Mary Ostler

Finished making the fake water barrel. I really don’t think I will ever make this again. It looks great, but is a whole lot of work for the finished product. I would be willing to make one were there are no bevel cuts, It would still look cool, just not all that barrel like. Attached the [...]

Got a bit more done on the fake barrel for the water jug. Image intensive (Jump Now)

More fun with cooperage… this one inspired by Spice & Sugar’ question Fake water cooler barrel Image Intensive post … Plywood scrap from work cut to width and length Slats cut on an angle and dado’s on each end of the slat. The lengths were determined by the full length of the water cooler, the [...]

Had a bit of a free day in the shop. I have a whole lot of scarpage needing done on the hutch chest, but I am holding of till I buy a new scrapper from lee Valley. I also need to build a lock for the hutch, and that still in the design mulling stage. So [...]