Tag: woodworking
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Small Kids Chair
I built Simon a small chair for him to have on the patio next to ours. He won’t sit still yet, but maybe someday. I made a simple design based on the scrap wood I had from other projects. There are two rectangles for the seat and back with pocket hole joints. I used the…
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Busy Board for Simon
I built Simon a busy board so he can play with little connectors and doodads. He really like the door stop and the switches. I want to hook up a led to the switches at some point. The little door on the top right was just added, but he has been playing with this for…
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Raised Garden Bed
Amanda and I built a simple box for a raised garden bed. Its about 8x4ft and 12in tall. It held a lot of dirt. We bought 1 yard from the local city compost place and it took almost all of the dirt to fill it. We used this guys design from his youtube video. It’s…
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Carving a Spoon Bowl
I was wanting a small bowl to put my spoon on for when I make coffee in the mornings. I had a scrap oak board and used the angle grinder with a sand flap disk to carve out a long shallow bowl. I finished it with tung oil and it is working well. A different…
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Wooden Toy Car
I made Simon a little wooden toy car, it’s kind of like one of the pinewood derby cars. I cut it out from scrap 2×4 and 3d printed the wheels. I tried using nails first, but I couldn’t find any with a good fit. Simon was getting too impatient at the store, so I bought…