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My Clamps Don’t Match

There’s an old adage that you can never have enough clamps. Personally I’ve never been fond of adages; I generally find them to be a shortcut to actually thinking. I almost uttered “you can never have enough clamps” when finishing this glue up. But I have plenty of clamps left over so that can’t be a true statement. Instead I was left wondering why I seem to have no more than 4 clamps of any size or length that match. Good news is that the drawers are almost done and I can start on fit and finish shortly.

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This Weekend’s Stylus Work

In between all of the other shop activities, I turned out a few new stylus (styli?) this weekend. The walnut one was from leftover wood used for a concert poster frame. The cherry one was from an old cherry table that couldn’t be salvaged (how could I let that lumber go to waste). The maple one comes from the drawers sides / backs that I was working on this weekend. All proudly displayed on my Dodo Case of course…

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Drawers WIP

Finally started to tackle the drawers. It’s amazing how much lumber is required to build a drawer. The planer is in for a workout today. These will certainly be heavy, but the walnut maple combination is worth it.

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Beginnings of an iPad Stylus

Before jumping into the drawers for the dresser, I decided to turn an iPad stylus. Not the most challenging project, but there is a lot to be said for a project that can be started and finished in the same day… Guess it’s time to stop procrastinating and tackle those drawers.

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Doors WIP

With the panels sanded and cleaned up, did a quick door assembly before getting ready to move onto drawers. Which means more dimensioning and cleaning up lumber followed by cutting dovetails in my future.

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Panels WIP

Final panel glue up for walnut dresser / sideboard. Drawers are next. Hopefully only a few more shop days left to finish this one up and then on to new projects.

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