Valet Cabinet

This is a finished Valet Cabinet. I was going to put a door on the front but liked the finish so much I could not cover it up. The drawers are diagonal grain satin wood with cherry veneer. I built it to hold all of my stuff.

Pine Wood Derby Time

Two weeks to go. Coban wanted a Honda NSX. Here are our progression shots of the pinewood derby prototype before the spoiler. We modeled it after a screen shot of a GT4 car. Racing January 27th. First heat the car came in first place.

Best Pizza Dough Recipe

Baldini Pizza Crust

I got this recipe from my brother in-law. It is simply the best recipe I have ever tried for pizza dough.

1 Tsp Sugar
1 C Warm Water
1 pckt Yeast
2 Tbl Butter
3-1/2 C Flour
1/8 tsp Salt
1 Egg
1 Tsp Olive Oil

Mix sugar and yeast in warm water, let sit until foaming. Add melted butter than the rest and mix. Let rise (10min), beat down, let rise again then use. Beautiful stuff. Cook at 450 for about 10 minutes or so.

January 2007 Projects

Here is the first demilune shelf showing the MDF substrate and the cut/glued satinwood prior to ironing to MDF.

Here are both demilune shelves. One completed to the laquer stage, the other still needs the zebrawood

border applied. The golden oak stain really stands out as compared to the unstained one on the left. Next I have to do the aprons for both shelves. This time I will do them in zebrawood instead of the satinwood.
Here are both sides finished with laquer applied. Aprons go on next.