Hi Everyone,
Well, it is continuing to cool down in the TC and today I worked with the door of my shop closed-burrr!
I took both the first and second tea boxes down stairs and finished sanding them and then gave them a heavy coat of oil. Here are the photos:

These boxes are made out of different species of wood: white oak, Brazilian cherry, walnut, ambrosia maple, and red birch. This is a good way to use up small pieces of wood and create something nice and useful in a kitchen setting.
The last box in this series will be the red birch-Brazilian cherry box which I am going to finally get to gluing up momentarily. This box will be slightly larger than the first two and its going to go to a wonderful friend who is addicted to Starbucks coffee. So instead of a tea box, she gets a coffee box for her favorite brew.
Ill be right back.
VW

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OMG MY SCREWS ARE TOO SHORT tutorial

 

What do you do when you buy new hardware and come to find out

the mounting screws are too short?

 

 

You simply drill out a quarter inch inside the drawer to make the distance

the screw must travel shorter from front to back.

 

The easiest way to do this is with a spade bit (as seen above)

 

Here is the inside of the drawer before you start.

 

Take the spade bit and drill out just enough for your screw head to sit flush. 

 

Here you can see the results of your handy work.

Clean up the saw dust and burrs then screw your new hardware in place.

 

 

Spade bits are inexpensive and usually come in sets of a dozen different sizes.

They are handy to have close by when doing this kind of work.

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