Kyserike Kraftsman

After completing all the dados on the tablesaw yesterday I did a dry fit and clamp of the carcase. Everything looked good, but I decided it was too late to start the glue-up so that would have to wait for the next day.
Tonight I did the finally check for square, dismantled the dry fit and [...]

Enough of the designing and tinkering in Sketch-Up it’s time to get building the tack trunk if I’m going to have it done by sometime around Chelsea’s birthday!
Yesterday I started the actual construction of the plywood carcase.  The carcase is made from 3/4″ oak plywood. I had a real hard time trying to find some [...]

I’ve uploaded a video of my flip-top planer cabinet in operation to YouTube. Here’s a view of the clip for your viewing enjoyment. I still have to stain the cabinet. One day I’ll get the time to do that.

A few recent additions to the tack trunk design:

A main divider in the middle of the trunk.
A removable shelf to split the left compartment into an upper and lower.
A sliding/removable tray.
Trim added to the upper part of the trunk.

I added a divider to split the trunk into two sides. The right hand side will be [...]

I’ve designed a grooming tote that will be included with the tack trunk. The tote will fit in one of the compartments of the tack trunk and not interfere with the wrap holder in the lid.
The tote is 15 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 12 inches tall at the highest point. The short sides [...]