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Night Stands
This is my first real woodworking project after putting together my woodshop. I built night stands for my son’s room. Red Oak, tenon and mortise construction. The drawers are hand cut dovetail, not the...
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Craftsman Plant Table
Yesterday I completed the table my wife asked me to build after seeing the night stands. She wanted something to put plants on so they will receive light from the front window. I built this table out...
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End Table
Small end table made with Red Oak. I used tenon and mortise joinery and hand cut the dovetail drawer. The table was stained red mahogany, and finished with four coats of shellac. I was a little...
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Tissue Box
We had beautiful weather last weekend… it rained all day Saturday. Since yard work was out of the question, I went to my scrap pile and and built this tissue box. It’s Red Oak, stained Mahogany, and...
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Cherry Tissue Box
My first project starting with hit/miss rough lumber. I stopped by a local lumber mill and picked out some Pennsylvania Cherry. I decided to start off with a small project to see how easy/difficult...
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Kitchen Window Blind Cleats
My wife was tired of the kitchen window blind draw strings falling into the sink and getting wet. She decided to fix the problem by using a painted metal cup hooks but made sure I was home to see her...
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"Mollusk" Bandsaw Box
Just for the fun of it and a little practice with my bandsaw, I built a bandsaw box. This box is red oak, stained gun stock, and finished with 3 coats of tung oil and polished with paste wax. I used...
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Cherry and Purple Heart Napkin Holder
A little project after completing a DVD/BD hutch. The napkin holder is cherry and purple heart. Finish is one coat of shellac and three coats of tung oil. (I’ll post picture of the hutch after I...
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DVD/BD Hutch
This is by far my largest project and I built it for my son. I started it in September thinking I would complete construction and finish by Thanksgiving. By Thanksgiving the bottom cabinet was mostly...
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Chocolate Drip Valentine Bandsaw Box
This box is a Valentine present for my wife. After putting on the finish it just looked like it was dripping with chocolate. So I put Hershey Kisses in the drawers and strawberries in a bowl before...
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Little Peace Dove Bandsaw Box
I completed a couple more bandsaw boxes. Both are made out of walnut. These boxes are finished with two coats of de-waxed shellac and three coats of tung oil. I put blue flock in the drawers. I got the...
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Electronics Bay and a Couple Small Boxes
The lower oak cabinet we bought a couple years ago but I was concerned with heat build up with the glass doors. I made an oak cabinet (before I was really into woodworking) but never really liked it. I...
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Cornhole in Scarlet and Gray
These cornhole boards are made with oak ply and red oak boards. I used pocket hole joinery with wood glue. Finished with three coats of poly. The boards almost seem too nice to use outside, but can’t...
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Fluidity of Inspiration and Hope
I designed this project to symbolize the fluidity of inspiration and hope. It represents despair symbolized by the dark cloud along with the hope and prayers flowing within the sliver lining. Our...
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Wedding Gift Bandsaw Box
This box is made of walnut, maple, and cherry with purpleheart drawer pull and finished with pure tung oil. The drawer interior is finished with blue flock. I used a pattern from Lois Ventura “Sculpted...
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Continuation of Inspiration and Hope
After my neighbor and friend saw the stand I made for the praying hands he gave my wife he wanted one for himself. I told him I would love to make him one no charge. I was at his house when he was...
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Napkin Holders
I made three more of my napkin holders. One was for a customer that found me through LumberJocks. Since I was building one I thought for about the same amount of time I could build three. I found out...
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Kitchen Sink Clutter Box
This box is made out of Pennsylvania Cherry constructed with box joints. I finished it with one coat of 1# shellac and five coats of a tung oil finish. One of the issues I ran into was the width of the...
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Shoe Bench
I started this project in late November ‘10 and put the final finish on in April ‘11. It took a little longer than I planned but this project presented me with a lot of challenges to line up all the...
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Bedside Stool
I made this stool for my daughter-in-law, she was having a difficult time getting into her bed while pregnant. I started making four of these, but it has been difficult to get much shop time lately so...
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