but first, let me take a microjig, maker of the grr-ripper. work safer. work smarter. i've heard from a lot of people
antique woodworking tools pdf, telling me that it's just too hot to do any woodworking in their shops thistime of the year. so i designed this project to get you in and out of the shop really quickly
and out into the garden. this stool is perfect for sitting on while you're weeding the lawn or picking vegetables plus you can store some gardening suppliesinside. i've got an assortment here of various scrapsof lumber that i can use for this project for the bottom and the lid, i'm going to need to edge join pieces together
to make wider panels. this biscuit joiner will help me line up theseboards. you could use plywood for this project if if you didn't want to join boards together. once those are dry, i can sand them smooth. if your boards are a little warped like mineand it bothers you, you can use a planer of just a hand planeto flatten those out. outside here on my tablesaw, i can cut out the bottom and the front andback.
i'm going to glue these pieces together. you could use pocket screws or even nail it together if you wanted. i can use this piece to set the width of thelegs. i'll use this stop block to make sure both legs are the same length. i'm sticking these together with some double-sided tape so i can cut out both legs at the same time.
here i'm drilling a large hole through bothpieces. i've made a mark over here that i can connect to the side of that hole. and same on the other side. i'll make those two cuts using my bandsaw. you could also use a jigsaw or even a handsaw. the front and the back panel and the legsare all warped. but i think i can force them into position. you might be able to see how these curve inward.
it's about a quarter of an inch so i made these blanks that are the same width as the bottom and i'll just force these apart so i can glueit together. you can see how these legs are bowed out that way so that's the way i'm going to attach it and pull this in rather than have it this way and have to pull the twosides in.
i'm going to try to glue both sides at thesame time. when boards are warped along the grain thisway they're not to difficult to force into position. i'll let that dry overnight and finish it up in the morning. [advertisement] well good morning! that was overnight. now i can take the clamps off.
and see what this looks like. yeah, that's pretty square. i'll make the handle for the lid the same way i did the curve on the legs. here i'm easing over all the edges using a roundover bit on my router. i'm giving it a rustic look by sanding off layers of paint in different spots. these are-t hinges that i've painted blackon one side.
i'm installing a hook & eye on the front. i think that rustic paint job turned out reallycool and it was really fun to do that. if you're going to try and do an antique lookingfinish like that, try to scuff it up in the areas that wouldnormally receive wear such as this hand hold and around this latch here i figured it would get scraped up a lot. thanks for watching my show and don't forget:
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