This is another “retro-post” of a previous project. Last year Wendy wanted a new TV stand for Hanna’s Irish Vacation Farmhouse. We decided to make it from some nice wormy maple that I was able to source locally.

After careful measuring to fit both the available space and the farmhouse’s TV, I came up with a design and started cutting the pieces and began the assembly.

All the joinery was done with pocket joints. It’s a good effective way and provides a strong joint.

I decided to personalize this table by carving “Hanna Farm” into one of the front rails. Before assembly, I put the piece into my Genmitsu 3018 PROVer CNC machine and made the carving with a 90 Degree V-bit.

The top was a beautiful piece of laminated wormy maple and was the single most costly item in the whole table. I mixed up some clear epoxy and filled in the knot holes on the top. It was then given a number of coats of polyurethane. The rest of the pieces got the same polyurethane finish before final assembly.

All in all, this was a very worthwhile project. The wife was happy and that’s the most important thing.

Back in the spring, I made a couple of signs to give to the young lady who purchased two of our horses, Beetlebaum and Prince Canaveral.

I imported photos we had of these horses into Easel software and came up with these designs.

The designs were carved into a couple pieces of wood (poplar I think), then a coat of shellac was applied for a sealant.

Next, I mixed up some epoxy with black colourant and filled the carvings.

A good sanding cleaned up any spill-over and I then applied three or four coats of varnish. On the back side, I cut a key-hole so they could be hung up and added my logo.