Starting some Adirondack Chairs for a wedding gift

My sister is getting married in one month and I have decided to build a pair of Adirondack chairs to give to her and her fiance. I have never built any before but they look easy enough, cant be to hard!
I hear of people building and selling the Adirondack chairs. I wouldnt mind selling a few if I could make a decent profit on them but I will have to find somewhere to sell them. This weekend my girlfriend and I went to the local flea market and there were some nice Adirondack chairs there that were selling for $75 for the most basic single design. They were all completely unfinished and would need some sort of finishing before they could be sat outside in the weather.
Sounds like if I primed and painted them I could sell them for at least $150 each. It doesnt take alot of materials to build one and shouldnt take to much time, especially when you could get a system going and good pattern.
We will see.....

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Buying some Reconditioned Tools

Browsing the LumberJocks forum, I have found that Hitachi sells reconditioned tools for pretty good deals compared to buying brand new. Reconditioned tools are pretty much new tools, they are tools that have been returned by customers to the retailer. They are all tools that could have had defects, been returned by an unsatisfied customer, returned after a weekend project, some returned brand new just because. When a tools is returned to a retailer, they cannot just put it back on the shelf, instead they have return it to the company. When this happens the company, in my case Hitachi, fixes whatever was wrong with the tools and sells them at discounted prices.
I think this is a great way to buy like new tools for great prices. The tools come with the full factory warranty.
I ordered two tools from Hitachi, both of which have great reviews on different websites like Amazon and LumberJocks. I bought the Hitachi DS18DFL 18V 1.5Ah Lithium Ion Driver Drill for $109 and the Hitachi NT50AE2 2" 18-Gauge Brad Nailer for $53 since both of mine where stolen.
Seems like a good deal to me, we will see once the tools get here!

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A CLASS A DRESSER AND SOME HANDLES union jack dresser

**THE CLASS**

Hear Ye, Hear Ye

Come One Come All

On this day, 5th of June, in the year of our lord 2012,

for the amusement of all doth announce

Ive been asked to teach a union jack class at

The Passionate Home

20506 Fraser Hwy

Langley BC

http://www.thepassionatehome.com/

604 532 5931

Give the store a call to book your spot.

Ill show you how to lay out the pattern of this English Flag so you can apply it to many projects.

During this hands on event

we will be working with a dresser and using the classic red, white, and blue

and with the technics I show you
you can use any color combination on your own projects.

**THE DRESSER**

And for those interested in having their own Union Jack Dresser with out the work 

 

**THE HANDLES**

And last but certainly not least

George has a set of 4 similar antique swing handles like the ones I just used

on the latest Union Jack available in his ETSY shop.

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Got some deals on some woodworking supplies!

Firday, my mother and I decided to go to a local salvage house to do some bargain shopping. The place we went to is a large freight companies "scratch and dent" store (AAA Cooper). While there was plenty of interesting things in there I only saw two things that I might could use in my shop.
One was a large roll of heavy duty paper that would be perfect to go on the side of my workbench so that I could stretch a sheet of paper across it when I want to paint or finish something, or just draw something really big. It was only $5 so I picked up a roll that should last a long time. I also grabbed a box of 100 latex gloves for one or two dollars that would come in handy some time or another.
When we were leaving the salvage house I recieved a call from a friend that was at an estate sale where there were alot of woodworking tools for cheap. I decided to ride over and I found some good tools for a good value.
-2 24" clamps $3 each
-2 2 1/2" C clamps $.50 each
-1 heavy duty square $2
I knew I could definately use some more clamps and every square that I have is a little bit out of square, even brand new ones! This one tested to be right on the money. I think from now on I will test every square before I buy it in the store.

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