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The "Big Girl" needed a step stool in the bathroom to reach things. This is made from southern yellow pine and walnut pegs. The finish is shellac with a paste wax top coat to smooth it all out.

Thanks fellow Lumberjocks Jim http://lumberjocks.com/projects/72960 and Dick http://lumberjocks.com/projects/55370 for their inspiration to make a nice version of this trick.(instead of just a nail nailed into a block of wood) I made mine out of pine. I got good practice with the skew chisel...

I have a CrushGrind coffee grinder I bought way back when they did their Kickstarter. I use it for grinding spices. Yesterday I dropped it and the plastic knob that came with it broke, so today I decided to fix that. I had a piece of Khaya (African mahogany) about 2×2x4 inches, and I chucked it...

I needed some Christmas presents, so I check on LJ for ideas and found some of you guys with great looking nail balancing puzzles (thanks you guys!!!). My daughter brought home a long time ago, an old Windsor chair not worth the repair it would take to get it back to a dining table. I could not...

The full story about how these pieces came to be designed and built are detailed here in my blog. Spalted Maple with natural worm trails was selected to build this project. The finish is natural with several final coats that were sanded between coats. The following pictures are the final...

This was the winning entry in the Baltimore Woodworking Show's Project showcase and YES, it is made of wood, not metal. It took a year and a half to complete and contains over 1500 separate pieces. Amazing.

My wife has started a home based travel company and needed a way to file and display her travel brochures. I found this design at an online retailer, made a few tweaks, and got started. The main box is maple, and the stand is poplar. I splined the mitered corners of the box and rabbited the...

My wife requested that I make her a nail polish rack. I had a short 10/4 piece of mahogany that the entire project is made out of (with the exception of the front lip and french cleat, that was left over from a previous project). I re-sawed all of the parts from the one piece of mahogany...

Item Title = California Red Legged Frog Description: Effective January 1, 2015, California will have a new official state amphibian: the California red-legged frog. Perhaps best known for its probable appearance in Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," the...

I found this idea on the internet and adjusted a bit to my needs. Super simple to use and small enough to store away. Just what i needed.

Here is a cheap and cheerful planter box I put together in a few hours. Simple 20mm horizontal frames top and bottom then 12mm reclaimed Oregon planks nailed to the frames all round. I put a little detail into each joint with the table saw to break up the sides, my friend Ted thought it would...

Not everything is furniture or pretty. Since I "retired" I've picked up a job sub-contracting to build shipping crates for the Navy. This set holds 300 pound retaining pins for aircraft carrier arresting gear wire sheaves. I used Google Sketchup for the design and material estimates. The...

This is a blanket chest I just built on commission. It started out as three immaculately clear pine boards, a pile of wrought/cut nails, and some hardware from Horton Brasses. There are no knots in the chest - it is entirely clear. Amazing material. I decided early on that it would be...

This karate belt holder was requested from a friend for Christmas. I finally delivered it yesterday. I hope they enjoy it. The construction is very basic. The wood is from a barn in Maryland. I cleaned up the boards with several light passes through the planer on the show side. On the...

At first I wanted to built a standard birdhouse and had even drawn up plans, but then found out through research that the holes have to be specific sizes for types of bird, height has to be specific and it should blend in with surroundings. So I thought I would just do a cute birdhouse for...

Hey guys I just joined the site, and thought I would start out with a little project. I just completed a built in closet and I have a good bit of 3/4 BB ply so over the next few days i will be building some shop storage. Today i built this 5 and 6in sanding pad holder for all of my sanding disk.

Have not posted in a while. This was done 6 months ago.