So after my first lamination finished drying I took off the clamps and looked at what I had. I was a little disappointed in my clamping. Some of the boards appeared to have slid a little bit and I was initially worried that this meant that I wouldn’t be able to plane the boards smooth….

One of my goals this year was to get more into wood working – specifically hand wood working. I was sort of on the fence about the whole thing. I’ve spent years accumulating power tools and had thought that, as of late, I had become pretty darn good at getting things done with them. Then…

It occurred to me that I didn’t really spend much time talking about the process of building the cabinets for the laundry room so I thought I’d do a quick write up on that.  The project started here with a set of plans my wife drew up for what she wanted.  The ask was pretty…

 My wonderful wife has selected the next project for me to work on after finishing the laundry room and Im excited to get started on it.  However – I wasn’t entirely happy with how the finish on the cabinets came out in the laundry room.  I had sprayed latex paint with my HVLP gun…

Looking at the last post, I see I started this project on October 3rd.  3 months of work to get to where we are now which is much much too long.  But oh well – it can’t be helped – things at work got extremely busy and I just didn’t have the time.  To be…

Now that the garage is done, I now have some time to work on some smaller projects.  My lovely wife has asked that I look into installing some cabinets in the laundry room above the washer and dryer.  Currently theres just a wire shelf above the laundry machines… The picture is poor but its hard…

After 5 months of work – the garage is at a point where Im calling it done.  There are certainly little things here or there that need finishing – but from a usability perspective we’re back to having a garage.  Here are some pictures that show the work from various angles… Here you can see…

Well – I’ve been noticeably gone from here for awhile.  I dont even want to look and see when the last post was.  At any rate, I have some garage progress to report.  Namely, I’m done will all of the built in cabinets with the exception of the doors and drawers!  The last area I…

After much work on behalf of both my wife and I I have the last set of walls painted and paneled… Its hard to see here since I moved a bunch of wood around again but the wall is totally paneled and above it and where my work bench will be (right side) is painted….