Woodworking my way downtown
About a year ago I decided I wanted to build something with my hands, for fun, and for when the grid goes down and I have to fell trees and build shelter. I’m kidding mostly!
Anyway, I found a woodworking class nearby-ish and signed up for the bookcase class. And I went and built a bookcase and learned all about
- Lumber, S3S, and how to avoid the ~twist~
- Miter saws and crosscuts
- Jointers and the importance of a straight edge (me in highschool)
- Table saws and robotically avoiding a disaster
- The ease of planers
- Dados and rabbets! Dattos and rabbits! Doodoos and doodahs!
- Pockets holes and an intro to jigs and all their wonder
- Wood glue, wood glue everywhere!
- Edge jointing, I think that’s what it’s called :)
- The joy and wonder of a router and how I called it a beveller for… too long
- And much, much more!
And at the end, I had a functional bookcase, tadaaaa, made of poplar wood
I painted it a sage green because my partner and I love us a sage green!! I’ll go ahead and ignore any scoffs about painting wood.
AND THEN.
I signed up for the intermediate class peeps!!! I won’t walk through the rigamarole that was me figuring out how to even approach this class. But fast-forward, and I found some plans for a coffee table that I wanted to make and went forth.
And to say this is my pride and joy… is true. I love this thing. I could wax poetic about it forever, but here’s a pic. My baby.
I caught the bug, I love making things from wood. I’m currently building a bed frame for a dog bed because that is who. I. am. Stay tuned!
P.S. A lil side project to hold my morning cups of tea while I read!!
