Small Project

I'll have to finish up with another couple of workshop updates, but for now I'll just say the workshop is up and running.

Yesterday I took the day off work to relax at home and do a little bit of woodworking. In my last Lee Valley order, I picked up a set of five coat hooks on clearance. I paid $15 for 5 hooks like these bungalow hooks, the ones I got were a satin nickel finish.

A quick google search found this example of a mission coat rack :

I spend a bit of time in Sketchup and came up with a plan for my five hooks :

Then yesterday I put it together :

From my pile of Red Oak I found a really nice Quartersawn piece for the top shelf and a nicely curved grained piece for the back that has some curl on one end.

I'll finish it up with some Minwax Provincial Stain and wipe-on poly this weekend.

Hardwood Urn

My grandfather passed away unexpectedly a few weeks ago. The funeral services took place a few days later and in between I went out to the workshop and put together this box to hold his ashes.

The sides are red oak, the front and back are walnut. The top is a 5/8" piece of walnut capped a walnut 'cross' and cherry. I'm not sure if the top will stay together as the vertical walnut piece is cross grain with everything else.

A few simple brass hinges secure the top with no catch to hold it closed. I considered a magnet to hold it closed but decided to keep it simple.

A friend of ours does engraving and I had him laser engrave a brass plate that sits on a lip inside the box, held in place with some oak strips.

The corners are all at 45 degrees with biscuits to increase the available glue surface. A few coats of wipe-on poly to finish it off.