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  1. Projects Kuksa

    Made this cup from maple. I have always been fascinated by the Kuksa cups. Finally attempted to make one for myself. I’ll definitely be making more. I’m pleased that this one didn’t end up as firewood!
  2. Wood & Lumber
    My nearest hardwood supplier is now charging $8 bf for hard maple rough cut, which sounds high to me, especially considering here in NY it’s the state tree! Cherry and Honduran Mahogany are cheaper. Is anyone else noticing this? Does anyone know of a cheaper option in upstate NY? I was...
  3. Hand Tools
    Is there a particular trick to working on maple with hand tools? Sawing was hard. Resawing took forever. Planing and chiseling is even harder. I gave up using my shooting board, and just did free-hand planing and doing a lot of checking with a square. I'm at a step in my project where I'll need...
  4. Projects shaker inspired maple chest of drawers

    Here is a chest of drawer built for my son. Mortise and tenon for the frame. dovetails for the drawer. I used drawer slips in this chest
  5. Projects Shaker-ish console table with ambrosia maple and cherry.

    One of my questions in building this was what to do about the worm holes in the top. In the end, I just left them. If this were to be a writing table, that would be a problem I suppose.
  6. Projects Repurposing an old Ikea drop-leaf kitchen table

    Our son and his wife had this old Ikea folding kitchen table they wanted to get rid of as it was fine for two people in a small apartment. but not for their now family of 4. This was an early Ikea table, with solid butcher block maple top, so rather than dispose of it, I built them a new table...
  7. Projects Another keepsake box (my second box)

    Yup, I made another box. This time out of some maple which I have decided is a more "finicky" wood. Originally this box was going to be joined via dovetails but, well, I've determined that joinery is going to be something I focus on just a little bit down the road here. So for now it's a 45...
  8. Projects Contemporary Office Desk using Shaper Origin

    I modified a desk design from Matt Downer Designs in Colorado. I was looking for a desk to build online and he had designed and built one I liked. You can check out his original design at Desks & Tables - Matt Downer Designs. I used my Shaper Origin for the curves - which there are many. I...
  9. Projects Family Traveling Trophy

    Family Traveling Trophy for March Madness. The family lives in Indiana and Illinois.
  10. Projects Casual Corner Cabinet

    We have had a 6ft tall bookshelf in the home office for years which was great for collecting dust but not much else. I always wanted to try making a corner cabinet and thought sliding doors would be a good balance between form and function. The carcass is made of maple plywood. The edges are...
  11. Projects New Table Saw Insert

    So I'm very new to woodworking and while I often tell others I refrain from calling myself a "woodworker", my wife likes to correct me by reminding me that I spend about 20-30 hours/week in my shop. During those hours, I'm most often just making saw dust and some of that comes from my Craftsman...
  12. Projects Large Pasta/Bread Board

    A neighbor, who knows I have a wood shop, told me he wanted to make a pasta board and asked if I could "make a couple of cuts", as he doesn't have the equipment to do so. Of course I told him I would do it. So one day he showed up with a piece of 5/4 maple already cut into three 32" pieces...
  13. Projects Finally a new workbench

    I finally got around to making something for myself that I have wanted for years- a good woodworking bench. After doing some research, I decided on this one from the Wood Whisperer's Guild. It's made from soft maple with plenty of dog holes, a slot for "accessories" like chisel holders and a...
  14. Projects Simple Stool from Maple

    My local Woodcraft had some ambrosia maple offcuts on sale, so I bought a 1.5"x7"x5' piece on principle. I cut some pieces for legs and was trying to figure out what kind of legs to make when Chris Schwarz posted a video about making turned tenons on legs, so I decided to do that. I joined two...
  15. Projects Irish Harp (cliarseach)

    This is another Irish harp, this one is travel sized. as usual made without glue for the main joinery (the soundbox is glued together from separate boards). my goal was to fit the full range of a medieval Irish harp into a small package that was travel friendly. It is 29"L x 9"W x 18"H. it has...
  16. Projects 4'Pencil Well

    This is the bonus item that i included with the main item for the Swap. Created by gluing thin strips of Maple to each side of a piece of Cherry, (half of the strips milled up). Cut the wedges with the wedgie sled and added smaller pieces of Maple to create a verticle joint. All of the rings...
  17. Projects Burl Pen Set

    Made a set of pens as a gift for family. They are made from what I think is Oak stump/root or a burl. the chunk of wood looks like a stumper had it's way with it but I guess it could have been a chainsaw as well. This is one of those projects I wish I could pass around because the pictures...
  18. 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...
  19. Projects “Domus Dolorem”

    The wasps were hand carved out of black walnut. They have hand cut and formed brass antennae, wings and stingers. The eyes where woodburned. The honeycomb sections started life as veneered maple cut into strips and then into 504 equal pieces. Those 504 pieces were glued into 84 hexagons and then...
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