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THE ROPE MACHINE I first saw a picture of a rope machine in a book of projects for kids. At the time I passed it over and handed the book on to my wife, who also worked with children. She purchased a rope machine at a weaving store and found that kids loved it. They were intrigued with...

We bought a run down old place at the beach and needed to start furnishing and decorating it. What better way to do that than to grab leftover wood from the shop and throwing one together and getting exactly what you want? :)

What is it? Is it lockers? A loft? A Murphy bed? It is all three. This is a loft bed with an added murphy bed on the lower section. It is based off my baseball loft murphy bed. It is similar in the design I just changed the theme and overall look. The inspiration came from Pottery Barns...

Here's a fun trick I picked up from a book I had around. They called it a luthier's clamp, but it's handy even if you're not making guitars. You can use this for any edge-gluing job, but its biggest advantage is when gluing up thin pieces. You'll need a number of sticks, the same number of...

I was pretty well decided that for my mom's birthday this year I was making a tea box of some kind. She loves her tea. And while she uses some fancy ball and loose leaves to make her own, she always keeps a bunch of bags around for company. So I felt like she should have a nice way to...

Easter 2020, when COVID blew everything up, I made some crosses out of old ceder fence pickets, then posted online offering no-contact porch dropoff (free) to anyone who wanted one. Ended up delivering about a dozen. Quick, fun, satisfying little project. Pickets are planed one side only, so...

Made this chest out of two inch thick juniper wood. Down south here it can be found in and around fresh water creeks and streams. Looks like a cedar tree and is evergreen. Inside is the color of the chest and smells like the strong smell of cedar. Good straight lumber is hard to find, even...

A simple, rustic serving tray for use around the house. Made from hardwood from a pallet with rope handles.

Hey guys, I've finally gotten back into woodworking and this was the best starting project for me because, as you can see, I've been using cardboard boxes to store some of my cloths. Anyhow, the only power tool I used for this project was a drill, everything else was hand cut and sanded. As you...

Just Finished! This is a Marine EGA Symbol Shadowbox I was asked to build. It's solid Mahogany except for the eye and toes of the Eagle which are Walnut. The Eagle is done in the Intarsia Art form I enjoy doing! I used a real piece of rope thinking it would accentuate this project. I felt...

Serenity Pyrography burned on Red Cedar. Measures 11" x 15", Rocky Coast edged with burned rope design. Touched up with light acrylic paint & finished with several coats of Polycrylic

My Daughter's best friend was planning a wedding in the woods and asked me if I could make a tree swing for the party. Her whole theme was a very hand made natural style. So I acquired a large limb that had broken from a big Modesto Ash in my neighborhood, After cutting it down the middle with...

The idea of making this simple and natural by it's natural aging properties was originated after looking the photos, which were made in the expedition in the rare Orthodox areas of the far Russia. I made the photos of natural and many centuries' terms of the wood aging on the Kizhi isle...

Decorative window valance using a design from a Captain's Desk. I got the idea from Rick Gonzales who is a woodworking instructor at the El Rito Heritage Retreat Center at Northern New Mexico College in El Rito NM. The frame is a rope cut design that is used in southwest style furniture. I...

I make a lot of panels out of smaller boards from pallets so I thought about it and came up with this design which I sketched up (with pencil and paper), and set out to find a similar version on the web that I could compare to. I am sure I'm not the first person to come up with this but I...