Just for Fun… #42: A Slow Start in 2011…

26 January

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Just for Fun… #42: A Slow Start in 2011…

Posted by Brodie Reichstein in Home Improvement On-line

… or, “How to make Something completely different from what you planned…” Last month, just before Christmas, I was told that my Dad’s car was going to be sold. I asked the price, and it was a fair one, so I bought the car for Debbie and I… Isn’t it a Beauty!! LOL… That boat-shaped thing in the snow, was my Father’s 1992 Volvo. He loved and babied it, so it’s in terrific shape for a vehicle nearly 20 years old. It’s now ours and, by now, you’re probably wondering what this all has to do with woodworking… Well, let me show you…There is a hole in the console where I assume the CD player is supposed to go…Now that would be fine as a handy stash spot… I could put a cellphone there or a pack of smokes, maybe some change for tolls…Except it’s open to the back, and anything put there falls irretrievably behind the dash!! My first thought was to make a small drawer, to keep things from getting lost. I had some Cherry that I had re-sawn that I thought would be appropriate…I cut a couple quick dadoes with the table saw in one of the pieces…And in short order, I had a made a very small drawer to fit in the openingI made my first Dovetail on this drawer, an embarrassing attempt, but a learning experience…I’ll return to dovetails, but I think I’ll try them on something a little larger next time!! For this tiny drawer, I returned to regular box joints…But… the problem with drawers, is that when they fill up, the drawer either starts jamming or things start falling out the back… which was exactly what I was trying to avoid in the first place!!Scratch the drawer idea… unless I put a lid on it??? And make it… a box…This might work…But… the little knob that I added isn’t giving me enough leverage to pull the thing out of the hole in the console… I made it too tight of a fit…So I had to saw the knob off, then made and added a serious pull out of some dark green Poplar…A little shaping, some sanding, some finishing later, and I think I’ve arrived, though not where I had originally intended…The incredible thing is, it actually fits too!!I did have a happy coincidence on this… Lookee here what just fits in this little box!!Almost like it was planned…If this is any indication of what kind of year it’s going to be, I can see myself trying to make tables… and ending up with chairs…