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First shot using Sketchup to flesh out a project. Plan is to batch six of these, selling the first one for $150 on commission and sell the balance on ebay for whatever the market will bare. Designed the piece loosely based on a Stickley pedestal found in one of my referance books. Size id 9×9x5...

SAVE THE CHILDREN Drawn in sketchup this a mockup of my proposed entry, design is based on my previous cutting board. Mockup is 11 inches square. Strips are 1/8 inch. small squares are 1 inch. longest parts are 3.5 inches Invision the material as Wenge and Yellowheart. Not sure how many I...

Hello All Thanks for looking at my project. yellowheart, wenge from Africa and Black cherry from Memphis. About 12 years ago we lived in Bartlett, Tennessee which is a suburb of Memphis. In the Sunday paper we noticed a classified ad for cherry and walnut lumber @ a dollar a board foot. Never...

Batched 6 of these and 5 are complete. One is left waiting to be glued up (ran out of R3 biscuits) Emailed photos and this posting link to my customer, Merridee. Will ship the best one priority mail tomorrow. Sketchup is a awesome tool for woodworking design. ... I'm HOOKED …. been a autcad...

Well my couch was about 12 years old and very worn. Time to replace it, Been shopping for a leather recliner for several months. Looked at several Cincinnati furniture stores and found nothing in the style I wanted nor anything I felt was a good buy for the money. Ebay buff for years, bought...

Designed this one in sketchup. Design allows the table to slide under the chair and clear the chair arm. Top is made from a 15 inch wide plank of 4/4 mansonia. Bought it in-the-rough from the ebay seller I mentioned in one of my blogs. Figure turned out to be especially nice. Rest is from a 8/4...

titled : Rivers Edge #4 Inspired by woodblock prints by Birger Sandzen Honduran Mahogany carved with dremel tool Found this in a box of my old tile mold wood carvings. I never made this one into a tile. for some reason, I put it aside and forgot about it. It did'n't have any finish on it and...

Found this one in a box yesterday. Cleaned off the clay and buffed it with steel wool to highlight some areas. Added a coat of linseed oil to brighten it back up. Pretty sure it had a coat or two shellac on it at one time. Probably some urethan varnish. The liquid latex, used as a barrier...

My kiln is firing … that will be in the blog … Searched through some boxes in the garage and dug up this 6 panel. I've only made about 10 sets of these tiles in the past 4 or 5 years. Always had severe processing-breakage problems. Never had a complete 6 piece together at one time. Hopefully...

Set of tables I'm made for my oldest daughter Nichole and her twin daughters Brianna and Alyssa. Wenge and Curly Yellowheart. Sanded the the top to 320 and applied 3 coats General Finishes Armor Seal Legs and sides sanded to 120 and 2 coats of Armor seal. Table design based on splay-legged...

This is my entry in the woodworking contest. Set of 3 tables made for my oldest daughter Nichole and her twin daughters Brianna and Alyssa. Wenge and Curly Yellowheart. Sanded the the top to 320 and applied 3 coats General Finishes Armor Seal Legs and sides sanded to 120 and 2 coats of Armor...

Three quartersawn white oak frames. Mortise and tenon construction. Pegged. Three variations of the same stoneware tile. Photos one and two professional painted by my wife Peggy's sister, Susan Hamilton , artist, Seattle, WA. Photo three is in the bronze acid patina finish created in my shop...

A customer bought one of my pieces and later saw one of my auctions with a qtr white sawn oak frame. He requested a reframe. Finally figured out his budget and agreed to make him a 100 dollar frame. Figured I could make 4 identical frames and still make out ok when I sell the remaining three...

Contemporary Arts and Crafts Mission framed reproduction Rookwood tile bought from an artst in New Zealand. Tiles are a reproduction of a very rare Roodwood tile design. Matt glazes. Anigre and Wenge exotic hardwoods. Quarter sawn white oak lattice work. Mortice and tenon construction...

After staring at the poster frame I made a while ago every night, I decided to "Dan" it up a bit. I sliced the sides off and used the sanding drum to make the cutouts. I'm much happier with it now. I also took the opportunity to knock the Red Mahogany Danish Oil down a tad with the Mission...

About 6 years ago while surfing eBay I stumbled upon a cool bookrack auction. It was a marked Gustav Stickley bookrack. I saved it to my favorites and watched it sell. It closed at $800. Saving the pictures and dimensions from ebay for a later project, I sketched it in Autocad. About 2 months...

I liked it so much I made one and have added it to my collection of Christmas products. This board is almost the same as Dan's, but the Wenge is replaced by Jatoba (that is one heavy, hard and dense wood {SG 95}) - The dimensions are a little Wider at 16" x 10 1/4" x 1 1/8". I added an...