Subscribe Today
Subscribe Today
Subscribe to Woodsmith magazine
The item numbers and prices included in this article were current at the time of publication. To find your nearest Harbor Freight store, go to harborfreight.com.
It’s tough to find a convenient storage place for small items. This compact valet keeps your wallet, phone, and other essentials close at hand on the top of any surface.
The valet was finished with a coat of oil followed by two coats of spray lacquer.
Spokeshaves are great for smoothing and shaping curves quickly and easily. Best of all, in one afternoon you can build a pair for handling both inside and outside curves.
The spokeshaves were finished with a couple of coats of a wipe-on oil finish.
Pets have the same needs we do — a place for their stuff. This cabinet provides the solution to keeping all your pet’s things organized and out of sight, yet easy to find.
The food and water bowls for the pet feeding center can be found at most pet supply stores, while the Rubbermaid bin, shelf pins, and knobs are available at many retail and home centers. The lid and knobs were sprayed with a couple coats of lacquer. The rest of the project was painted with Benjamin Moore Aura Eggshell “Dusty Cornflower” #CSP-605.
Add-on accessories are the key to turning this shop-built machine into a multi-purpose center for shaping, sanding, and more.
The sanding station was painted with Rust-Oleum’s gray “hammered finish” paint.
A smooth leather top and eye-catching hardware, along with solid-wood frame and plywood panel construction, are great reasons to put this desk front and center in any home office.
The desk was stained with a mixture of three parts Zar cherry stain and one part Wood Kote Jel'd stain (cherry). Then it was sprayed with two coats of lacquer.
