Finished "Real Cabinet" Satisfied with it, sits in my hallway right now, a bit in the dark but visible. Check it out on my web site at http://roncurtis.com

(Keeping my keys in the top drawer)

Little Case

Little Case

Weathered pine, ash (legs), elm (shelves) and cherry top.

Made from left overs, nice. Legs from one board, rear legs made from the drop from the front.
Top came from a radiator cover from my old kitchen. the pine was a crude shelf that outlived it's usefulness in the shop. The elm well, an old board from the Maine days, too thin to build anything substantial but perfect for the little shelves

the boat

Learning to sail is turning out to be a fairly high learning curve. So far a near collision with a powerboat (I did have the right of way, I looked it up). The guy came on a perfect collision course and would not give, I maneuvered and he did too, scary.
Getting in and out of the berth is a challenge. The boat goes where it wants in reverse. Very confusing. Near bumping another boat, whew.
Then yesterday while trying to tack and figure out the sails I put her aground. OMG tried powering her off but it didn't work. Took the boat hook and pushed her off. No damage (like water did not spurt up and hit me)
The rigging is still not set right, the wire on jib sheet is too short. Got to fix that and the main sheet is very worn. Planning to take her out to the sound with in the next few days.

This is an experiment, don't know how this will work, but here's a go at it...........

Finishing up a this piece, not happy with the the way the doors relate.

More later.......

Well the doors did give a challenge, but painting with egg tempera made it work, wonderful medium. Not sure how well it suits furniture but it works here.