http://tenonandspline.com/blog My adventures in woodworking, remodeling, home automation, and technology Thu, 17 May 2012 11:56:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/745 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/745#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 11:56:58 +0000 Patrick http://tenonandspline.com/blog/?p=745 Over the last couple weeks I’ve completed the construction of the side and end rails and cut the slats for supporting the mattresses. I also settled on somewhat novel connection hardware for the rails. Woodcraft sells a very inexpensive bed rail set bracket set that are nonetheless very sturdy and heavy duty. I’ve augmented the connection … Continue reading »

]]> http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/745/feed 0 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/691 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/691#comments Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:00:32 +0000 Patrick http://tenonandspline.com/blog/?p=691 Laying out the Ends Typically I find a detailed SketchUp drawing to be sufficient for my builds. For this project, however, I felt the need to do a full-size drawing to lay the components out on. After drafting an end on a 4×8 sheet of MDF,  I started ripping down another MDF sheet to 6″ … Continue reading »

]]> http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/691/feed 0 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/640 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/640#comments Sun, 01 Apr 2012 22:00:54 +0000 Patrick http://tenonandspline.com/blog/?p=640 The soundhole rosette is an aesthetic embellishment that provides an excellent opportunity for the luthier (or newbie like myself) to leave his distinctive impression on the finished instrument. Consequently I spent much time considering the design for the rosette on my first guitar build. Although I’ve significant experience inlaying wood, I’ve never worked with abalone … Continue reading »

]]> http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/640/feed 0 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/589 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/589#comments Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:14:03 +0000 Patrick http://tenonandspline.com/blog/?p=589 Although I’m rather anxious to make progress on the acoustic guitar project, the recent departure of a close family friend caused me to shift gears briefly to build them a going away present. During the glue-up process, I was frustrated by the lack of suitable bench space. My old glue up table was a $50 … Continue reading »

]]> http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/589/feed 0 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/553 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/553#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:18:48 +0000 Patrick http://tenonandspline.com/blog/?p=553 My lovely wife spent her weekend watching the kids and provided me with nearly two full days of shop time. In the intervening days I’d decided I wanted to build one of the guitars from cherry. I have a rather large stockpile and had read somewhere that Martin made/makes a “sustainable” series out of cherry, … Continue reading »

]]> http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/553/feed 0 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/321 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/321#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:58:36 +0000 Patrick http://tenonandspline.com/blog/?p=321 It’s been a very busy past couple of months. I’ve built a couple more mantels that I still need to post some pics of and in my “day job” we’ve moved offices…which meant a great deal of planning and work on setting up a new server room. I also had the Woodcraft Magazine article matted. … Continue reading »

]]> http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/321/feed 0 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/315 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/315#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:00:16 +0000 Patrick http://tenonandspline.com/blog/?p=315 It’s been a bit crazy around here. Work (at my “real job”) has been hectic and busy …a good thing…, I’ve started back to school to finally finish a software engineering degree ...another good thing…, and now I’ve been contacted by a designer specializing in fireboxes and mantles who’s sending work my way …a very … Continue reading »

]]> http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/315/feed 0 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/303 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/303#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:23:57 +0000 Patrick http://tenonandspline.com/blog/?p=303 I’ve finally had a chance to clean the shop…so I took some time this evening to “photosynth” it. Click the image below for the result and let me know what you think!

]]> http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/303/feed 0 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/252 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/252#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 18:39:19 +0000 Patrick http://tenonandspline.com/blog/?p=252 What a blast! Last Friday, Woodcraft Magazine Editor-in-Chief Jim Harrold spent the day visiting my workshop to supervise a photo shoot of the shop for an upcoming issue. With him was Chicago-area photographer Mike Crews, his assistant John, and numerous road boxes filled with some pretty slick photography gear. A Dust-free Dust Collection System The … Continue reading »

]]> http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/252/feed 0 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/256 http://tenonandspline.com/blog/archives/256#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 16:53:22 +0000 Patrick http://tenonandspline.com/blog/?p=256 My little shop got a workout this weekend when gal pals Kathy, Cathy and Tracy spent Saturday building new cabinet doors. “The Angels,” as they’re known to workout pals, picked up irons of the domestic variety to apply preglued birch edgebanding to simple plywood doors for a client of Kathy’s. I think Charlie would have … Continue reading »

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