I have spent most of my Memorial Day holiday staining table bits and reading The Golden Compass from which they are making a movie. The pieces I have stained so far are the legs, side pieces, drawer front and frame. The quality of the black from the india ink is wonderful. Looking at the pieces [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2007
May 27
Pretty colors
Well, almost pretty colors. I’ve set up a little area in the garage to do the staining. The work surface is a spare piece of MDF I had laying around sitting on some sawhorses and the makeshift dust barrier is a 2 mil plastic drop cloth duct taped to the ceiling. I’m sure that this [...]
May 20
Table update
Just a quick update on the table. Sanding is almost complete. I expect another hour and a half will finish that part of the ordeal. Just the lattice and top need 180 grit to knock down the raised grain. After that the garage needs to be vacuumed a bit to get some of the dust [...]
May 20
After Dark
Haruki Murakami is the author of one of my favorite books, Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World. The name is a little strange but judging a book by it’s title is not really any more useful than using the cover. The story takes place in two different settings, chapters alternating until the story [...]