We took Kyle and Ian to the pet store to let Kyle pick out some new fish. We came home with four guppies (2 yellow and 2 blue), 2 orange and black platys, three neon tetras, and a golden apple snail named Sammy the Snail.
Archive for January, 2009
A trip to the pet store
Posted January 31st, 2009, 1:52 am by karlShoveling snow with daddy
Posted January 28th, 2009, 8:05 am by karlKyle’s Builtin – Desk drawers
Posted January 22nd, 2009, 5:38 pm by karlThe left side of the builtin consists of a desk with a small set of drawers below and shelves above. Here’s a side panel from the drawer cabinet, showing the dados for the bottom, top, and back panels:
Dry assembly, showing the groove for the face frame. The face frame is just a 3/4″x3/4″ length of poplar with a tongue to fit in the groove on each panel.
Final assembly of the drawer cabinet:
The drawer cabinet will contain a file drawer at the bottom with two shorter drawers above. Here’s the panels for the file drawer. These were made from edge glued 1×6 maple, planed to 5/8″. Lacking a dedicated jointer, I jointed the edges on my router table, which worked well enough that the seams are almost invisible:
The two shorter drawers, during dry assembly:
The box joint jig:
The short drawers after assembly and sanding:
Kyle’s Builtin – Drawer Knobs
Posted January 16th, 2009, 12:48 pm by karlIn keeping with the pirate theme of Kyle’s room, I ordered these knobs for his desk drawers:
There’s actually only 3 drawers, so one of the knobs will be walking the plank. Yarrrr. Shiver me timbers.