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"LOL" They all tell me that, but this guy is over the edge! We started this project over a year ago with hopes it would be completed by last spring and at the rate things are going we'll be lucky if we make this spring! I'm not bitching, it's work, but it's time to move on! We spent the first...

The first time I had to make a mantel like this was definitely out of necessity. I needed the work and told the customer I could make anything she wanted! Turns out, that it was a good BS line, because she gave me the opportunity and I learned a lot. Since then we've built about a dozen mantels...

Hi Jocks :) I'm back from the mountains, with a GREAT LOT of work done at last. We finally managed to kick mom's dirtware out of the workshop and can now use it as it should be - to build tools on my side, and for furniture restoration on daddy's side. Consecutively I have at last been able to...

Although I much prefer working on fine furniture, when you have the tools, have the skills, and own a home, you occasionally get pulled into home improvement projects. Add to that a wife than knows you have the tools, have the skills and you often get pulled into home improvement projects. LOL...

Druid (John) recently reminded me that I had not posted here for a while. As it turns out, I have a few projects of which I took pictures but never got round to publishing. So here it is, a chestnut counter-top. The house I recently moved in had a separated kitchen and living house. We enjoyed...

For several years my router table was also part of my table saw. Everytime I had to use the router table, I had to take down all my table saw settings and if I had to use the table saw later, I have to reverse everything. While I didn't mind the extra set up time of these tools, I found it...

Our back door is on one side of a bay window, so it requires a custom screen door. I used kreg Jig pocket holes to put it together. It's made from 1" thick Southern Yellow Pine from Lowe's and the door measures 24-13/16" x 80-1/4". I salvaged the hinges, door closer, and latch/handle from our...

An Adirondak chair made with California reclaimed redwood (slats and arms) and western red cedar (legs). Oiled with Watco natural Danish oil and finished with oil based outdoor spar varnish. This one is my favorite.

Just a simple little project I did yesterday. My house is old and drafty and my wife wanted to hang thermal curtains over the big window in our living room, problem the bracket/holders for the blinds that are already there make using off the shelf hardware impossible ( they do not stick out far...