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Have you ever been frustrated because you had nowhere to put down your glass or cup & the coffee table was at the other end of the lounge. Well I solved our problem with two small side tables (if you call them that). Two were made, one at either end of the lounges. Made from kwila, a tropical...

this is a custom desk i have made for some friends who live here in my area, they love and have horses so i wanted to add a custom touch to there table so i inlay'd a horse into the table top with a piece of paduak, the table is made from a variety of woods, the top is oak with walnut butter...

This coffee table was built for my wife. This is significant because it is the first thing she has actually asked me for and therefore the first thing I have made for her. The style is based on the Limbert style coffee table featured in Fine Woodworking (last image). Mine is not quite as tall...

Things I made on my summer vacation when I should have been installing insulation - part 2. Made Galoot style with nothing but a chisel and a hand saw from some Kwila decking offcuts which came in the wood pile I picked up last year.

Two projects in almost two weeks, what is going on? Well, I was talking to my sister and told her there might be something made by me in her hamper this year depending on how things go. Her response was "Hey thats not fair, you cannot build up my hopes with a maybe". The hamper is going mum...

These coasters were made for my brother for his 60th birthday. The wood is kwila. The lathe made it easy to turn the corners down & create the rings. The table saw and linisher were used to shape & thickness them using a sled for the safety aspect. Finished with 6 coats of wipe on poly & buffed...

This coffee pod holder is for pods that fit into the Aldi expresso machine. It holds 12 pods. I could have made a four sided one to hold 24 pods but glad I didn't in the end. The base, runners and side edges are made from kwila (merbau) and the core is made from camphor laurel. Finished with...

Need a little extra bench space in the kitchen.. cover the top of the stove.[cook top] I made this for a friend .. used some left over merbau/kwila decking. Obviously it needs to be removed to use the cook top. LOL. Over 18" square. Glue used was Titebond III. It works well. Oil finish so it...

This box started out as a dovetailing exercise, but I hate just doing exercises as there is little motivation to do a good job. Well this philosophy has worked for me, as the hand cut dovetails on this box are pretty good. I did have to fill one (or two) small gaps but they are on the other...

Christmas has come and gone yet again. This year I made a number of bread boards to give as presents. All in all I made six this year and they were very well received. The one shown above was definitely the best of the bunch, not only because of the handle I added. Apart from the savings...

well here is what Ive been doing for three weeks now…im pretty pleased with how it turned out, im going to be adding a wood workers vise soon and will drill my dog holes also…getting a feel for it and thinking of how i want to do all of it..this work bench is made primarily with antique southern...