Kyserike Kraftsman

Today I created the sliding tray for the tack trunk that I’m building.
I just returned from my yearly golf trip to Myrtle Beach. As usual it was a great trip with lots of golf (6 rounds), food, drink, friends and great weather. This was a much needed break but now that I’m back I’m ready [...]

The lid and top trim are done and I think that this might turn out to be a tack trunk yet!
I tried to get the lid done yesterday but only succeeded in getting the lid sides cut. I needed to figure out a way to cut the plywood lid top to size which was just [...]

I’ve been busy with other tasks lately so I haven’t had a chance to work on the tack trunk, but today I finally found some time and added the top edging to the plywood carcase and also milled, drilled, glued, and screwed (that’s a mouthful) the tray supports and the shelf supports to the plywood [...]

Well I didn’t get the rest of the trim added to the carcase this weekend as I had planned. I had a small problem trying to glue and clamp the vertical corner trim pieces because I didn’t have the correct clamps available, but after some trial and error I decided to glue the corner trim [...]

It’s been a busy week, but I wanted to at least make an update so you can see how I’m progressing with the tack trunk build.
After the carcase glue-up I decided to strengthen it even more by adding screws to all the joints. This will be covered by the oak trim so they wont show [...]