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Spirit of wood

An entryway bench made from black walnut. The top veneer is maple, and the inlay is from various woods. The legs are 45 degree miter with a 1/4 X 1/4 grove routed down the joint and an oak strip glued in and smoothed off. The meeting of the miter joint was not bad but I just wanted to add the strip.

Had an Idea a year ago and drew it up I thought it would look cool so 6 months ago I started and just finished. We love it! it feels like your at the moves lol

Frist time into doing crown molding in a kitchen,Ray my partener helped me finish up the job

My second project, first being a redwood BBQ grill table, made with stock dimensioned red oak lumber from Lowes. Tools, cut-off saw, hand drill, dowel jig, clamps and a orbital sander.

This is my first woodworking project. There are lots of flaws but I figured I would show it here since I got ideas from so many of you. The sides are poplar, with red oak keys in the joints. I also used red oak for the lining on the inside as well as the tray. The top is walnut burl veneer...

When our neighbour's son announced that he was getting married and he had just gotten his degree in divinity, I thought that I would carve a Celtic cross from lumber that was on his parents property. I asked and was told to go ahead, the cross is carved from bass wood ( linden) and the base is...

I promised to make a chair (and a settee, maybe I'll post that too), and the wife promised to provide the cushions - you can see which of us has kept to the bargain. I'm new to this, so I try to avoid joints I can't make with my minimal tool kit, and, as you can see, I go for sturdiness - it's...

Nothing really fancy here. Hannah had a hand-me-down bed with some beat up drawers under the bed for storage of her voluminous stuff. Searched the web and found some DIY ideas and took it from there. It's just a series of bookcases really under and behind the head of the bed. To stretch my...