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Zebra Wood / Wenge Box

Okay, I should have mitered the corners instead of showing all that end grain. But my power tools are limited to say the least, and I didn’t want to waste the wood trying to get a straight miter....

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Wenge Decorative Toolbox

I’m working on another decorative toolbox at the moment, but just thought I’d share this one in the mean time, which I built about a week ago. The design couldn’t be any simpler, just 6 pieces glued...

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Walnut Staircase Assembly

In ‘08 I was hired as a helper to assemble this walnut staircase. Once the floating stringers and a few treads were in place, they saw I knew what I was doing and left me to finish the whole project....

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Cherry Wenge Decorative Toolbox

As you can probably tell, the varnish is still drying. This is more a practice project than anything else, to try my hand at, uhhh… what’s the word for layering or pin striping wood? Anyway, that’s...

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Built-in Cabinets

This is back when I had real tools. I set up shop right there in the basement den, and built away. It’s constructed of poplar and maple, primed and finished with 3 coats of satin enamel. There are 3...

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Quick & Easy Router Bit Box

The bits and caddies are from a Ryobi set like the one shown, though that’s a Google image I borrowed. I got a good closeout price on the set but I needed a case that would get tossed around on...

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Small Wormy Panga-Panga Tray

I threw this together this morning, using up most of the lighter stock of some 1/4” strips of worm eaten panga-panga. I still have a lot of darker stock, which I’m contemplating making a larger version...

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Bathroom Wainscoting w/ Built-in Medicine Cabinet

While I’m cleaning and organizing my shop, I just thought I’d share the woodworking portion of a bathroom I remodeled about 5 years ago. This project started from the medicine cabinet, which I custom...

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Cheap Table Saw & Belt Sander Upgrade... well, sorta (Stumpy Nubs Jig Contest)

Looking at how to improve my cheap ($65 used) Ryobi table saw, I threw together this sled and rip fence out of scrap lumber. I put a stop cleat at the right side of the fence so it will align with the...

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Ya think I maybe got a little carried away?

...and there are 5 more ‘ugly’ toolboxes in my work shop, filled with tools. :D I didn’t make these all recently, about half of them I had done over the past year or so. The long one on the top left is...

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Free Teak to New Garden Table

Funny thing… just the other day I was asking about the price of teak in the forum. About an hour ago I see the teak patio chaise sitting by the dumpster. I dragged it down into my basement and emerged...

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More Wormy Panga-Panga... Mirror & Candle Sconces

When I was making my Small Wormy Panga-Panga Tray I tried to find these, which is what I used the bulk of the Panga-Panga for, but to no avail. Well, I was doing more cleaning in my shop today (a never...

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Storage Seating in 3-Season Room

It’s actually a 4 season room since I installed insulation, thermal windows, heating.. the works. But the customer I did this for doesn’t heat it. Anyway, that aside part of the remodel included this...

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Turn a jig saw into a scroll saw, jig

Not having a band saw or scroll saw and needing to cut some simple profiles on wood no thicker than 3/4”, I got to work converting my cheap Skill jig saw into a bench-top scroll saw. The top is 1”...

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Salvaged 1920's Medicine Cabinet

Not exactly woodworking but I think a few here might enjoy seeing this. I found this old medicine cabinet in my back alley, covered with about 50 coats of paint that looked as if they were applied with...

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My Very First Turning Project Ever

I figured for my first turning project I would make something that will be useful… a round mallet. The woods are cypress, walnut and maple, only because that what I have laying around.

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Second Ever Turning Project - Another Mallet

As the title says, this is my second ever successful turning project, which like my first is a mallet. This one is made of oak and is a bit larger, with the head measuring almost 3-1/4” thick (the...

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Handle for my 1" gouge

I made a handle for my 1” gouge which I think turned out pretty nice. Bubinga finished with MinWax Antique Oil satin finish. It’s shiny in the photo because it’s still drying.

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A Bunch of Pens

I got my first lathe and dived right into making pens. These are some of them. Most of them are already given away to friends and family. One thing I discovered about turning pens… it can become very...

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A Few More Pens

My other pens were received so well I decided to share a few more pens I made. Going from left to right, the desert camouflage and pink & blue acetate pens are for my nephew, who is in the Army,...

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