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Here are 3 More Ornaments that I have Previously done. Sorry for not posting more projects, I've been setting up my Workshop blog and getting ready for a Live Cast, if anyone is interested, please check it out in my Blog here on LJ I give the info of where and when. Tech Specs: Materials...

Well, this is the last of my holiday presents I made this year. I made my parents a cutting board, and my older brother and his wife a Photo Album. This is for my younger brother and his girlfriend. I was originally going to make them a photo album as well, but my concept and design took a...

Here are a couple of the ornaments I made for Christmas presents this year. I made six total. I decided to do something a little different than previous years. I laminated four scrap pieces of wood: cherry, curly walnut, sassafras, and redheart. I then rough cut the heart shapes on my scroll...

One of those projects where nothing seemed to go right. The end result was good, and I still had all of my fingers, so I guess it was a win. Otherwise I haven't had so many problems on a (relatively simple) project before. But as I like to say, the only simple operation is the one you aren't...

My Grandpa was my first inspiration to building things, he was always in his garage making something, tables, boxes, birdhouses. Mostly for utility use, but always square and straight and finished properly. He battled kidney failure for almost 2 years so he could meet his first great grandson...

Well, here she is. It's finally done. Now all I have to do is put some sort of hook on it so I can hang it from the tree. The finish is a mix of tung oil, blo, and poly. The hinges are miniature knife hinges I made out of Jatoba. They are 1/8" thick closed, 1/2" long closed, by 3/16" wide...

When I found out my wife was pregnant I jokingly said I would build the crib and she held me to it. It is constructed with poplar for everything but the beadboard on the back panel which is pine. It is painted with an espresso finish. Let me know what you think.

These are a couple of Christmas ornaments that I built made over the last couple weeks. The first four pictures show an ornament I built for youtuber Peter Brown and entered into the Christmas Ornament Challenge hosted by youtubers Alan Stratton and Carl Jacobson. I made these from wlalnut and...

I'm on the bandwagon! My first attempt at cutting boards. Wood is Maple, Walnut, Cherry and Purpleheart. I flattened them with the router jig…which worked great! I fought some tearout when routing the edges…which I am quite sure is my technique…working on that! When they were finished but before...

A few months ago I walked into a woodshop and kindled the flame of an old interest. Something new and exciting that stuck out to me was the wood lathe. The first time I saw the lathe I wanted to get someone to show me how to use it. After a month of catches and slips I bought my own and have...

I made this nativity scene 5 years ago by blowing up a picture from a christmas card. It is about 7ft long and 4ft high. I made it out of regular spruce and MDF. Because of its size, I biult it with hinges in the middle so it is easier to carry and store.

I showed some of my work at a Christmas boutique, even though there wasn't alot of people shopping it still was enjoyable talking to the other vendors.

Finally, I finished my first real project! It is a puzzle composed of 27 cubes of oak and beech. They are linked together by a sandow which crosses them through and through. The oak cubes were tinted with walnut stain. Then, they were varnished with spray lacqueer. It was made for a Christmas...

This is a Santa Claus riding a toboggan downhill with a bag of toys. The carving is about 4 inches tall and 6 inches long, 3 inches wide. Carved from basswood, painted with acrylic paints. This was an interesting carving to do, as I had to do the carving with the wood grain horizontal to...

Here's a quick little carving for Christmas. The snowman is 6 inches tall including the sled. Carved from basswood, painted with acrylics. Sled was a vintage purchase. Claude

There are 12 months in a year and 12 hours on a clock. I built this for my father to keep track of birthdays and anniversaries for children and grandchildren. The hands are from Lee Valley. My wife used a Sharpie for the names. Maple walnut is my father's favourite ice cream.

This Christmas I made over 20 cutting boards for gifts. Most had to be sent before Christmas and before I had a chance to photograph the rest. Here is an array of some of the different designs. The woods used were Maple, Cherry and Walnut. The finish was food grade oil finish. The routed...

I was asked by a neighbor to make a little rough style shed that she could put her manger items around for her home at Christmas. I was looking for some pallet wood wasn't able to find any so i looked in the workshop and I only found a couple of little pieces. And then I found my red cedar...

About 1970 I started to go to some craft fairs with my wife. I did wooden toys, my wife did some small Stained glass ornaments. I found 5 of the toys in my shop. This one was the first item that I made. The wood was oak, size is 13 X 7 and 2" thick. In my profile I mentioned that I picked...

My first Christmas tree ornament turned on the drill press. The wood is Walnut. I drilled a hole in one end, put a 1/4 inch hex bolt in the end, cut off the head of the bolt and chucked it up in the drill press. I put a large carriage bolt through one of the drill press table slots and tightened...