Flailing About the Garage When He Can
This site will hopefully serve as a place to document projects I do over time and possibly serve as a place for me to write notes while I work on things. I will be happy to write about not just my successes but also my failures.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
– Winston Churchill
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I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
– Thomas A. Edison
I will attempt to document all of my fine woodworking projects. So far my projects have been limited to just a simple keepsake box made out of cherry, featuring hand cut dovetails, but I hope as we get settled more and more into our new house that I will be able to build more.
An area to create in is almost as important the projects that will be created in it. I have worked hard to make the garage as clean and organized as possible. I have to make sure that at the end of the day, two cars can easily be parked in the garage when all of the tools are pushed back.
I am in the process of creating french cleats so I can have various tools hanging along the wall. I am doing this to get rid of the random assortment of plastic molded boxes I have things sitting in around the base of my workbench. Last weekend I took some extra 2x4s I had laying …
This was my first fine woodworking project. I made it using cherry wood from Hood Distribution when my wife suggested that I build a card box for our wedding. When I get more time, I will explain what I did but for now, here are the photos: The Plan The Finished Product Designed: 6/28/15
My Name is Harrison White. I live in Louisville, KY and am very happily married to Sara White. I am a programmer by day, DIYer on the weekends, and have way to many hobbies without enough time to pursue them all as much as I would like.