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....
View ArticleWenge 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...
View ArticleWalnut 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....
View ArticleCherry 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...
View ArticleBuilt-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...
View ArticleQuick & 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...
View ArticleSmall 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...
View ArticleBathroom 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...
View ArticleCheap 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...
View ArticleYa 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...
View ArticleFree 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...
View ArticleMore 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...
View ArticleStorage 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...
View ArticleTurn 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”...
View ArticleSalvaged 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...
View ArticleMy 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.
View ArticleSecond 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...
View ArticleHandle 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.
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleA 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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