Kyserike Kraftsman

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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!

Tack Trunk Carcase

Yesterday I started the actual construction of the plywood carcase.  The carcase is made from 3/4″ oak plywood. I had a real [...]