THE BIG REVEAL - Coming Soon!
Four months later and I am one or maybe two days from finally finishing my latest "masterpiece". It should be noted I did take about 6 weeks off because of so many days of 110 to 115 (43.0-46.1) degree heat and I just wasn't motivated to work outside.
Today I was super proud of myself for doing something I hadn't done since high school when my mom and I cut mirrored tiles to line the back wall of a bar we built - I cut glass to fit in the doors of my project, one of the final steps toward finishing.
With a new glass cutter from Amazon and a trip yesterday to Homo Depot to purchase some glass, I couldn't wait to get started today. In addition to the two 12x36" glass sheets for the doors, I got a couple cheap 12x12 pieces to practice on and I'm really glad I did.
My first couple test cuts didn't come out so great but on the 3rd attempt, I did the deed. Emboldened by my success, I moved onto the larger panels and both scored and cut perfectly. In a moment of self-congratulation, (not flagellation, that's a different story) I sat down thinking that sometimes I even amaze myself!
All that is left is to place the glass in the doors, reattach the doors to the body and add some knobs and magnetic closers.
The only remaining question is how to affix the glass to the inside of the doors? I got these little metal glazing points that should be enough if YouTube woodworkers are to be believed but i might decide to make some wood molding which will add at least another day to the project to make and paint but would really look better.
I really challenged myself with this build, learned so much and did things I never thought possible that will carry on to my next project. I was surprised at how much thinking was involved and what a puzzle it was at times like if I do this step, will it screw up the next step? There were days when I was simply stumped and gave up for fear of making huge mistakes. There were days when I lie in bed in the morning going over things in my mind and finding no answers and days when I woke up with a plan of attack. In thinking back at all the hours I put into this, the moments of indecision and those of inspired stable genius and even if at best it's only an amateur/beginner effort, I am pretty dang proud of what I have done even if nobody else likes it.
Realizing nobody is excited about this as I am, stay tuned! Photos and even maybe a video hopefully coming this weekend.
Four months later and I am one or maybe two days from finally finishing my latest "masterpiece". It should be noted I did take about 6 weeks off because of so many days of 110 to 115 (43.0-46.1) degree heat and I just wasn't motivated to work outside.
Today I was super proud of myself for doing something I hadn't done since high school when my mom and I cut mirrored tiles to line the back wall of a bar we built - I cut glass to fit in the doors of my project, one of the final steps toward finishing.
With a new glass cutter from Amazon and a trip yesterday to Homo Depot to purchase some glass, I couldn't wait to get started today. In addition to the two 12x36" glass sheets for the doors, I got a couple cheap 12x12 pieces to practice on and I'm really glad I did.
My first couple test cuts didn't come out so great but on the 3rd attempt, I did the deed. Emboldened by my success, I moved onto the larger panels and both scored and cut perfectly. In a moment of self-congratulation, (not flagellation, that's a different story) I sat down thinking that sometimes I even amaze myself!
All that is left is to place the glass in the doors, reattach the doors to the body and add some knobs and magnetic closers.
The only remaining question is how to affix the glass to the inside of the doors? I got these little metal glazing points that should be enough if YouTube woodworkers are to be believed but i might decide to make some wood molding which will add at least another day to the project to make and paint but would really look better.
I really challenged myself with this build, learned so much and did things I never thought possible that will carry on to my next project. I was surprised at how much thinking was involved and what a puzzle it was at times like if I do this step, will it screw up the next step? There were days when I was simply stumped and gave up for fear of making huge mistakes. There were days when I lie in bed in the morning going over things in my mind and finding no answers and days when I woke up with a plan of attack. In thinking back at all the hours I put into this, the moments of indecision and those of inspired stable genius and even if at best it's only an amateur/beginner effort, I am pretty dang proud of what I have done even if nobody else likes it.
Realizing nobody is excited about this as I am, stay tuned! Photos and even maybe a video hopefully coming this weekend.
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.