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This is a redwood name plate I made with my 9 year old daughter Ruthie. She helped make some of the initial cuts and I did the rest. I surprised her by putting on a frame and then filling the open sections with glow in the dark epoxy . The name plate now glows at night and it turned out...

This is a Redwood Slab Chair from an 80 foot redwood tree we took down a year ago. I blogged about cutting and milling the wood here last spring. This is the first project I have used with the wood, but when we get back to Napa (NEXT WEEK WE MOVE HOME!!!) I will begin using the longer slabs...

I just finished and delivered this coffee table this morning. I built it for my school's annual fundraiser dinner and auction. I teach 7th/8th grade Language Arts at a great little charter middle school called River Middle School (Thus the river in the table). The last couple years they have...

I made this bath caddy for my wife's birthday. It has a slot for two wine glasses and more importantly a slot for her e-reader. The first shots show the mahogany in the sun light which is really beautiful…the bath shots are before I had put the finish on…

Did i mention it was summertime? Well…I finally made my first two pens--and used a LATHE for the FIRST TIME…which I have been dying to do fo a long time. Last January when WayneC, Tony, Obi and I met I told Wayne about my desire to make pens…He showed me a bunch of stuff (we met at Woodcraft...

We completed this raised garden bed in the Spring and as you can see it is growing up nicely! I never posted it because I had a couple "fixes" to take care of which I finally completed a couple weeks ago… Yhis project is part of a larger back yard make over that we are trying to do on our...

Jonnie and Linda are two great neighbors and friends. Since we moved into our house 7 years ago we have shared some good dinners…Jonnie and Linda are always there if we need them and we are glad we live close. A couple months ago Jonnie brought over a little table and asked if I could make him...

While "overdue" gifts may be my style…Overdue pens are not some new style you have never heard of…This weekend I finally finished a set of three long overdue pens that friends had requested and although long overdue they turned out pretty nice. The bright red pen is for my friend and neighbor...

Well…if you havent been following my Redwood Deck Blog…you are seeing my newly completed deck for the first time…we just finished it about an hour ago!!! This deck is part of a larger back yard makeover we started last summer… The construction is actually done on top of cement blocks-so...

This desk is a nice little desk my father in law built for my wife many years ago…when we move down to Southern California last year we had no room for it inside (along with several other tables) and we nearly got rid of it…my wife was not too attached to it even though she had it a long time...

Well…this is the next and most important project in our two year back yard makeover…if you are familiar with my projects you will see that many are projects for my back yard…fences, gates, deck, adirondack chairs, picnic table.. This project is the most important because there is no way I could...

I have made dozens of candle holders from barrel staves, but this was my first venture into wine barrel furniture. Because of all the curves and coves of each stave this turned out to be one of my most challenging projects. For a flair I decided to have the staves come through the top. In my...

This is a bench I created for my entryway. In California we don't have Mudrooms…but with winter rain it still nice to have a place to drop your stuff. I designed this piece to be both practical and beautiful and I am really proud of this one. I wanted a place for us to be able to drop off...

I made this to sit in the porch…look pretty and hide packages when delivered. I enjoyed this project, especially figuring out the latch mechanism. Finished with spar varnish: 3 coats on the top and 1 on box. Top: walnut and mahogany. Latch: Purple Heart, mahogany and walnut. Box: maple ply.

This is a little bench that I just completed. I made it with a slab of Figured Big Leaf Maple wood I got from LJ John Ormsby a few years back. This is a bench that I put in the Men's Bathroom at WORK--LOL…because I was tired of walking in there with no place to set down my stuff…as a teacher I...

Well…sorry about the pictures…I was madly shining this one up and forgot to take pictures because I was in a hurry to get to the surprise party…wasnt going to post it until I realized the pictures from the Party turned out pretty good… Meet my colleague James…a fellow history teacher and a...

This table is another table I made for work…but it has a good story…( I just finished this little bench for the men's bathroom)... This is a table that was in our staff lounged at my school. I think it was made by a parent. One day in the fall I walked into the staff room and saw all this...

Well…finally…the slowest woodworker in the world finishes the long awaited planter boxes!!! Here is a picture of the original wood and the first fiew boards that I recycled…notice the gate we took down which I used the posts for the framing and the boards for the "face" of the planters…I only...

Well…my new pen mandrel came in and since the DECK is done ...I have had more time to make some pens… These are important to me because this is the first time I have used my Shopsmith Lathe and I am very happy with it so far. The first two pens I made we on a mini-lathe that I used in a...

a little bit older piece of mine carved again out of ply wood. the cylinder does turn lol