Projects from 2013

Lots of people make resolutions around the first of the year.  I don't really like the whole resolution thing, as it never seems to stick.  One thing I do think about is all the projects I want to build, or complete since there are still a few lingering at various stages.  Soon enough the list of projects I want to build reaches some unobtainable number in 10 years let alone 1 year.  To make myself feel better I then have to make a list of all the projects I've completed, its not as long, but still impressive enough that the to-do list is less intimidating.  All this rambling is leading towards something....the list of project I completed in 2013:

By the end of 2012 I had finished my workbench and reorganized the shop.  To help accommodate the new layout I needed a new lathe stand:

Then started to make everything round:

Tap handle, chisel handle, and peppermill

Bottle bottle opener

Started to play with the mahogany again:

Spice Rack

Roorkhee Chair progress

Then decided to practice my dovetails:

Pine; ready to go

The beginning of 142 dovetails

Quick graduation gift (with a new toy....love the LA Jack)

Finally completed the Roorkhee chairs and bookcase in May

Christy, dutifully trying out the new chairs

Starting to load the bookcase

And then broke into the special walnut I brought down from Boise

Bookmatched crotch walnut for the top

Top Shaped and finished

Completed table

After that work got crazy, we started training for the marathon, oh and the ceiling fell down...and the floor got ripped up....

Just a minor leak causes a big hole Why not just replace the carpet while we're at it? So the project I had been avoiding, a hand tool only chimney cupboard, was pushed back a little further Thicknessing the back panel Kiska does not seem concerned about the delay Whew....that's probably enough for one post.  I will post the remaining 2013 projects in a few days.  I guess I did quite a few projects in 2013.  Hopefully 2014 is at least as productive