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  1. For Me? Wow!

    What could be better for Santa than chocolate chip cookies and a glass of milk? Basswood, 6 inches tall. The Santa was a Gary Falin rough out I bought at RWR 3/18. The tray of cookies and milk was my wife's idea. Claude
  2. A rustic farmhouse / harvest trestle table for a family kitchen.

    I finished my farmhouse / harvest trestle table for our family kitchen!!! My goal was to have it done by thanksgiving. It was done but the top was still in the workshop and we ended up eating at the relatives house so it wasn't needed for thanksgiving dinner. My wife helped my bring the top in...
  3. Milk Painted 6-Board Chest

    We have had benches at our two dining room windows for a number of years. We do so because the two windows are on the corner of the house and lets us look out at a number of bird feeders while remaining in the AC during the heat of the summer and for general viewing outside to combat...
  4. Farmhouse Potato Bin

    I knocked together a quick potato bin this week for our bumper-crop of potatoes from the garden. Nothing too special. I made it out of ash and a small amount of cherry. I incorporated slats in the back of the bin, and the drawer, for ventilation. All the joinery was dados and Festool dominos...
  5. The Snow Phoenix ~ A Puzzle Extrodinaire

    The Snow Phoenix ~ A Puzzle Extrodinaire It has taken me nearly three years (part time, around the rest of life goings on), to complete this puzzle project. This is a 78 "moves to open" puzzle chest that has an additional 5 moves to remove the lid and back so that the secret piano key system...
  6. Shaker nightstand

    Shaker nightstand. Poplar with milk paint, walnut tabletop and drawer-front. See more work at my website and my blog.
  7. mini-chest

    Small chest made from sycamore. Plans came from the non defunct Woodworking Magazine. Changed the bottom to shiplapped instead of the solid nailed-in piece the plans called for. Added the battens. Blue milk paint for the case. Tried and True for the top. Nothing for the interior. First...
  8. Sofa table

    Hey everyone, just completed a sofa table from a Steve Ramsey plan and thought I would share.Fits perfect at both my sofa and easy chair level. Made of 1" paduak and the top is yellow heart, fastened wit Kreg jig and glue. Sanded to 320 and then used laquer sanding sealer,resanded at 400 and...
  9. Long Bowl #4

    Here's another long bowl made from Sugar Maple. This is from the other side of the log from Long Bowl #3. I textured the bottom of the bowl with a wire brush mounted in my lathe. Then I gave it a couple of coats of black Milk Paint. After sanding the painted surface, I finished the whole bowl...
  10. A Twist on the Standard Box Joint

    With a standard box joint, you design the corner joints to be slightly proud of the box side….so you can sand them flush with the side of the box. A couple years ago, my wife and I were at the Covered Bridge Festival in Indiana. At a craft booth, we saw pine boxes where the box joints were...
  11. Finishing
    I just did a test last night fuming four pieces of White Oak: 2,4,6, & 8 hours. The differences between the two hour pieces was subtle. The 8 hour piece and the unfumed sample, obviously, were the most distinct. I'm gearing up to build a set of kitchen style cabinetry for our newly...
  12. Finishing
    My last 4 projects have been finished in milk paint, some with multiple coats (paint history). The commercial stuff mixes up OK, but the DIY success rate has varied quite a bit. I'll show some examples below, but first I want to say that I know that milk paint can be variable and consistently...
  13. Finishing
    So I am doing a large media center for a customer and had some material on hand, that being prefinished birch ply. My customer wanted the unit painted white and I have been wanting to try GF Milk Paint for a while now after reading good reviews on it. So not wanting to screw up, I talked with...
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