The New Plate Rail

Last December, starting with some online instructions, I started to build a set of plate rails for our living room. Our house, though Craftsman in architecture, is sadly lacking in Craftsman touches, so we decided to add some. Like any good project, this took much longer than I expected (what month is it now, March?), but I'm pleased with how it turned out:



Some lessons learned:

1. Oak is very, very heavy. There's a reason they made ships out of it.
2. Making a 45 degree miter cut into trim that has to mount diagonally is tricky.
3. Measure twice, glue once. Measure once, leave glue marks on your lovely stain.
4. Sawing hours are Saturday, 10 - 12:30 and 3 - 5. Interfering with naptime or the Sabbath is strongly discouraged.
5. Everything looks better with Christmas plates on it!

- Michael