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This took a while longer to finish than I anticipated. I learned that it's one thing to know how to do a procedure, I.E. hand cutting a blind dovetail, and quite another to do it in practice and get a project done on time. This had it all…all the fun kinds of joinery, dados, mortise & tenons...

My wife found a similar picture on Pinterest and asked me to build one to help organize our backpacks, school lunch boxes, and gym bags. Pretty simple to make, using cabinet grade plywood with pine face frame. Then finishing it with cabinet paint (gray & white). My one big mess up is the size...

I'm in the process of building a dresser and have to joint boards larger then my 6" jointer. I seen the plans for this jig in Fine Woodworking #175 by Keith Rust. I slightly altered his plans. - I used 3/4" BB plywood strips in between to stiffen the jig. - I also put two dowels behind each...

I made this twin bed for a friends daughter. It is made out of 2×4's, birch ply and some wainscot ply. It was relatively inexpensive and easy to build. The hardest part of the project was finding decent 2×4s that could be planed down flat and straight. She found her initial at a hobby store...

A local mexican restraunt owner asked if I could make fluted pillars. Sure I said. I he said could I, not had I ever ;-) Or the anwser would have been no. So I had to invent my own way to make them. The owner was so happy with them that he had me come back for a couple other jobs incorporating...

maple pot is 3 1/4" glass over glass . striker is KY coffee wood..

I had some old Cherry, and this free plan from Woodworkers Journal #374, here is the link if anyone is interested. Folding Deck Table I have wanted to try this for awhile now. This is a great little project. When I first looked at this plan, I thought it might be kinda of wobbly, but it really...

I just completed my 12" disc sander accessory for my lathe. It's nothing fancy but I think it's going to work really well. The basic design is borrowed from James Vavra's project. Thanks, James! I made one disc from melamine (particle board) and mounted it to a faceplate. For the other...

vase I named mudslide due to the hartwood that apears to be sliding down the sapwood

I started by purchasing a 3' diameter black walnut log from the late great Simmie Again of Lambertville, NJ. I then took the log to Strimples Sawmill, because this was years before I owned my own sawmills, and lumber company. The top is a bookmatched crotch, the tilt runners are mortised out for...

Just a couple of pics of what I've been up to lately. Making lots and lots of No.12 and No.7 pattern saws to sell in Cherry and walnut. Also still doing the occasional custom backsaw or handsaw restoration. Looking to manufacture around 30 saws this summer. Let me know what you think! Welcome to...

I kinda made this up as I went.the sides are bamboo flooring scraps from a job I am on.the corners are pallet scraps the bottom trim is poplar.the top frame is oak from a old picture frame I planes down the raised panel is cherry.thus was my first attempt at wood hinges.this was a fun project I...

This is a roadside marker I made for a family whose young son was killed in a fatal vehicle accident just south east of my shop in Academy, Tx and near Rogers,Tx on Hwy 36 which is nicknamed "the Highway of Death" since it has a very high fatal accident rate here in Texas. I made it out of...

Im lovin' this site , The feed back has been great and helpful. So I'm going to keep posting till someone tells me to stop. These are some my turnings. My best stuff has found there ways into to others homes. I keep the rejects. But i still like these three. One is a teak candy dish, the...