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So. Much. Masking. #monstermediacabinet #masking #maskingtape #maskingparts

Chisel holders finished just in time for #handtoolthursday. • Evenly spaced 7/8" holes, opened up on the tablesaw, cleaned up with a smoothing plane, and chamfered on the router table. Quick, simple, and effective. And yes, all the slot head screws have been clocked. Vertical. To match the electrical outlets. #blackwalnut #brassandwalnut #walnutandbrass #narex #eabergs #chisel #chiselholder #toolholder #handtoolcabinet #toolcabinet #madewithosmo #osmopolyx

Look closer. • This incredibly cool small hammer arrived yesterday. Made from a casting of his baby finger, Daniel @lineschiselsandbrayers did some fantastic work. The handle has a great feel, and everything seems right, from the weight to the balance. I kinda don't want to mar the beautiful polished face by adjusting plane irons. I love Daniel's work - he manages to fuse a variety of artistic disciplines with talent, skill and attention to detail. He's an inspiration, and I am overjoyed to now have a piece of his functional art. • It also creeps out my wife, who told me to get it out of the house. • And because I'm in between them, I'm using both #cooltooltuesday and #handtoolthursday. • #tapamajig #smallerthanawhackamajig #planehammer #fingerhammer #smallhammer #hammer

The aftermath, er, result from yesterday's video. Simple chisel holder, which gets my chisels off the rolling cart, making room for the heavy drum sander. I used a router table to lightly chamfer all the edges right after this. #chiselholder #chiselrack #handtoolholder #toolcabinet #toolholder #walnut

Parts for the #monstermediacabinet. This thing has been a lot of work.

Quick (?) weekend project. • When we got home from vacation, @mindfulmamatoronto told me she was feeling stressed by our kitchen. Admittedly, I've been ignoring it for 3-1/2 years. So, down came the awful pressboard shelves, the yack-bile-yellow walls were painted out, new red oak shelves were made,, and the wooden countertops were sanded. • I didn't have oak thick enough for what we wanted visually, so I created a lip using miter folds. I'm also really liking the colour of the air dried red oak with the Polyx - much closer in tone to white oak. The shelves and countertops have been finished with Osmo Polyx. • It's still just temporary until we do a full reno, but it cleans it up and will get us by. • #kitchenshelves #redoak #oakshelves #kitchen #kitchenreno #kitchencleanup #miterfold #osmopolyx #madewithosmo

In yesterday's stories, I asked for suggestions on how to remove the edging from the inner panels so that walnut edging could be applied instead. Bad timing on a design change, for sure. The edging is 1/16" thick and adhered to the Baltic birch plywood with @titebondproducts Titebond 3. The cabinet interior has been prefinished, so I need to avoid damaging it, as well. I had a ton suggestions - to everyone who took the time, thank you so very much. There seemed to be a concensus on four ideas: 1) heat and a putty knife; 2) tracksaw; 3) palm router riding on the face of the plywood with a rabbet bit on the first pass, and a flush trim bit on the second, finishing with chisels; 4) slab flattening router sled. I was originally thinking of going with suggestion 3, until suggestion 4 came up (several times). It seems that it would have the least chance of disaster. And, I have already have a router sled. Now, who wants to come over and help me flip this 300lb cabinet onto its back? Huge thank you to the following people (there are some skilled folks here): @h3designconstruction @cm_concepts @oakvillecabinetry @fairhurstwoodworks @bearandfoxuk @j.s.parris @clairioes @aleks.visser @mrdetoxx83 @brandomiami @_aesyk @elitecarpentryinc @lesliewebbdesign @batchelder.cj @lineschiselsandbrayers #monstermediacabinet

Why, yes, that is a huge shop-sawn walnut veneered panel overhanging my workbench. #monstermediacabinet #shopsawnveneer #walnutveneer #walnutaccents #walnut

Monday morning. Time to check this panel glue up. Eventually I'll have to get a vacuum press system, especially for large panels and thin veneer like this. In the meantime, my solution was to veneer 1/4" Baltic birch plywood, then join those panels together. It will be much easier to laminate a 1/4" thick panel to the substrate than the 3/64" veneer. My theory is that plywood is always an odd number of plies. Laminating 1/4" to 3/4" you have 5 plies + 11 plies = 16 plies, no longer an odd number. By veneering only one side of the 1/4" plywood, we now have 17 plies total. Here's hoping my theory works out. If you read this far, I have a question for you: what type of decorative inlay would you use to patch three randomly spaced knot holes? #clamping #veneeredpanel #walnutveneer #kettlebellsintheshop

Our wedding bands were custom made by Anat @anoukjewelry. The problem is that, being a woodworker for a living, I can't wear jewelry when I am working. David @davidglantztattoos from Archive Tattoo @archivetattoo designed this matrimonial tattoo. He based it on Anat's ring design, and made it so that the ring covers the tattoo. There are many ways to look at it - infinity sign; two parts come together; a twist showing both sides. I love that the work of two incredibly skilled artists mark our commitment to each other. I love you, Lorraine. @mindfulmamatoronto #customjewelry #customtattoo #matrimonialtattoo #weddingring #weddingringtattoo #fingertattoo #customweddingring

Gotta admit that I have tasted the green juice, and in this case, it is very good. Looks like a @festool Domino will be in my purchasing future. Thanks for costing me money by loaning me a great little machine, @woodworking_by_jc. #friendsdontloanfriendstools #monstermediacabinet

Making sure all the parts are the proper length. #monstermediacabinet #openshelving #hopethisworks

Picked up a new (to me) time saver this week. With the amount of thin wood strips I use, it made sense to get a drum sander. I rarely resaw anything wider than 10", so this little one is perfect for the job. No more playing thickness planer roulette. You know, when you put thin stock in one end and roll the dice as to whether it exits via the bed or the dust collector. #performax #drumsander #performax1020 #smalldrumsander

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