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This is my third project involving concrete and I'm really enjoying finding new possibilities with this material. The cost for my 250 pound table was around $100. Because of the weight, I decided to pour it in place. The structure is made from 2 - 4×4's and 2 - 2×4's. The top is made from one...

I wanted to make a small ring box. To hold a ring. In a box. I used some really old, really dry walnut that I sized to 1/2". Cut a bunch of tiny tiny dovetails with a thin kerf DT saw. I wanted to use some flooring cut from a old church undergoing renovation. Had to resort to diamond...

I finally completed my Nightstand for the guest bedroom. Several things that you can say about this piece of furniture, it is heavy and solid as a rock, since it is made from 3/4 inch quarter sawed white oak, even the drawers. I experimented with this unit and I used several different...

I am redoing my yard of my (new to me) house. this was a painted brick wall with a 5 Inch concrete cap. I made a fence just tall enough to fit under the cap, all scrap wood. As I was staining it red oak i got some on the cream colored concrete. thought it looked good so I did the whole cap...

This is a desk I was asked to design for a hotel we built. The dark panels on the face are actually concrete that is make to look like wood. I made two forms out of rough lumber, left the saw marks in it, sprayed it with form release then experimented with stain. The dark trim is rough pine with...

This isn't really a woodworking project but it's the first one that I've finished AND have pictures of. I'll be adding more as I finish them. The tiles are glass, and I added concrete tint to color it. The support frame is made of 4×4 and 2×4 cedar held together by using a Kreg pocket screw...

So I poured a concrete top for the kitchen island. It turned out pretty good for my first try, but I realized that my cheap factory built cabinets weren't about to support this two inch thick monolithic piece of concrete on top of them. So I was at the lumberyard about to step up to the desk and...

So one day Mike and I wander into a local lumber yard and as usual we ponder over the various interesting slabs of wood. So began the bubinga project last summer … we blogged it so take an interlude trip into the prequel stories here: http://lumberjocks.com/EricMSaperstein/blog/23767 This...

Wife needed a new nightstand, so this was my first woodworking project since high school shop. Made it to her height specs, she asked for a cubby, and made the 3 drawers smaller to larger according to some golden design rules I found online. I decided on a concrete top to play around with it. I...

This is a 15 ft foot long by 36 inch wide table with a concrete top. The base is built with Douglas Fir, stained with "Jacobean" wood stain, finished with 5 coats spar urethane. The concrete top was made from "Quickrete countertop mix" we used 18 80lb bags.Concrete frame consisted of melamine...

Built before announcement of challenge09 but made totally of scraps. Thanks to Gary K for the Insight on how to put Fabric on Posterboard then to Wood. Made of Walnut(leftover from End Table I Made), QS Sycamore?(Pallet), Cherry?(Pallet). Finished with Tung Oil & Clear Laquer. Held together with...

I built this coffee bar for my wife's birthday this past fall 2018. (Sorry I never uploaded it) I used concrete to make the countertop and the lower shelf and also added Alexa-enabled an RGBW led light strip to it to help add some ambiance to it and the house. It weighs upwards of 700-800 lbs...

I'm making a seed starting grow station from walnut and cement in this one. The LED lights are attached to the walnut shade and suspended from the arm by wire. This makes it easy to adjust the light up and down depending on the needs of the seeds & seedlings. The stand features a bridle joint...

Some simple chestnut clocks, aprox. dimensions 30×17cm, 17mm thick. Number marks were made by pyrography, finish wood oil. Clock mechanism is from hardware store.

Once I said to my oldest daughter, "I don't want to do things for you, but I would love to do things with you." I think she took offense to that … at first. As time went by, I think she understood what I meant. Life is made up of time spent. Some of the most wonderful time is spent doing...

I made this clock some years ago from ash and walnut. I love the Shaker style, but I also like to use contrasting woods. I not sure they would have done it that way. I built this more or less from a mental picture, with no plans or design time, just started with a dial & clockworks and built...

I do some hobby metal working as a complement to my woodworking and finally saved up to indulge in a bench top lathe. These machines are pretty capable, but lack somewhat in rigidity and mass. As I set about to design a bench for the lathe I came across some discussions on metal working forums...

I haven't posted in a while and this may very well be "overkill" but I wanted a semi-permanent spot for my Kreg Foreman pocket hole machine. There are also times when I wanted more bench surface. This seemed to fit both purposes. The center of the bench will accommodate the Foreman and it can be...

I got this idea from a home blog that I stumbled onto last week. I needed a bigger desk when I moved to the dual monitor setup, and I didn't want to spend a fortune on a nice big cherry or mahogany desk. So, off to the construction remodel resale warehouse. Found this old big unfinished solid...

Being retired Navy and living in a large military area I get some pretty unusual requests. This project was a going away gift from the Officers at a local OV-22 squadron to their Commanding Officer. The gear inside is from one of the transmissions in the aircraft. (The part in the display is a...