A colorful little night stand with a single drawer and shelf. #woodworking
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Sketch of the Day: Shop Cart
This shop cart concept features a removable top. The top can serve as an additional mobile work surface when in place. When removed, it can serve as a tray. The cart itself is good for moving heavy items within a shop. #woodworking
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Sketch of the Day: Work Stool/Tote
I like multipurpose projects. This stool/tote concept is one I’ve explored before, so additional sketches are fine tuning. #woodworking
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Sketch of the Day: Plant Stand
A very basic plant stand concept. #gardening #woodworking
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Plan of the Week: Florida Chair Side Table
The Chief’s Shop Florida Chair Side Table is the last of my Florida series of projects, which includes the Florida Chair and the Florida Chair Footrest. You can of course build it as a standalone piece either for outdoor or indoor use.
You’ll need a miter saw, jig saw, and a Kreg Jig to complete this project.
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Sketch of the Day: Contemplation Bench
A small and beefy bench for a quiet garden spot.
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Sketch of the Day: Frame Trellis
This pyramid trellis is functional for training vines and for adding architectural interest to a garden or yard.
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Clearing Boards of Brads
Woodworkers are pros at recycling materials. Heck, lumber is expensive nowadays. But to reuse lumber we’ve got to clean it up, and that means ridding a piece of fasteners.
With large nails, you can hammer them back through a board and then pull them out with pliers, usually grabbing them by their heads. But brads can be tricky. They’re thin, spindly, and bend easily. Hammering them back out isn’t really an option.
The solution is to pull them on through the board using end nipper pliers.
The trick is to grab them just enough to get a good grip, but not too tight as to cut them, then roll them out (notice how the brad is curled in the photo below). I use a putty knife as a support to keep the pliers from denting the surface of the wood, particularly if it’s a softwood.
This shot is of one out of four boards from which I was pulling brads. And out of all of those, I did manage to cut one of the brads before pulling it out. What do you to then? Take the smallest nail set you have and drive the brad (from the front side of the board) through enough until you can grab the brad with the nippers.
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Sketch of the Day: Pyramid Trellis
This pyramid trellis is functional for training vines and for adding architectural interest to a garden or yard.
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Sketch of the Day: Firepit Benches
These firepit benches also will be built with some reclaimed lumber I’m pulling from a demo of a wood playset.
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