Woodworking for the Blind
Woodworking for the Blind
All the cabinets feature face frame construction. The frames, kick plate, doors and drawer fronts are made of solid red oak. The base cabinets and breakfast bar are made of three quarter inch oak plywood with Melamine bottoms and shelves. The upper cabinets are made of half inch oak and birch plywood with Melamine shelves. All of the doors are raised panel and made of solid red oak.
The vanity is made of red oak wood and features two overlaid doors under the sink and 3 drawers (one small and two larger) in a stepped back portion of the vanity. The top is made of western curly maple.
Jeff built a 6 quarter thick Walnut vanity top that will not have any water source near it and is situated between a left and right wall with a back wall. I glued together 4 planks to achieve a 26 inch depth and the length is 52 inches wide. I brought the glued up piece to my local wood supplier and for about 100 dollars, they ran it through the time saver and sanded both sides. they also squared off the left and right sides and cut the depth to the exact measurement I provided. They also rounded off the lead edge top and bottom. Once that was done, I sanded the walnut down to 200 grit and applied Black Walnut Danish oil, sanding with 400 grit between each of the 3 Danish oil coats. I did this on to the top, bottom and all sides. I then applied 3 coats of Arm-R Seal Satin finish oil and sanded with 400 grit between each coat. The last coat of satin did not get wiped off and I let it set for 72 hours before lightly hitting with 400 grit and then slathered on some paste wax and buffed it out. I took the cut-off from the glued up piece and made two arms that will extend from the knee-wall that will support the 52” x 26” Walnut piece,. this was the first time I used the wood supplier’s service of a “Time-Saver” for sanding and it really does as the name says, it saves time. I still had to sand the piece down and I like the finished result and the cost was within reason.
This is a 16-inch square jewelry box made of Machiche wood. The wood is from South America and is described as “A rusty tan, somewhat orange tone that darkens with age in a way that's not too dissimilar from aged American cherry, though Machiche's grain structure is quite different from cherry. Machiche's appearance is subtle and elegant rather than flashy with high impact. With a finish the wood is warm and lustrous and reveals the wood's delightful grain patterns. The wood can have somewhat interlocked grain which creates a unique figure”. The box sides are ¾ inch thick constructed with box joints with a 1/4”solid wood panel bottom. The lid sides are 2” wide constructed as a picture frame with mitered mortise and tenon joinery. A needlepoint will be mounted in the lid. It is attached with solid brass full mortise hinges. The box is finished with shellac.
It is constructed from white Oak and is held together by the steel hoops with no glue, nails or screws employed.
display for some Widow's Mite Coins that are over 2,000 years old. The plaque is white maple and the base is walnut. The plaque is8.5 inches wide and 6 inches tall.
Bob the Builder Bear is a teddybear who lives with Max and Sue Robinson. He sat in the shop and watch me, Max, build this table. It is 5 inches long, 3 and 1/8 inches wide and 3 and 1/8 inches high. It has aprons and legs just like a full sized table. It was made from poplar and painted wood brown.
Lenny built this plant stand for his wife, Karen. The table is made of cherry and white oak. It features a 6-inch ceramic tile as an insert in the top painted with purple tinted Forget-Me-Not flowers with delicate green leaves. The top is 9 inches square and the cherry frame around the ceramic tile is 1 and � inches wide. The 4 white oak legs are tapered. They are 17 inches long and taper from 1 inch at the top to about 5/8 inch at the bottom. The aprons have a triple bead decorative accent profile.
The foot stool is made of solid red oak and measures 9 and a half inches high, 15 inches wide, and 11 and a half inches deep.
The above photo shows 2 large candle holders in the outline shape of a carriage lamp and post. A red ribbon hangs from beneath the carriage lamp outline and a red electric candle is centered in each of the 2 carriage lamp outlines.