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I built a couple of birdhouses to give away at Christmas. They are made from cedar and redwood. I followed/modified a plan from Wood magazine. The finish is just wiped on tung oil, but it turned out terrible because it was too cold in the garage. I hope the birds don't mind. Update: Added a...

This is a bookcase I built for my little girl. I had a plan in my head, then the wife gave me a Pottery Barn Kids magazine with a very similar design. It is poplar plywood with a poplar face frame. I routed out some windows and added some window trim. Roof is at a 30 deg angle. Approx...

Each year our friends invite us to their mountain cabin for a weekend getaway and to cut christmas trees. This year instead of taking a bottle of wine or some other meaningless present, I decided to build them something for the cabin. This bird feeder seemed to be the perfect gift since they...

I've been wanting to make some Christmas luminaries for a couple of years. I finally found the time to do it. It really was much easier than I expected. They luminary boxes are about 7.75" tall and about 4.5" wide (I think, don't remember now). It just so happens that a quart mason jar fits...

This is a bench that I built as an anniversary present for my wife. She mentioned that she would like to have a place to store the kids toys on the screened porch. So I surprised her by building this while she was away with her family. It is made up of 3/4" sandply, beadboard, and pine...

I saw something similar in one of the woodworking catalogs. I decided to try my own. First I started by gluing up two pieces of leftover red oak staircase treads. Then I printed out a picture and made a plywood template for the inside of the bowl. Attached the template and hogged out most of...

I think MsDebbieP posted the original snowman wine balancer. I built a few of those last year. This year I decided to modify the plans and try to make a Santa. I think the cut-outs looked great, but I probably ruined them with my terrible painting. Anyway, it's an easy/fun project and works...

I built this as a Christmas present for my little girl. It is made from red oak and the finish is simply wiped on mineral oil. I'll probably have to redo the bottom since I underestimated the speed at which gravity will propel M&Ms out of the chute. Some of the M&Ms come to rest in the tray...

I've been spending a bit of time in the shop trying to make some Christmas presents. I could see my little girl was getting antsy with all this waiting for Santa. So I took a break from serious woodworking and did something quick and fun. I built her this rubber band pistol. I started out...

Not a whole lot of woodworking here. I just used a jig saw to cut out patterns from a 1/2 sheet of plywood. A little primer and paint finished the jobs. I attached 2 conduit clips to the back of each character. Hammer a piece of rebar into the ground, slide the character over the rebar, go...

I built this to give to my girls for Valentine's day. It is built using the same techniques I used when building the Christmas Stocking bowl. I just glued up a red oak blank, attached a template, hogged out material with forstner bit, then routed the inside using a bushing kit to follow the...

I cut enough pieces to build 4 birdhouses. 2 are styled like a house, and 2 like a barn. So far I have only assembled/painted 2 of them. My 3 yr old helped to paint one of them to give to Nana and Poppy. She is obviously a better painter than me. I think I will assemble and paint the other...

I built this for my little girl. The case and doors are made from oak. When I started, I assumed I would be able to find small concealed hinges. That was dumb. Instead I had to use small brass butt hinges. I installed them backwards so that they wouldn't look so intrusive on the case. If I...

This was a plan from Wood magazine. I built a couple of these last year and gave one to my sister. She liked it so much that she asked me to build another to give to her father-in-law for Christmas. It is made from all cedar except for the redwood shingles. It is finished with tung oil. I...

I built this magnetic fishing set to give to my youngest daughter. It is just pine lumber cut on the bandsaw and painted. I used a forstner bit to drill holes for the magnets. A little gorilla glue to hold the magnets in and it's time to go fishing. Again, for the record, I am a terrible...

I made this turkey call out of some scrap wood I had in the shop. The paddles are oak and the box sides are redwood. I used/modified a plan I found online. It was an easy project. The hardest part was shaping the top paddle with a file/rasp. Here is the link to the plan...

Thanks to TopamaxSurvivor for the original post http://lumberjocks.com/projects/32414 Each Labor Day, we do a large pig pickin in a log cabin community in the NC mountains. Every year the kids get a little bored/antsy whilst us fellas babysit the cookers. So I borrowed TopamaxSurvivor's...

I built a couple of rocking airplanes to give as Christmas presents to my nieces. So far they have been well received by my own little girls. The planes were made using mostly dimensional pine lumber and then painted. I took most of the design ideas from a plan at...

I built this "big girl" bed for my toddler. The headboard/footboard are plywood panels covered with bead board. I used select pine for the legs, rails, and frame. It was a quick project and I'm pleased with the results. It's much nicer than the beds we saw in the furniture stores.

I made these planes to give to the kiddies at our annual Labor Day pig pickin. I supplied the washable paints and planes, the kids supplied the mess. They had a blast, and it kept them busy for about 5 minutes and 37 seconds. I used/slightly modified the plan found here...