Shop Tip: Router Dado Sled for the Thomas Walnut Dresser

I got about 2 hours of shop time tonight. I was working alone so I wasn’t going to try to push any big pieces through the saw. I need to cut the top, back, and bottom to their final sizes, and also rip the front into the strips that will make up the front for

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Thomas Walnut Dresser: Project Progress

Yesterday I went into Seattle after lunch and picked up the materials at Crosscut Hardwoods. The guys there are helpful, and they did most of the labor when picking out the materials, loading them into my trolley and pushing that around, and loading them into my truck. When I got home I was on my

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Thomas Walnut Dresser: First Estimate Lessons Learned

Today I finally got some prices on the materials I’ll use for the Thomas Walnut Dresser, and submitted my first estimate for customer approval!

 

Things learned

Quickbooks is widely used, but not that easy to use. UI needs polish! Washington State has a Reseller Permit that I can use to get great prices on

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