So a few weeks ago my wife mentioned to me that she would like to learn how to use some of the tools in the shop. Today she saw the following mirror http://shanty2chic.blogspot.com/2010/02/cheapo-but-chic-full-length-mirror.html
and this was the project she decided should be her first. Tonight we started the project. She seems to be a natural.
Here she begins measuring her first board.
Everything is marked time to 
Starting her first cut. She repeated the same process on four more boards and man I got to tell you she
As we started to put the boards up to each other as I figured they were badly cupped so what the solution. I taught her to use the Jointer.
Once again she proved to be a natural with the jointer. I saw no sniping at all on any of the boards.
Tomorrow night we should finish the project up and I will introduce her to the nail gun… Nothing like a little firepower.
Sorry no pictures as of right now. I ran out of the paint stripper the other night and have not been able to get much more done. I was able to get the two sides stripped and most of the drawers. Tonight I hope to get some more Formby’s and stripe the rest of the paint off. I did take the chance last night to spray some paint I had mixed up on it and decided I really don’t like it. It’s very odd as in some light it looks a little purple, then blue and even black. Oh well… You live and learn. Oh yeah I said in the last post that I was going to stain it. Well… I’m not, okay not totally…….
After getting the two sides stripped and some sanding done I realized that the original stain was very deep in the wood and wasn’t going to come out 100%, and the wood was freaking ugly, so I will be painting the body of the dresser a color to be determined probably black cause I feel monochromatic and stain the top with some ebony stain. I hope to finish up the project this weekend. I was able to stabilize the dresser from raking back and forth. When I get back into the shop with the camera I will show how I accomplished this.
