Beehive in Action!
Ok.. I know that this isn’t a real woodworking post, but I thought it might be interesting to see the Top Bar Beehive my brother and I built in some of the previous posts in action, so here’s a video of it for you to check out. My brother added some metal legs, a roof, and of course some bees to it.
I’m no expert, but it sure seems to “bee” working just fine!
Printer Stand 2
The weather was finally perfect today so I pulled out the power tools and set to making the printer stand that I had planned out in Sketchup.
I first cut all the pieces to length and then started making all the necessary cuts and dadoes to allow the pieces to interlock.
I saved the left over pieces from the rabbet and decided to use them for the braces farther down the legs.
Luckily the other parts were wider and I could use the cheapo surform plane for them.
I like using a big rafter square for squaring up things. Maybe just the plastic is nicer to hold than cold metal on a cool morning.
I could have gotten away without countersinking in the screws, but it does make things look a lot nicer. I suppose it helps control the wood from splitting a little bit.
I put a little glue in some of the joint even though it probably wasn’t necessary.
I nipped off the corners for the feet even though it wouldn’t really make much of a functional difference.
And here’s the stand all finished!