Ruby has been into fairies lately ever since she watched the Tinker Bell movie. She is very crafty and started to make fairy houses out of cardboard, and even painted some of them. Her grandma found out, and bought her several toy fairies to fill the houses. The only problem was that they were plastic. …
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GSU Law Sycamore Desks
This past week I have been touching up a lot of desks at GSU. They had their open house this week so I had to work around that. I also had to work around construction people, that probably bumped the desks after I left. Notice the ladder below. No problem though, they are providing future …
A few thoughts about Hand Planing
Every once in a while I go down to the shop to just plane some boards. It is relaxing hearing the swoosh of the hand plane against the wood as I cut. It takes practice, and technique to plane a board flat with no marks from the cutter. If you curve the blade, and go …
Interesting Jobs
Lately I have been doing several interesting projects. I worked on a Carved King/ Griffin Chair, a ceramic top to a large Chinese Vase, and also an antique Carousel Horse. I worked on Laminate bookcases in a new Library where I had to match Yellow, Light green, and Dark blue colors. Currently I am refurbishing …
Your Budding Woodworker continued
This is a post in a series of 31 Days of Wood Finishing. See the intro post with all the topics here. In the previous post I discussed how to encourage children to get into woodworking, safety, and age appropriate tools. Get Involved The best way to train your little woodworker is to get in …
Your Budding Woodworker
This is a post in a series of 31 Days of Wood Finishing. See the intro post with all the topics here. The previous post made me think about how you can encourage children to take up the skill/ hobby. How to Encourage and Support Your Budding Woodworker Woodworking is a wonderful way to teach …
Wood Dust, and Chemical Exposure
I have been working as a furniture repair technician for 15 years now. Right away I noticed that certain fumes, or wood dust would bother me. I decided to wear a dust mask, and a respirator. I found wearing a mask very uncomfortable, and the cartridges were expensive to replace. Every 2 weeks I would …
Repairing Toys
“Furniture is not the only thing that we repair at WillardZ Furniture Repair.” I recently repaired a rosewood model chinese junk, and a toy wooden shopping cart. The chinese junk had a wood piece on the side, that was broken off during a recent move. I had to take a trip to the local Rockler …
The Woodworking Apprentice
“Always two there are, a master and an apprentice.” Frank OZ Ruby has been coming down to my basement shop since she was a baby. She can probably name most of the machines I work on in my shop. Not too long ago, I bought her a kids wooden work bench. It is one of …