline.

End Tables start to come together

The fitting.


Using my new skewed rabbit plane to trim the tenons to a perfect fit. I used Chris Schwarz's suggestion and removed the front knob which makes the plane look pretty, but gets in the way during use.