by hupka | Feb 4, 2020 | Bloodwood, Cherry, Cutting Boards, Face grain, Information, Maple, Purple Heart, Walnut
Building cutting boards is sort of like taking our woodshop back to its roots. When we first started out as a company we sold more cutting boards than anything else. Building new inventory is still one of those calming activities that we enjoy a few times a year....
by hupka | Feb 3, 2020 | Furniture, Information, Restoration, Table
Sanding is one of the tasks you will do in a woodshop that rarely gets enough credit. It is also the task that people rarely think of ahead of time and properly plan for. If you spend 10 hours on a restoration at least 7 of them will be sanding in one form or another....
by hupka | Jan 31, 2020 | Furniture, Restoration, Table
This is a great progress pic showing a before and after of stripping the clearcoat and stain from our table restoration. During the winter, when we have to do this indoors, we use a product called Citristrip. Unsurprisingly it has a citrus scent which I find...
by hupka | Jan 29, 2020 | Information, Poplar, Restoration, Woods
Not every tool is something you have to buy. Sometimes you get to build them. One of the most useful homemade tools we have in our shop is a set of these sanding dowels. Nothing more than sandpaper glued to different diameter wooden dowels. They might not seem like...
by hupka | Jan 28, 2020 | Chalk Paint, Country, Furniture, Restoration, Table
Our latest table restoration project has a base that comes in two identical parts. Both of which, per customer request, will be brush coated in Annie Sloan Old White chalk paint. As we posted previously, we sanded the high wear areas to promote adhesion. Then they...
