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Thanks xpops. Hopefully more to come soon. I've been financing this with eBay sales, and they have slowed down a bit lately, so progress might be delayed, but there's plenty to do with what I have purchased. Gila, I agree it needs something. I have some black dye that I can darken up the...

So, I was able to scrub down the surface a little with some denatured alcohol. And then immediately after I rubbed it down I glued and nailed the trim down while it was still damp, so hopefully that will help the glue soak in at least a little. It's a bit tedious, and I've been pretty busy this...

Thanks for the tip​ on poly glue. Hadn't thought about that. Yeah, I was more worried about the shellac I put on first, though. I think I will probably try and clean it up a bit with alcohol and see how the pva and finish nails will hold, and I can always go back with liquid nails later if...

Oh snap. As I am putting this thread together, I am now realizing that I may have just hit my worst flub so far. I just now realized that my layer of shellac is going to make gluing this trim on rather difficult if not futile. Don't mind the orangey color. That's Fiebing's British Tan leather...

Got my trim mitered to cover the screws in the face panel. I'm not entirely sure the best way to attach this to ensure that it it holds the curve well.

Thanks hedgie. Wait until everyone finds out that I'm driving screws with a 12V cordless drill from Aldi. True story.

And while we're discussing tools, Why did Snoop Dogg go to the hardware store? Fo' chisels! Sorry, I couldn't help myself. $6 for a set at harbor freight. I'm not going to trust my life with them, but they got the job done. Actually I bought these to chip out a recess for the...

Thanks, Gila Yeah I was really excited about the figure on that panel. I have struggled a little bit to come up with a good color for it, though. I wanted to go dark, but couldn't find a strain that wouldn't hide the figure. As I looked at wooden cabinets and furniture all around me, I have the...

So I have a two tap jockey box now. It performed fairly well. I have to rework some things on it because my lines from the keg to the cold plate are 1/4" ID, but the lines from the plate to the faucets is 3/16". I believe that this was what caused some sputtering at the taps, which wasn't so bad...

At this point, my sister asked me to offer expertise in serving Italian sodas at her wedding reception. This seemed like a good time to invest in a jockey box. Was it overkill? Absolutely. Was it fun? Also, absolutely. No one wants to serve Italian sodas using bottled carbonated water, this...

More bracing and the first layer of face panel on. In my mind it made sense that a 1/4" piece of ply would bend the curve nicely, but I felt like it wouldn't offer much rigidity. So this was screwed to the vertical slats in the previous picture and glued n' screwed at the edges. In all...

I like it! Is that why the rustic look is so popular?

More bracing and something for the face to attach to. Also test fitting the piece for the countertop.

Yeah, this picture was a bit deceptive, too. These two pieces aren't meant to go together like that, I just had one propped on top of the other so I could get a picture of how straight it was/wasn't. Agreed on the moulding. I do have some to hide my cuts. Assuming it will bend like I want it to.

Thanks for all the compliments and advice. I agree that having the right tools definitely go a long way. Like 99 yards to the endzone kind of long way. So far, it's going ok, though. I did have an extra piece of pergo type flooring that I had clamped to my plywood to use as a straight edge, but...

Some of my cuts are straighter than others. Especially after buying a speed square. That helps a lot.

We bought the house mid Feb '16, painted every wall in the house (some of them twice due to some confusion on which colors were left by the previous owner), did tile in the basement for the bar, had new carpet installed everywhere, put down epoxy paint on the floor of the garage, replaced a...

Thanks! Definite carnage to come though, I guarantee it. The tile wasn't so bad because the tools needed were minimal: A 5 gal bucket, a cement mixer drill bit, the corner piece spacers, a couple of trowels and a sponge. I rented a big tile saw for this one, but then bought a little saw for...

Step 2 actually worked out really well. We were searching for a bigger dining room table in the local classifieds because our family is just too freaking large and I can't afford a brand new one. Anyway, I found that you can get a table at a decent price but it's the table with a set of chairs...

So I bought a house about a year ago and one of the selling points was that the family room in the basement had a weird setup which just sort of naturally separates the room into two. It didn't really make sense for a normal family room and the surround sound wiring was sideways from how I would...