Potting Table

I made this potting table for my wife using 2x4's, a sheet of plywood, and some 2'x4' pegboard left over from my other project. I also braced the back with some 1x4's. The legs are 3' & the tabletop is 2'x 4'.I painted it green using some old leftover paint I thought would match the deck but I was wrong.....Oh well, it's green!

I've also had some comments about the 2x4 sticking out on the side there - well, I didn't want to cut it & figured it would make a handy place to hang towels, plants, etc. So there!

On another note, I started collecting wooden pallets to build a shed with. I will post the progress as it happens.....

Sawhorses

Well, after much searching, I finally found the perfect plans for a set of stackable sawhorses on About.com.

Went out to Home Depot http://www.homedepot.ca/ & bought 9 2x4's....

These things are strong, boy! That I-beam really is wonderful! I learned all about stress loads from a book called The Carpenter's Manifesto. Great book!

FREE WOOD!

Today I picked up some free scrap wood at Marcelville Antiques on Hwy. 93,
http://www.ontariobusinessguide.com/listings/marcelville.html , and at Rona (also on Hwy 93).
http://www.rona.ca
I'm pretty sure I can use these odd pieces for something.......

On another note, I think my next project is going to be a garage trash/recycling organizer that I saw in the September 2008 issue of Canadian Home Workshop magazine!
http://www.canadianhomeworkshop.ca

My workbench!

Yesterday, I went to Canadian Tire http://www.canadiantire.ca/ & purchased some blades for the jigsaw & a 3-pack of chisels. My father says that there is nothing like owning a good, sharp chisel when you need it!

Later on, my Dad brought over the rest of the lumber I needed for my workbench project: some 2x4's for the support, 4x4's for the legs, & some odd pieces for the top.

We began by attaching the bottom supports to 2 of the legs using 31/2" deck screws, continuing with supports for all 4 legs on the top & bottom. Next, we added the top pieces using 3" deck screws from Home Hardware in Penetang. http://www.homehardware.ca

I then lightly sanded the top & my workbench is complete!

***The one thing I learned about this project was LEVELING. Everything had to be level before fastening. If I would've done this alone, I know for sure that it would be a wobbly mess right now! Thanks Dad!

Birdhouse

I did not build this birdhouse, but I DID paint it!

tools & bench

So I needed tools. My Dad bought me a beautiful set of wrenches, and I've since acquired a set of Stanley screwdrivers (from Walmart), a Mastercraft jigsaw (Canadian Tire), a Mitre Box with saw (Walmart) and various needful things (safety glasses, work gloves, dust masks, etc.)....I borrowed my Dads' back issues of Canadian Home Workshop http://www.canadianhomeworkshop.ca/ and flipped through them -marvelling at the work these people do, and thinking that I too will build awesome things in my workshop. But what's this? These woodworkers have work benches! I don't have a work bench. I NEED A WORK BENCH!!
..............So, I'm gonna build a workbench........wish me luck!

I Got No Tools!

When we bought our current house in Penetanguishene, Ontario, it came with a garage....Now, I've never had a garage & always admired people who did - especially when I would see guys hanging out in there, having a couple of beers & looking at tools & making things...

So when I got my own garage, my plan was to do it up like I had seen so many others do, an build a workshop in there so I too could hang out & build stuff. Once I got (most of) the boxes unpacked and put away, I wanted a pegboard to hold all my tools. I went to Home Hardware in Midland, bought some pegboard, some hooks, got it home & put it on the wall. When all was said & done,(okay, my wife told me I had to leave some clearance for the hooks. "Put up some wood, THEN you put up the pegboard, Honey!)...Anyway, when all was said & done, I turned around, put my hammer up there, my rusty pliers and said: "I GOT NO TOOLS!"