So it is Christmas Eve morning and my wife comes to me and says that she needs me to make something to give to her mother the next day... :help: She and her siblings had gotten together to buy their mother a quilt rack, but said quilt rack was not available to give to her on Christmas so they wanted me to make a miniature version of a quilt rack to give her it its place. Why they thought of me to make the mini and not the full size version I still am not sure other than they don't think I can do "fine furniture":dontknow:
So anyway, I go to my cut-off can (a trash can where I throw my shorts and odd pieces of dowel) and dig out some nice figured maple and some 3/4" walnut dowel. 3 hours later I have this (minus the finish):
The finish was a quick coating of BLO followed with a couple of coats of shellac - not my finest work, but for a "substitute gift" it was fine. I wanted her to be able to use it for something after it served its purpose as "just something for her to open" in the absence of her real gift. I was happy with it, and my brother-in-law thinks it is better quality than the real one! :gar-Bi
My favorite part was getting to use some handtools:
(Note, you can see my cut-off can to the left of the vise...)
I didn't have time to make router templates etc., so I bandsawed the profile and used the shave to smooth out the profile. the inner cut-outs on the legs I did with a drill press, table saw, and some chisel work.
So anyway, I go to my cut-off can (a trash can where I throw my shorts and odd pieces of dowel) and dig out some nice figured maple and some 3/4" walnut dowel. 3 hours later I have this (minus the finish):
The finish was a quick coating of BLO followed with a couple of coats of shellac - not my finest work, but for a "substitute gift" it was fine. I wanted her to be able to use it for something after it served its purpose as "just something for her to open" in the absence of her real gift. I was happy with it, and my brother-in-law thinks it is better quality than the real one! :gar-Bi
My favorite part was getting to use some handtools:
(Note, you can see my cut-off can to the left of the vise...)
I didn't have time to make router templates etc., so I bandsawed the profile and used the shave to smooth out the profile. the inner cut-outs on the legs I did with a drill press, table saw, and some chisel work.
