Pictures of before and after. Using 2 tele-posts as the bar forms. We used a biscuit joiner and glued these two pieces of live edge cedar together to make our bar. A little sanding and of course 2 part epoxy to finish and VOILA! We love it.
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Composite deck built for my mom using Armadillo Painted Desert composite decking from Windsor Plywood Regina. We ran the deck boards on the upper 8′-6″ x 8′-6″ section on the angle and the lower section parallel to the house. The deck took approximately 60 man hours.
The deck measures 20 feet, 6″ wide by 17 feet deep.
I learned that sunscreen is my friend!
My project was the finishing of my triple tandem garage. I wanted my finished product to look like a rustic cottage, incorporating wood and stone finishing.
Firstly, under the Doors category I’d like to submit all my handmade cabinets and lockers. All of which were made from 5/8” inch MDF with 1/2″ x1/2 “ inch Pine accents. I also would include all the handmade drawers which as you can see were all dovetailed.
Secondly, under the Moulding category, I’d like to draw your attention to the waffle ceiling, made with 1/2” MDF with 1×4 Spruce panels.
And finally, under the Woodworking Category I think the entire garage fits, but particularly the butcher block counter top, ledger under the pegboard, and all the walls, which are covered in 1×6 tongue and groove, cedar planks.
#fathersday #fathersprojects
(This project was submitted by Brent on May 2nd , 2014)
I would like to submit my plywood project in the woodworking category.
The plywood (3/4” Baltic birch) was purchased from your Coquitlam store as recommended by your employee Jordan.
My project was used for my audition in HGTV’s Canada’s Handyman Challenge (Season 3) which I ultimately won. The criteria for the audition was to make a project (of our choice) from one sheet of ¾” plywood, miscellaneous hardware was allowed.
The project is a full scale replica Harley Davidson Evolution engine. It is accurate within millimeters of an actual engine and includes a working crankshaft, rod, and piston. The piston includes rings that were removed from my motorcycle engine (after a recent rebuild) validating the accuracy of this build. I would like to point out I am a HD Mechanic by trade and not a carpenter, there was a great deal of learning in this project. The completed project consumed all but 2 square feet shown in the foreground of the photos. I did not have the engine finished for the audition, I completed it after the competition was over. I have invested just over 200 hours building this project.
Regards
Brent
Above: Finished EVO Engine Right Hand Side
Above: Finished EVO Engine Left Hand Side
Above: Finished EVO Engine Piston Cut Away
An room in our unfinished basement was finished to create a music/craft room.
Custom built-in shelves and curved desk were made out of 3/4″ melamine and trimmed with white iron-on melamine edging. A Kregg shelf pin jig was used to create custom shelf heights. The built-in shelving unit was trimmed with MDF mouldings – baseboard #514 for the two vertical pieces for the centre shelving section, S4S #MFSP105 & sash bead #9532 were used to create the custom header for the built-in shelves. Built-in shelf backer board was made out of particle/MDF board and painted a contrasting colour for a pop of colour.
The S4S #MFSP105 & sash bead #9532 mouldings were used to trim out the top of the doors (French & solid core).
1/2″ MDF was used to make a custom window sill and jambs for the window. The S4S #MFSP105 & sash bead #9532 mouldings were also used to trim out the top of the window.
Mouldings
Materials used:
– 1/2″ MDF (window sill and jambs)
– White iron-on melamine edging (used on all built in melamine shelves)
– 3/4″ melamine (for built in shelves and built desk)
– 11/16″ x 4-9/16″ (MFSP105) S4S MDF moulding
– 1/2″ x 1-3/8″ (9532) MDF sash bead moulding
– 1/2″ x 5-1/4″ (514) MDF baseboard moulding
– Particle/MDF board
– Shelf pins
– Kreg shelf pin jig
For the Doors
Materials used:
– 2 x 24 inch hollow core interior door (slabs)
– Pine door jamb
– 32 inch solid core interior door (pre hung)
– Door hinges
– Door lever style handles
– MDF moulding for finishing
Solid core doors was used as entrance door to a music room. Solid core door was used to reduce noise. Hollow core doors were hung (by us!) as French doors on closet. French doors allow easy access to musical instruments. Moulding was used to trim out doors.
I picked up a live edge maple slab at Windsor Plywood in Regina on impulse.
The slab took over 6 hours of planning and sanding to bring out the beauty of the natural maple.
The table legs are made of 4″ x 4″ Red Cedar scribed to fit the raw edge of the underside. The finish is a natural stain with several coats of varathane. Countless hours of sanding and apply coats of oil.
This desk was made from Panama Canal hardwoods. It was purchased from Windsor Plywood in Fort St. John.
What makes this wood special was it was reclaimed from the Panama Canal. In 1913, while building the Panama Canal, Theodore Roosevelt created what was the world’s largest man-made lake (Gutan Lake) by damming the Chagres River and flooding an old growth jungle the size of Montreal. Ninety-seven years later, using submersible hydraulic chain saws lubricated with vegetable oil, these perfectly preserved tropical hardwood trees are being harvested from that underwater jungle.
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We just bought our house two years ago and with it came a beautiful sea of blue carpet. This was the first time I’ve ever installed laminate flooring!
We loved the product (Taiga Synergy Envy) because of the colour, beveled edges, easy install and warranty.
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Leo built this urn for his Mother’s ashes. She had mentioned that he had better craftsmanship than the plain ones they had seen at the funeral home..
It is built with Oak, with Purpleheart sides.
It measures 12″ x 6″ x 6″.
Last year I removed my old water damaged window sills and replaced them with new oak window sills along with oak crown mouldings placed underneath. I purchased from the Chilliwack Windsor Plywood center the needed 3/4 inch oak boards along with the oak crown mouldings and being a do it your-selfer I managed to cut out very carefully the old MDF sills using of all things a drill and then very carefully by hand chiselling out the MDF. It was a laborious process but wanting to be careful to not damage the windows or the window plate I managed to remove it all and installed the new and they look great.
Next to installing new window sills using Windsor Plywood products I also used their stain in Summer Oak which was suggested to me by the sales person and the reason I wanted to go with this particular stain is because of the kitchen which i wanted to match with the pre-existing cabinets and do they ever. Happy as can be and also the oak sills were coating to with Windsor Plywoods Varathane Diamond clear semi-gloss and the results well they speak for themselves. (the only problem, I don’t have the before pictures to show you.)
Along with doing my window sills I also used Windsor Plywood for buying flooring for my kitchen and bathroom and I used Coastal Spice Scraped Vinyl Flooring and it looks great (First picture below).