Santa's present this year...

Was a nice mitre gauge for the table saw... And a book on basic box design. Could there be a method to all this?

Long overdue post

Long overdue but not particularly insightful.

Turbine gun by Earlex

Winter has gone by, the two shelf units has gone from sketchup to real things. I'm now at the finishing stage, minus the back of the two top cabinet. I primed the lower cabinets using a brand new spray gun that my mother-in-law and I have purchased as a joint venture.

Spraying Zinsser primer with the Earlex 5500

It took me a few minutes before feeling like I kindof knew what I was doing. But hey, a few minutes isn't bad. It will take a while longer before I get a good sense of how the spray gun behaves when working on complex 3D structures like shelves. 

The gun was not as noisy as I though it would be when I tried it indoor. Overspray was limited to no more than 3 meters from the workpiece at most. Setting up is a chore, but once you are spraying, it is worth the effort. Cleaning was no more difficult that to clean brushes according to the exacting standards of my mother-in-law.

What is on the TODO list (short term)

I need to put together a spray booth so work can be done indoor in the garage. This is uninspiring work, but it has to be done. I'm going to go with the design from FineWoodWorking.com . All I need is to get around to buy the stuff, and get it done. Grumble.

There is a light at the end of this tunnel

I want to get a dent into the Danish cord seat. The cherry is there and certainly acclimatised to the workshop. My wife wants a back to the piece, which made me pause for a bit as I'm not sure how to integrate a back without breaking the aesthetics and simplicity. 

New Project - Dining room shelves

Sketchup of one unit

That is it, I had to put the TV stand away for a few weeks. It is technically very demanding and I find it hard to do it as well as I'd like. So, thanks to my mother in law, I got into a brand new project which should be fast and fun.

Working with plywood turned out to be a surprise: it is stable and already down to thickness. The tablesaw tear cleanly through it like butter. The only downside is that large pieces are awkward to handle. The other downside is that I missed a little bit the temperamental nature of rough lumber.