8mo ago

So what holiday projects are we all working on?

Coming soon to my workbench is a small cabinet for my cousin. What's everyone building this holiday season?

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Just bought a small table router to make a noodle board to cover our glass top range.
I'm (re)building a bird feeder for my mother. I have a design I came up with that makes good use of crappy big-box cedar boards. The squirrels eventually ruin them, so I'm ready for this year's iteration.
The body is dovetailed together, which feels maybe a little over complicated, but it is a really strong joint and I enjoy cutting them.
The imgur album for the one I made five years ago is actually still up:
https://imgur.com/a/mkis0Hp
Free standing clothes shelf. Four shelves and some pegs for hanging shirts. My partner needs more space in the wardrobe.
Also need to finish making a small play table for the kids that I started 2 years ago. I didn’t have the tools I need to flatten it properly, but it’s still sitting there.
Then I’m mostly going to be just looking at doing some home repairs since I’m out of work for a little while. Back verandah is rotting and could use some reinforcing.
- Now I would need this too. My clothes are all over the place. Maybe I'll postpone the screen and go make a hanger...
I've wanted to make a simple 3 panel screen for a long time. With some kind of light cloth stretched over it. Not much of a woodworker but I think this is a realistic project
- That's an exercise in frame-and-panel construction, possibly without the panels. Are you looking for the cloth to pass light/be translucent? If not the easy way to do that is to wrap the fabric over some thin plywood to make panels and set those panels into rabbets the way you'd build glass cabinet doors.
  
  Alright, thanks for the jargon ! No, I mean yes, without the panels. I was picturing a hollow frame with some cloth stapled over it. No need to make it heavier than necessary, and I don't want it to be completely opaque either, just not see-through. Also wood is very expensive over here, so I want to keep material to a minimum. My main concern is managing to find sapine bars straight enough. Sapine ? bars ? I have no idea if I'm using the right words. I'm loosely translating from french
Making a makeup table for .you wife and then also need to do some floating shelves in my big girls bedroom.
Alas, my only holiday project is getting the three dining chairs whose crossbars have fallen apart fixed before anyone shows up to sit in them. Not difficult, except that not a single thing I'm going to need to clamp is flat and square.
I'm refinishing an old bench my wife made when she was younger with a UV blocking epoxy so it can sit outside, then I need to actually start an L desk for my tiny office. I've been putting that off for over a year and have been working on a temp desk lol
- Nothing more permanent than a temporary solution.
  
  The older I get the truer that gets
Just got a commission to make a charcuterie/cutting board for a friend of my brother's.
Beyond that, little gifts for friends/family that are long overdue, most notable being a rosary bead holder for my mom.

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