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  1. Projects Annual ornaments

    We try every year to give something special to our friends and family for Christmas. This is my design for this year. Merry Christmas & happy Holidays
  2. Projects Memorial Frame

    If one was to drive through my community with an observant eye, orange hearts hanging on mailboxes, on houses, or in yards would be observed. When my old landlord sold the house that I live in, the man to whom the hearts are for happened to be the purchaser, and my new landlord. I learned the...
  3. Projects Dancing Clock

    I first came across this design 10 years ago and fell in love with it. I bought the plans at the time but couldn't afford the custom clockface and pendulum kit as it was available in the States only, (I'm in Australia and was broke as at the time...). Plus, didn't have the skill or tools to make...
  4. Projects Kids fidget toy

    I was going to visit our God son and his other 2 brothers and his sister in OKC, and I can never go empty handed. So I remember seeing something similar on LJ a while back and thought this is perfect. It articulates and has a nice feel in your hand. The kids loved them and were going to take...
  5. Projects Catalog Inspired Candle Holder

    My father came to me with a picture of something my sister wanted. It was a candle holder from a magazine that was held together with butt joints and nails. My father asked me to make it but make it better. The overall dimensions for this are the platform 1/2" x 5" x 5", the legs are 3/4" x 3/4"...
  6. Projects Christmas Toy or Decoration made by my grandson for his mum...

    Last Christmas our middle daughter dropped the hint that she’d really like a Reindeer and Sleigh. I asked her eldest (15.5yrs) if he’d like to make the set for his mum. Over the Easter and then October school holidays their was SECRET MEN’S BUSINESS in Pa’s shed. My grandson did over 85% of...
  7. Projects Camphor Laurel Cheeseboard "THANK YOU" gift...

    I recently attended our 51st Naval Reunion with the mob of blokes I joined up with back in 1971. I missed out on a good catch up with the bloke who was chair of the organizing committee for something like 4 years. So as a THANK YOU I’ve made this Camphor Laurel Cheeseboard as a gift for him...
  8. More bird feeders for kids to paint

    Family friends are doctors and the kids at home are driving them a bit crazy not able to go out and adventure as usual. So I knew the idea of painting a feeder worked really well with my granddaughter and her friends, so in quarantine and some cedar fence pickets. Here is another take on...
  9. Brotherhood between a savage and mad architect - Gifts from afar!!!

    Gifts from afar!!! Brotherhood between a savage and mad architect When I joined LJ I expected nothing, and here I am 297 days later, so many kind people I have as buddies, a passion but best of all I got myself a third brother! Ok - you will probably say I'm crazy now, and I am - I'm the mad...
  10. Wine Glass Box

    A friend I work with asked if I would make a simple box that holds a bottle of wine for him to give as a wedding present. I agreed to make him one but the "simple" request had to go. This is make from walnut and curly maple. The legs are hinged on the bottom (no metal) and fold over the top to...
  11. Sand Speeder Toy

    Have you ever watched those Christmas specials with all the elves sitting around making wooden toys. Then on Christmas morning, kids all over the world start opening plastic toys that require batteries. What gives? When my son was born, I decided that every year Santa would be giving him a...
  12. Very easy Christmas gift

    My son comes home with all kind of crafts from school. One was a full picture of him they put up on the bulletin board and we got it at the end of the year. Usually I just throw them away as soon as my wife's back is turned but this one was different. I felt like I was throwing my son away...
  13. Frame for Beethoven's Grave

    My daughter wanted to give a meaingful gift to her high school band teacher. While on a recent trip to Europe with a local orchestra group, she had taken a photo of the grave of the great classical composer, Beethoven. Walmart printed the photo for us and I was assigned to make a frame. I...
  14. Santa's Elf with Hand Truck

    This is one of Santa's Elves, moving presents around the warehouse using a hand truck. The Elf is carved from basswood, stands 5.5 inches tall, and is painted with acrylics. Claude
  15. Birdhouse Kit

    So nothing special here, but a friend of mine has a daughter who was expressing interest in making a bird house. My friend has no tools or place to work and felt bad he could not help her. So today I dropped off a bag of everyhting they need to build the house together. I cut and included all...
  16. A box worthy of the gift from my daughter

    [Legebla en Esperanto] Some years ago my little daughter gave me a Christmas gift that she bought at school. It was a perfect present for me, and it demonstrated true thoughtfulness on her part. Somehow I knew that I was destined to make this project one day. Very recently that day arrived. I...
  17. walnut coasters

    These coasters are made from walnut and maple. They are finished with a spar varnish. This was a quick and fun scrap wood project. I made matching cheese boards too.
  18. Walnut Belt Buckle

    First buckle (001/10). Working out the idea in a beautiful piece of Walnut. It is sanded to 600 grit, finished with three coats of wipe on poly, waxed and buffed. I am hoping to start making these in all types of figured hardwoods. I have saved some nice little chunks for something special...
  19. Santa Claus Bearing Gifts

    This is a Santa Claus bearing gifts. He is about 9.5 inches tall, carved from basswood, and painted with acrylics. Claude
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