Author Archives: Jay Bates

Day 447 – Stickers, and a turn for the worse

Jamie helped me run the stickers through the planer. Help was much appreciated with this task. There was a lot of back and forth and over and over with this task. Also, running wet wood through the planer has turned out to be one of the least desirable…

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Day 446 – Pallet Projects

PEMDAS? Do you remember what that means? I’ll give you a second…. How about Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally? That’s the easy way to remember it. It’s actually the order of operations for algebra. Parentheses, Exponents, Multipl…

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Dovetailed Chainsaw Chest – Full Build

The first project out of the new shop is a Chainsaw Chest for my four-wheeler. The corners are dovetailed. The lid is glued, nailed and screwed. The bottom is glued, nailed, and screwed. Yes, I broke woodworking rules with expansion and contraction, bu…

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