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My wife spins and knits. I made her this spinning chair a couple years back for Christmas. It's a combination of traditional style and my own. It is made of a 2X6 with mahogany inlays in the legs, Mahogany on the seat edges and cherry back.

here is our latest son father collaboration,my son designed and built these benches for the martial arts gym he belongs to.he intends to trade these for personal lessons.built out 3×4 doug fir with an alternating laminated pattern.the large black simpson screws are mostly to give the benches a...

Made this simple jewery box for my young daughter. The box is made of makore, keys from purple heart, inside dividers are fir and I used a bandsaw to cut off a piece of splated maple and glued it to a plywood backing for the tops insert.

OK, I've decided the bench is finished. Some details are in the blog about it. Here's the basic rundown: frame is made from Ipe, the legs are black walnut (except one leg in cherry), and the slats are fir The frame is was finished with Penofin, and the top (fir slats) were finished with spar...

In the back of the detached one-car carriage house of the 1913 craftsman we bought a year ago, there was a tired old workbench long forgotten, gross-looking, and maybe for the garbage. Maybe. Termites are no joke here in southern California for sure, I just had to see if this great old wood...

My son asked me to make some field games for his wedding reception. This is the Giant Jenga set I made. The box is made from 200 year old barn board salvaged from a fallen barn in northern Maine. The game pieces are made from fir/hemlock 2×4s from the big box store. It took quite a lot of...

Firewood racks for the woodstove in the shop. Fir logs. Tennons cut with dual edge tennon cutter from Woodcraft. No finish. Rustic look….......

I built this cabinet from reclaimed, weathered wood.I used rustic mexican hinges and hardware and REALLY wish I could add that to my skills. Making hinges and hardware! It will make a great addition to the "rustic lifestyle" bathroom or kitchen. Towel bar below!

This cabinet is built from reclaimed wood. With a mirror and Mexican hinges and hardware..it will make a great bathroom cabinet with towel bar.

My new 18 volt mallet . THOR style electronics . Just finished it today and am about to try it out ,just need to charge the battery . Material is fir with leather wrap grip and custom switch made from Jatoba .

This is my take on a blanket chest. The front / sides are made out of old fir flooring that was salvaged from a remodel (my friend who was a GC ripped it out and was going to toss it all). The top is made from white oak, purchased locally. There is no finish - I made two of these and for the...

The trim and cross bracing is made for cherry stained with an espresso stain and the panel is doug fir. If you are interested in watching it being built please check out my build video

If you prefer not to read, the video is here. Complete with a bevy of mistakes and tomfoolery. View on YouTube So with the limited space I have I've found it difficult to have a good size work bench. So I endeavored to find a way to get the maximum amount of versatility and work space with...

Entertainment center constructed of barn wood - fir I believe - obtained from a Montana neighbor of ours who has a number of very old barns on their property. The center panel is rusty corrugated steel from the same neighbor. Side panels are hand cut mortise-and-tenon but I also used simpler...

The stand from Northern Tool wasn't making it for my older than the hills Craftsman grinder. Because it was not bolted down, it would vibrate around when used. I made this wall unit so I could sweep under it. I would like to add a drawer later on under the shelf for misc. tools. The shelf...

Well I finally decided to upgrade from the two saw horses and 3/4" shelving that I have been using as a bench now for a number of years. So I created a project that makes my wife roll her eyes at me and she is now demanding that the kitchen finally gets it's overdue upgrade. I told her I...

I've finally finished the project I started two or three years ago…my Klausz style workbench. I built the base a while back, and then it got put on hold for other things, and I finally got back to it last year. This morning I put the BLO on it and pronounced it done. Originally, I planned to...

This project is an attempt to use up material (fir) and supplies (Minwax Polyshades) I have on hand. At my wife's request, I made a project that has some use around the house; a step stool. The step stool also doubles as a sitting bench for my daughter's activity table, which is our old coffee...

This is a "King Target." the origin is from the schuetzen matches of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the shot closest to center wins the target. It is fired offhand, meaning no artificial support, at 200 yards for center fire or 100 yards rim fire. This one was for 100 yards rim fire...

Two friends of mine, Marco and Elena Trivelato, recently had a lovely baby. I wanted to make them something to mark the occasion such as a small table (my speciality) but the Dad (Papà) mentioned that they hadn't been able to find a Baby Changer that they liked. At this point I hadn't a clue...