6 Person Harvest Table

With all this unemployed time, I decided to put myself to work and try to learn a little about carpentry.

We don't have a dining room table for whenever we move into this new house. So Anna and I visited a few of the local antique barns, and furniture stores to get a pretty clear idea of what we wanted. After finding that the tables we liked were around $150-$200 or more I set out to try my hand at furniture building. If we ended up spending that much on tools, and materials, oh well, at least it's been an interesting project.

After about a week of thinking about how to do it, and a week of working on building it, we have an unfinished 6-person harvest style dining room table.

All it took was about $65 dollars in materials (24 feet of White Pine 2x10's & 28 feet of White Pine 1x3's), some pipe clamps, sand paper and hand miter saw from the hardware store, patience, and help from my Dad. Once we get into the house we'll pick out a stain to finish it off.

Here's a few pictures of how it has turned out:

Hand-Stitched Gas Tank

So it's not what most people think of as a gas-tank, but it sits on the top tube of your bicycle (like a motorcycle gas tank) and is usually filled with food (fuel). Inspired by the Gas Tanks of Epic Designs http://www.epicdesignsalaska.com/.

I spent nearly all day yesterday sewing a gas-tank for my bike by hand. It would have been a lot easier with a machine, but why not do things the hard way once in a while.

The project cost about 25 cents in materials thanks to the Eureka Camping Center in Binghamton selling tent rain flys for $3, and some garbage picking for the plastic mesh that gives the tank it's structure. It seems functional, but someday when I have the motivation I'd like to re-work it to have a dual zip opening, and some more robust fabric.