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Carpentry Hobby

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January 29Jan 29

Since retiring from being a history teacher I'm messing around w/carpentry. Some things I've built.

Headboard and footboard for guest bed.

Night stand for the wife

My wife is a quilter so I built this to store them once finished

Table for her sewing machine

Outdoor storage shed

Steve

Born in the Bronx

Raised in Brooklyn

Matured In Wai`anae

I can't be held responsible for anything I say or do....LOL

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January 29Jan 29

Beautiful I like them, unfortunately I failed in woodwork, I can still hear my woodwork teacher now, Moy how many times do I have to tell you, you can cut off but you can’t add. Poor old Mr Friar our teacher! I will stick with my welder just cut and grind for me is easier!

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January 30Jan 30

Looks a lot nicer than my plant benches 😂 I'm using 2x4s and old shelves.

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January 30Jan 30

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15 hours ago, happypalms said:

Beautiful I like them, unfortunately I failed in woodwork, I can still hear my woodwork teacher now, Moy how many times do I have to tell you, you can cut off but you can’t add. Poor old Mr Friar our teacher! I will stick with my welder just cut and grind for me is easier!

Yea I wasnʻt to talented in wood shop either. Less pressure here and lots of mistakes. LOL But I "get er done". LOL

Steve

Born in the Bronx

Raised in Brooklyn

Matured In Wai`anae

I can't be held responsible for anything I say or do....LOL

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January 30Jan 30

20 minutes ago, WaianaeCrider said:

Yea I wasnʻt to talented in wood shop either. Less pressure here and lots of mistakes. LOL But I "get er done". LOL

Yes I failed woodwork but hey I built my house so I can’t be that bad at it, measure twice cut once, and there’s two ends to a tape measure the correct end and the stupid end!

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January 31Jan 31

I'm repurposing all the old shelves in here for my grow benches. I just cleared out 17 years of dust and crap and about 47 nails to get these 8 foot boards 😂 some scrap 2x4s for braces and it'll be nice and ugly and bombproof.

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January 31Jan 31

Let's just say I'm having a bad mental health night. It's almost 5am. I took extra night night meds. I'm still fighting off the flu. I'm going out of my way to keep myself and literally burn myself out to sleep and despite all of that, SOB this janky contraption with the crooked saw cuts and the ancient warped bent shelves is perfectly level 😂

Maybe I need to build myself a dresser for the bedroom.

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1 month later...

March 7Mar 7

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On 1/31/2026 at 12:05 AM, JohnAndSancho said:

I'm repurposing all the old shelves in here for my grow benches. I just cleared out 17 years of dust and crap and about 47 nails to get these 8 foot boards 😂 some scrap 2x4s for braces and it'll be nice and ugly and bombproof.

I"m reusing old shelves as well. I'm trying to learn how to make boxes. This use to be a shelf in an old rubber storage shed. BTW i made the cutting board as well.

Back in January I built a bathroom cabinet to hang on an empty space on the wall. Made a LOT of mistakes and re-did some pieces a few time for the door.

Now I'm gonna buitd 4 doors (two up and two down) to cover up the DVD's and CD's on the shelves. Had to figure what hinges I need so used this practice door I made before the bathroom cabinate to test the hinge. Yup, looks like what I need. Now to design and buil the doors. LLL Bought some Select Pine from Lowes. Was about $26 for a 1 x 3 x 8 footer. Funny the wood came from New Zealand. What happened to the American North West lumber industry?