JulieB Designs: Behind The Scenes » Woodworking

Playing Elves… Toys from scratch

julie — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:06:02 +0000

DH and I volunteered at the Sawdust Shop in December to make wooden toys for homeless children. It was so much fun we asked for the patterns so we could make more at home. Nephew Calvin’s Christmas present will arrive a bit late, but hopefully it’s so much fun he won’t mind the tardiness.Here’s a few pictures of us working in our little “workshop”. The “car carrier” is made out of a single chunk of “2 by 4″. We ended up using absolutely every wood working tool in our new shop! And obviously Julie’s excellent painting skills really moved from this “toy” into “work of art”.

Pretty neat, huh?

Router table

julie — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 05:13:26 +0000

I needed another woodworking project so I signed up for a router table class at the Sawdust Shop. Actually I had Bill give me the class for my birthday.

I am now 95% done. After the landscaping is finalized for our November company I can work on finishing the table and attaching it to a base unit. Of course, first I have to build a base unit.

Fun with Power Tools

julie — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:24:47 +0000

With a Garage full of new to me tools I decided that I best learn to use them correctly and safely. I signed up for a beginning woodworking class at a local shop called the Sawdust Shop. It is a full service store and workshop. If you don’t have your own tools, you can rent time in their workshop. They have everything you could possibly need. The class was 16 hours long over 4 evenings.

Tonight was the last evening of class and I have finished my project. Isn’t it beautiful? It is made out of Solid Walnut for the frame and shelves and Plywood for the back. It will get a light coat of oil and then into the studio for thread storage. I had a lot of fun. Although it looks big, it is just 12 inches wide by 16 inches tall.