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  1. Yacht Ladder

    I built this yacht ladder a couple months back for a customer in Seattle. It is made of phillippine mahogany. Stained with antique cherry water base from Rockler, very nice high pigment stuff. I finished it with a sprayed laquer. It was 10 6" long and 22" wide to fit the space. I was given a...
  2. Library

    I'm not much on building cabinetry but I let a friend talk me into building this for her. Still another piece to be built across the top on the side with the ladder. It will be a wedge piece to fill up to a cathedral ceiling. All built in 3/4" oak ply and edge taped, 1/4" oak ply back, with...
  3. Ladder shelves and desk

    Well it's taken me 6 months of occasional work, but our ladder book shelves and desk are finally done! I got a lot of advice from Cantil3v3r and THIS POST. THANK YOU!! I used his Google Sketchup file, but modified the design. I had to add the desk unit in the middle and adjust the width of the...
  4. Base ball loft | Custom

    This was a project that we finished and delivered on Christmas eve. It is a baseball loft. It is based off my baseball bed that I normally build with the customizable headboard. This is real similar to the baseball loft I built last August. Here are some of the changes I made to this one. I...
  5. Simple DIY Rustic Ladder (Two building methods)

    Hey Lumberjocks, Sharing a very simple but practical project my girlfriend introduced me to about a year ago. Rustic blanket ladders online can sell for $150+ when in reality, you can design a unique one to your space for less than $30 ($12 if you go super cheap). Link to my DIY video is...
  6. Pikler Ladder for motor skill development in toddlers

    I made this Pikler Ladder for my son and he loves it :) It really helps in building confidence in climbing and movement :) It folds away after play for storage. The design is based on a tutorial on the Instructables website.
  7. ladder/chair

    This is from an old magazine. Made of cherry. Each project step was a challenge. I made a plywood template for the leg patterns, roughed them out and then gang sanded them so they match. For the two rear leg assemblies a little rail is required, which is angled differently on each end. The...
  8. 6 Simple Gifts You Can Make From Wood

    With the holidays just around the corner, it's inevitably time to start thinking of Christmas gifts. As a woodworker and DIY enthusiast, I like to include some handmade gifts in the mix. This year I made 6 simple gifts you can make from wood: #1 Baltic Birch Plywood Ring #2 Catch all #3...
  9. Maple and Red Oak Ladder Shelf

    A Christmas gift for my daughter, she likes things that are plain and simple, and this is about as simple a book shelf design as I could think of. I mixed maple and red oak to give it a little interest. She did love it.
  10. Ikea Bunk Bed Hack

    We had a convertible crib (made toddler bed) and an Ikea toddler bed in a small-ish room made smaller by the fact that two kids were sharing the same space for toys. It came time to figure out how to make the most of the space and we decided to try a hack to blend two Ikea toddler beds into bunk...
  11. Laundry Drying Rack

    I recently built a drying rack for our laundry room. The frame is from 1×2 pre-primed stock. The back is leftover 1/4" paneling from a previous project. The rail section was drilled on a drill press to 3/8" depth and I believe the dowels are 3/8" set about 3" apart. The actual spacing was...
  12. A non-piercing elevation tool

    I have a penchant/affection/love/appreciation/passion for the older tools. One of these include a beautifully made old ladder which has the benefit of being very light and folds out quickly. I have been using it regularly for about 15 years. A while back I needed to get something from one of...
  13. boarding ladder for sailboat

    This is a folding boarding ladder I made to mount on the stern of our 26' sailboat. It has hooks at the top so it can be detached and stowed aboard when the sailboat is on her mooring. The hardware is from a kit I found online. The wood is mahogany with three coats of Helmsman spar urethane...
  14. Mahogany ladder chair

    This was the first piece of furniture we sold. Mahogany Benjamin Franklin ladder/library chair. The customer said she didn't have space in her apartment for one trick ponies, and remembered having one of these as a kid. The piano hinge is the only metal hardware we used in this build...
  15. Blanket Ladder

    Another Covid-19 honey-do, and the last one today (I promise). My lovely bride of 50+yrs asked for a blanket ladder she saw on one of her on-line decorating forays to hang her blankets in the living room corner, nothing fancy - plain and simple, rustic is OK. The ladder measures about 7' tall...
  16. Quilt Rack/Ladder for my Girlfriend's Grandma

    My girlfriend's grandma is a quilt master and requested I make this for her guest bedroom. It has a total of 10 rungs and even then, she has more quilts and blankets that are hiding in the closet! Each "ladder" is 6 feet tall and 2 feet wide. Made with premium pine, chamfered edges, and pocket...
  17. Convertible Step Stool Chair

    Plans from Woodworkers Journal. Made with red oak
  18. Ladder

    pine staircase to a client.
  19. Just a Ladder, for towels

    daughter wanted a "ladder" to hang either towels or small, fancy blankets on…...and seemed to want it to stand about 4' tall….. Lumber is Ash. Wedged through tenons have Rosewood wedges. Treads/rungs have 3 beads running across their top….like the old style wood ladders had. Top of the...
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