Kyserike Kraftman's Workshop Blog

Grooming Tote is Ready for Staining!

By |May 13th, 2009

Tonight I was able to complete the grooming tote for the tack trunk that I’m building for my daughter Chelsea. I spent the last couple of days completing the design of the tote, making a material list and cutlist, purchasing the material, cutting the parts to size, creating the joinery, and assembling the tote. It seems a little larger than I expected but I think it will work well.

I used 1/2″ oak plywood for the base, 1/2″ oak hardwood for the long sides, tall sides, and the long compartment divider, and 1/4″ oak stock for the small compartment dividers. The handle is a 7/8″ oak dowel. I decided on rabbit and dado joinery to strengthen the assembly and used […]

Sliding Tray for the Tack Trunk

By |May 9th, 2009

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 to continue with completing the tack trunk (I’m not quite ready to head back to the day job just yet). I promised Chelsea it would be done by the time she returns from Arizona (May 20th).

The tray is actual a very simple design. Its basically just a drawer, 4 sides and a bottom. The bottom is 1/2″ oak plywood. The sides are created with […]

It’s starting to really look like a tack trunk!

By |April 29th, 2009

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 a little too wide for my table saw to handle so I stopped for the day to do some research in how I could accurately cut the lid top. I picked up today with cutting the lid top after I figured out a method that would work for my saw and completed the lid today as you can see.

I started yesterday by cutting the […]

Top Edging, Tray and Shelf Supports added to the Tack Trunk

By |April 27th, 2009

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 carcase.

I used the solid hardwood top edging to hide the top edge of the plywood carcase.  The top edging will extend about 1/2 inch above the top trim (which I haven’t added yet) so that it will help to make a dust seal for the lid. I used miter joints between each top edging piece and edge glued them to the plywood top using […]

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Vertical Trim and Hardware

By |April 13th, 2009

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 pieces together first as a unit, let them dry thoroughly and then attach them to the carcase corners. Yesterday I glued up the individual corner assemblies and tonight I attached the four assemblies to the carcase corners. It’s drying now (sorry no photo).

This weekend I also received some of the hardware that I will be using. I ordered a solid brass hasp and a […]