Thursday, July 21, 2011

Re-staining 96 BS

I applied a darker coat of stain to this project today and will finish this up tomorrow.

There is some painting that still needs to be done before I move onto the polyurethane.



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All American Day Painting

Today I finished up the painting. It's looking pretty good and the polyurethane will be going on starting tomorrow.




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Thursday, July 14, 2011

USC Trojans - Doors sized

The final sizing of the doors is now complete. Now the engraving looks like it is supposed to.




Just waiting to get the customers choice for the top of the doors, straight or arched.




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All American Day Staining

I've completed the staining work on this cabinet. The shade is Sedona Red from Minwax. Next up, I will be painting the logo to match the original logo.



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Saturday, July 9, 2011

All American Day Update

The final sanding of all parts is complete so the cabinet is moving down to the finishing area to wait it's turn. Hopefully sometime midweek I can start the staining.



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Friday, July 8, 2011

MORE RAIN ....

*UPDATE* Thankfully, this wasn't nearly as bad as the last storm that rolled through. There was some flash flooding in my neighborhood and a little water did make it's way into the basement but nothing that required vacuuming to remove. SO, business as usual. * End of Update*

Well, I'm heading home and roads are flooded and closed everywhere. This is the radar for my area. I'm dead center of the red area. I have a feeling there will be more water seeping into the basement which means a day or two of drying out and dehumidifiers running round the clock. This will once again slow down the work on cabinets.



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Thursday, July 7, 2011

Staining 96 BS Cabinet

Tonight I started staining the parts of the 96 BS cabinet. Tomorrow I'll flip all the pieces and stain the opposite sides.


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USC TROJAN Cabinet

The engraving work on this project is finished. I have moved onto sanding and shaping the cabinet parts. These pictures are of the current state. The doors still need to be ripped down to their proper width once all the sanding work has been completed.




There are two engravings that will appear on the inside of the cabinet.





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Upcoming orders

If you have been in touch with me about a dart cabinet rest assured I will get to it... But it may take another week or so for me to find the time to work on artwork or prep additional lumber.

I wish I could say I make my living with this business but it's not the case. My normal occupation is that of a Finish Carpenter. I'm back in a cycle of actually having some work so the dart business is back on a part-time basis.

Please keep checking back here for updates on the current batch of cabinets. If you don't see anything on your particular piece wait a couple of days before e-mailing me. I try to devote time every night to a cabinet and keep alternating that pattern so one piece doesn't sit unattended for too long


Thanks for your patience!




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Friday, July 1, 2011

All American Day

This cabinet is just about ready for final sanding. Over the weekend I'll have this one finished up and move it down for staining early next week.







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96 Bomber

This cabinet will be heading out to a military squadron in the Pacific. All the engraving work and final sanding has been completed so it will move down for staining sometime this weekend.

Happy 4th of July and thanks for protecting out Freedom!




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Powercat update

Finally, the humidity levels have stabilized in my basement and I'm into the top coating process now. I'm hoping for shipment on Tuesday.




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JD USC Trojans

I ran one door through the cnc the other day and when I started the second door I realized I had made a mistake with one of the two inner engravings. I placed the same logo on both doors. Unfortunately, I didn't catch this in time and ruined a Maple door! DOH! So I've got another door gluing up in the shop now and I plan on running the right door again tomorrow. I'll post pictures once both doors are completed.




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