Shop update #33 (6-13-18)
On Friday night I designed a small Stuffed Animal Zoo and 2 different styles of washer toss games in Sketchup. I also figured out a material list for them. I estimated that I could get a minimum of 6 (maybe 8 if the cuts are good) complete washer toss games out of a full sheet of 1/2″ plywood. Between the Zoo and the games I figured that I would need 14 – 8′ 2×4’s and a full sheet of plywood cut lengthwise into thirds.
Saturday morning I headed to my local Lowes and had them make 2 full length cuts on a full sheet of plywood at 16 1/2″ each. Their panel cutter isn’t always accurate and that extra 1/2″ will give me a little wiggle room. It will also help if I accidentally make my washer toss boxes a little too big. This was the first time that I have picked up a big load of lumber in the new car and it all fit in there great. My son helped me unload the car and we put all the 2×4’s in the Outdoor Lumber Rack. We then headed out to Hemet for my niece’s High School Graduation party. I brought the Kid Sized Cornhole Boards with me and the kids had fun with them at the party.
Sunday morning was all about the mitre saw. I got all the pieces for the zoo and 6 washer toss games (3 of each style) cut down by lunch time. I plan on working on the washer toss games next weekend but wanted to get all the pieces for both projects all cut down today. After lunch I did a dry fit of the zoo and determined that 36″ was too tall for what I wanted to do with it so I shortened it by 12″. During the dry fit I also figured out that this was a perfect application for pocket hole screws as opposed to my previous plan so I broke out my Kreg jig and drilled all the pockets into the cross braces. I was then able to get everything sanded down to 120 by the end of the day. I still need to sand the legs and outside faces to 220 but ran out of time.
3 Replies to “Shop update #33 (6-13-18)”
TRACIE JACKSON
June 13, 2018 at 2:26 pm
I like the idea for the washer toss however it makes no mention about the pipe used or the washers. Plllease avise
admin
June 13, 2018 at 2:53 pm
I am filming a video for this project and it should be posted in a couple of weeks. I will also show more in next week’s shop update once I work on it this weekend. Thanks for asking!
Tracie Jackson
June 14, 2018 at 8:04 am
I’m excited to see it. Good woodworking
Tracie Jackson