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This is a rustic Coffee table that I made for a client out of a 2.5 inch solid maple plank. The plank was salvaged from an old hip barn that was being torn down. The legs are white oak that was salvaged out of the same barn. I used dowels to connect the legs. And just a poly finish to...

Found another mallet in my cutoff pile. This on is out of oak and walnut with purpleheart wedges. The plans were in Shopnotes volume 2. It has 2 pockets loaded with lead sinkers makes into a dead blow. weighs in at 19oz

A person I work with asked me if I would make a model of a horse drawn log hauler for his father, little did I realize how much work it would be. It is in 1/8 model scale and is about 40 inches long but is adjustable to about 20 inches depending on the length of logs hauled. This is classed...

Here's a little Wimshurst I made for my brother in law. In case you are not familiar with these machines they are a static electricity generator. Turning the crank makes the acrylic disks spin in opposite directions. The charge is picked up by the collectors and stored in the two capacitors...

So I made a box for my wife a while back and everyone kept asking how I made it so I thought I would make a second one slightly differently and show what all went into making this small Dovetailed Candle Box. Here is the full Build video on this box!

I was messin around up in the shop one day lookin for something to doand came up with this. Its an oak and cherry candel holder. I found it was a good way to hone skills and use up some of my scrap.

The wood came from a building at a friend's house in the mountains of Bluegrass Virginia. The top was laying in his back yard when I got it & the piece fell off the back of my truck, forming this shape, so I went with it and it turned out ok. Solid oak. He also had an old house made entirely out...

Just a quick weekend project - I needed a new blade holder for the scroll saw. I found a source online where I could buy poly-acrylic test tubes fairly cheap so I ordered a couple dozen. Once they arrived I searched the scrap pile until I found some pretty nice pieces - nothing fancy though...

My uncle remodeled his kitchen a year or so ago and gave me a truckload of oak trim for free. I decided to make him a Wisconsin badgers themed shut the box game for Christmas. The oak is part of his old kitchen, and I added some padauk which compliments it quite nicely. Half blinds just so I...

Some scrap Walnut and left over Oak, then try to remember how to cut them Dovetails. A few rubs of French polish then a coat of Fiddles wax.

This is a submarine door all made from recycled lumber. It is grafted into a standard door which is the door to my office at work. I made this all at home in my shop and installed it into my existing office door at work on the weekend. It has been up for almost a year and people still stop to...

this is a oak coffee table i made for our home..it is made of salvaged oak from a buliding my father in law had made..in those days they used oak for there buildings…lucky for me…the legs are butternut…its jointery is mortis and tenon ..the stretcher between the legs has a through mortis . this...

I build a lot of step stools benches, stools, and shelves are easy builds and great gifts for the family. These take about 3 hours each to make after the wood is milled and ripped. I have one in the garage, and one in the house. I've found that freinds with high sitting pick up trucks really...

I put these together for Christmas presents, I like contrasting woods I hope the relatives do also. The woods are cherry,walnut, maple, hickory, teak (thought it was mahogany until I cut it, to late) and oak. I had already started the boards when I read a comment from someone about oak being...

Hey fellow saw dust junkies! or should I say "man glitter"? lol Had a lot of recent changes in my life, me and my girlfriend got a new house and I had to move my shop and its almost done (If you can ever consider the shop done). We bought a new lathe from harbor freight and we both love it! The...

i built this for my neighbor and is just under 6 in tall out of oak with a poly and wax finish

This is a quilt rack made from white oak. My mom just turned 70 and she's an avid quilter. The carving was roughed out using my CNC and then cleaned up and enhanced with hand tools. The rack breaks down for storage easily. Finish is just good old polyacrylic (3 coats) as I wanted it to stay...

Okay first thing is this is a display chest, it's not made for locking up the guns. The reason why I say this is every time I build a chest or cabinet that involves gun storage there is always some one who try's to lecture me about gun safety. These are items I build for my customers with there...

Completed on 09-10-2007, this is an end table designed to be multi-functional. It can be used to hold books, stereo, television, VCR or anything else. One of the pair built is pictured here. The customer will use it to hold stereo components. It will be placed on either side of their...

Handmade wine shelf made out of oak wood It can hold 10 wine bottles. Holes on the shelf are specially designed to support various types of wine bottles. The finishing coat is tung oil and wax. Dimensions: Height 115cm (45.3in) Width 19cm (7.5in) Depth 13cm (5.1in) The width of the base is...