Remember the Mitre Box?

Myonline chum, Joe at McGlynn on Making, graciouslyoffered to bead blast my mitre box.  So Ipacked it up and shipped it down to him.
Before:
After:
The clean up on this thing is amazing!  He also fixed the crack in the frame and fixed the foot.  As usual, I’m in awe of what a good machinist/metal worker (not sure what Joe calls himself) can do.
Make sure you take a look at his site, McGlynn on Making.  He just finished completely restoring an old ugly saw .. as part of his new interest in woodworking.His post on the mitre box here : Marilyn’s Miterbox

Wine Rack

When we remodeled our house back in 2008 we had to close in two windows since the addition was going on the other side.  We’ve been trying to figure out what to do with the window boxes ever since.

Que woodworking project.

We had some friends over last night who made the agreeable suggestion to put a wine rack in this space.  So, after poking around on the internet we found this that we both liked.

NOW!!! Waaaa haaaaHa!  I get to drag the spouse to the lumber yard to pick out some nice wood.  More on that later.

So, after a quick round with Sketch Up and a few alternative designs, we came back to the original as the best design.

Now I have my measurements, we can go to the lumber yard. :o)