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• DIY Wood worker wedding #6: The cake plate - a tree made of wood and table settings - 09-30-2011 07:44 PM | 1 comment

  This is a project my fiance and I did together for our upcoming wedding. Um so wow a lot has h...

• Craft shows 101 - First show #2: Getting ready for 2011 - 09-01-2011 05:19 PM | 5 comments

  I thought I would post some photos of my progress of getting ready for the 2011 craft show season...

• Harmonica case #4: How to grout wood - 09-01-2011 04:49 PM | 0 comments

  I realized I never explained how I got the grout “look” to work with the harmonica ca...

• Harmonica case #3: commissioned harmonica case - grouting the brick - 08-03-2011 06:38 PM | 4 comments

  So it took me two weeks to chisel out the bloodwood to make it look like patterned brick (you kno...

• DIY Wood worker wedding #5: The cake plate shaping the stump and roots - 08-03-2011 06:14 PM | 0 comments

  So i bought a Pneumatic Sanding Drum set and i used my lathe to wear down the rough edges (pi...

• Harmonica case #2: Part 2: How to make wood look like brick - 07-20-2011 07:02 PM | 3 comments

  I spent some time refining the “brick building” technique. I originally was going to...

• DIY Wood worker wedding #4: DIY Wood worker wedding #4: The cake plate Chapter #3 - 07-15-2011 07:41 PM | 1 comment

  So some progress has been made. first i rounded off the cylinder with a bandsaw to remove a lot ...

• Harmonica case #1: The harmonica case for the Harmonica case collector - 07-01-2011 04:22 PM | 3 comments

  So this is a commissioned harmonica case that I am working on. this gentleman wanted his likenes...

• DIY Wood worker wedding #3: DIY Wood worker wedding #2 - The cake plate Chapter #2 - 06-27-2011 07:05 PM | 5 comments

  So I’m back in class now and the wedding approach-ith. T-minus 4 months (eeeep!) So the...

• DIY Wood worker wedding #2: The cake plate - a DIY design that will last - 01-26-2011 06:42 PM | 4 comments

  The cake plate will be an on going project that I am trying to get done before the spring / summe...

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