Time for a mini re-cap of my apprenticeship thus far.
– I’ve started building a solid wood furniture design of Tim’s (described as Danish modern). I milled up the leg blanks and glued them together, traced & cut out the designs and am now hand shaping the legs using hand tools.
– I’ve milled up lengths of molding for transom windows that Tim was contracted to frame. Tim cut the profiles on those moldings. We sent those off to Tim’s in-house finisher and soon we’ll see them installed.
– I’ve improved Tim’s shop furniture some. I gave their fold away in-feed table for the table saw new life, and made it more sturdy. I also made MDF throat plates for the table saw. Tim had me glue laminate to both sides of the MDF and flush trim it on the router table. I then drilled holes in them, rebated the bottoms to fit, and inserted and adjusted set screws.
– I helped in cutting sheet stock and assembling, and hand edge banding cases for a wall cabinet that will have 30 slots for scarves, 2 drawers for gloves, and a separate unit for boots.
– I helped to partially disassemble a tv unit Tim had built in a clients home, and then reassemble it to fit their new larger flat screen TV.
– I helped to install a radiator cover (that Tim built) securely against the wall in a client’s home, and fit the marble top on.
– I helped take measurements in a client’s home for a custom fit alcove desk. And milled up the wood that supports the MDF top.
– And finally, I’ve just finished milling and assembling face frames that will fit onto (kitchen) cabinet boxes that Tim cut and assembled on my sick day.
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