Category Archives: Hillbilly Tansu-002

HB Tansu #3-Progress 10

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Greg Merritt

Today was all about panels.  I cut and fit all of the required panels for the carcass.  This isn’t a difficult job, but due the small size of my shop, can be tedious.  Constantly moving the assembly and the raw panel material. … Continue reading →

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HB Tansu #3-Progress 9

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Greg Merritt

I’ve been lucky with the weather this week.  It has been warm just about every evening when I came home from work.  So I was able to get an hour or so in the shop a few evenings.  Over the … Continue reading →

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HB Tansu #3-Progress 8

Posted on March 29, 2015 by Greg Merritt

I jolted awake in the wee hours of the morning with a sobering realization.  I hadn’t ordered any plywood panels for this tansu.  Which meant that I was pretty much dead in the water until I had ply in hand. … Continue reading →

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HB Tansu #3-Progress 7

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Greg Merritt

Finally some shop time!  It’s still getting cold at night here.  Below freezing at night cold.  So I planned ahead and turned the space heater in the shop on low last night before I went to bed.  This morning the … Continue reading →

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HB Tansu #3-Progress 6

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Greg Merritt

I spent Saturday completing the side rail joinery.  Basically just more of the same like I posted in Progress 5.  With the side rails completed, I turned my attention to the front and rear bearers. The first step was to … Continue reading →

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HB Tansu #3-Progress 5

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Greg Merritt

It was almost 70F today!  Spring is just around the corner.  Finally! I took advantage of the warmth and spent an hour or so in the shop after work today.  Today saw the start of the from/rear rails.  I marked … Continue reading →

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HB Tansu #3-Progress 4

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Greg Merritt

Today was basically a repeat of yesterday.  I chopped the mortises in the rear cross rails and then fit the corresponding post tenons. One additional operation today was to layout and chop the handle rail mortises.  Nothing special about that … Continue reading →

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HB Tansu #3-Progress 3

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Greg Merritt

I had an easy, slow paced day in the shop.  No rush.  Just enjoyed my time working wood and making.  My goal today was to chop the mortises in the front cross rails and to fit the corresponding post tenons. … Continue reading →

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HB Tansu #3-Progress 2

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Greg Merritt

What a difference a few days make.  My electric was restored late Sunday afternoon.  Thus ending the almost four day struggle to keep the water pipes and myself from freezing.  Today the temperature climbed to almost 60F.  No complaints with … Continue reading →

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Making Do!

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Greg Merritt

Wednesday night a winter storm rolled through dumping ten inches of heavy, wet snow. Thursday morning found the roads impassable and I had no electricity. No electricity means no heat. So priority number one was to keep the house warm … Continue reading →

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