So a couple of months ago, my wife saw something she made me pick up. An old, top slit because the owner had kept wet flower pots on it, home made candle table. The center post was good, the legs were decent but not even, and the top was warped and had split along an insufficient glue line.
So I took it home, took the top off, and started looking at it. Okay pretty basic. Finish looks to be Minwax Golden Oak, material looks like just regular old oak.
Now is where I get stupid. I went to Home Depot because, well, the Hardwood dealers are WAY too far away from me to be worth it gas wise, and bought an 8' x 6" piece of 4/4 oak. Got busy with the saw and slabbed off 4 13" long pieces, and did 2 biscuit joined glue ups.
So I spent a quick evening sanding the glue line, and prepping the slabs for routing the circle, only to find the center pin my circle cutting jig used was WAY too long. Find another nail, clip it short at an angle with some diagonal cutting pliers and off the the races I went. Start setting up the router circle cutting jig when my wife comes to the shop. The neighbors are throwing away an old dresser! I want to make an entertainment console out of it! You guys do know that translates to.. Honey, I want you to take this dried up pile of sticks and make a beautiful entertainment console for me. Can you do that? Challenge accepted. Block access to pinterest for my wife before I have so many projects I will never get them done before I die.
So I spent a quick evening sanding the glue line, and prepping the slabs for routing the circle, only to find the center pin my circle cutting jig used was WAY too long. Find another nail, clip it short at an angle with some diagonal cutting pliers and off the the races I went. Start setting up the router circle cutting jig when my wife comes to the shop. The neighbors are throwing away an old dresser! I want to make an entertainment console out of it! You guys do know that translates to.. Honey, I want you to take this dried up pile of sticks and make a beautiful entertainment console for me. Can you do that? Challenge accepted. Block access to pinterest for my wife before I have so many projects I will never get them done before I die.
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