Gizmodyne | March 27, 2007
door refinished Originally uploaded by gizmodyne.
Finally our door has been stripped, stained, and varnished.
The wayy restoration glass was added to the middle where new glass had been set.
Sadly our workers added a “blackening” that has wiped the patina off of the handle. Grrrrrr.
Overall it looks 1000 [...]
Gizmodyne | March 25, 2007
La BambaI hunted down a source for vertical grain douglas fir plywood for our our kitchen cabinet project. So after about a month of procrastinating and a little bit of nice California weather, I took off after work to Phillips Plywood. Photo from phillipsplywood.com
They are located in Pacoima. (Think Esau Morales, “Riiiiitchieeeeee!!!!!”). I called [...]
Gizmodyne | March 18, 2007
Why we were tired thenLast week we miiled the door parts, routed tongue and groove joints, made breadboard ends, and tennons on the beadboard. The next day we v-grooved all of the beadboard which requires 3 separate set-ups. Above: Kristin runs grooves in the stock. Behind her you can see a doweling machne [...]
Gizmodyne | March 18, 2007
Tedious Task
We needed to mill at least 40 pieces of door components from our recycled douglas fir. This is time consuming and back breaking.
Introducing the Quottromat
Our teacher allowed us to learn to use this awesome machine.
It S4S’s stock in one pass. First it planes and joints the stock and then surfaces and cuts to width.
The [...]
