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Cedar and Slate Outdoor Table. Finished with Australia timber oil

This is a Stickley Plant stand I made from red oak. I saw some other jocks had made this and I decided to give it a shot. I found plans for this on the net from a wood working magazine. The top is a slate tile and its finished with a few coats of amber shellac.

COVID forced our church into video production on a scale way beyond what we'd ever done before. With all the filming it quickly became clear why movie productions use these slates to sync the audio and video, so I made one. Did not realize the challenge it would be to have the clapper arm be...

This was my first project, converting a den and dining room into a library and office. Luckily I had some help. The shelf unit is fifteen feet long and ten feet high. The client insisted it be made from MDF. Lesson: don't use caulk to fill joints. The library entrance off the foyer used to be...

when i build things i like to take things to the limit and see how they work out. this table was an experiment of that it looks nice and there isent much there but it will hold atleast 240 lbs. it is made out of red oak and has a natural slate tile as the top

This is a hanging wall art made from cherry wood and slate stone. I stained it in walnut to match the wainscoting project I did this summer. This hangs in the reception area in my office downtown. See the wainscoting project for finishing recipe. Cheers

Hello! Whats this?? (pic1) Its the wrong way up. Does he know? (pic2) Its well packed whatever it is. A lot of dust on it. Must be one from the vaults! (pic3) Stone flagging. Someones floor? (pic4) Ooer! (pic5) its a chess board. It is indeed one from the vaults. A chess board I made...

This was my real first woodworking project. Overall dimensions - 40" x 64" x 31". It is built from soft maple and then stained using MinWax Red Mahogany 225. Top Coat is brush on oil based poly. The legs are joined to the rails using triple biscuits. I built this before I was confident in...

Some projects require a trip out to get new materials, others are made from what you have on hand at the time, for the better - or more often - the worse. After deciding to throw my hat into the Thorsen Table contest ring, I only intended to make my interpretation as "green" as possible. I...

This has been done for a couple of days. The making of it was covered here and here... For finish, wipe-on Polyurethane was used for the Poplar Z-braced Door, and the trim was painted white with some Kilz that was hanging around the cellar… I always thought that Kilz was a one-coat paint, Not...

Here is my craftsman style coffee table set. They feature 16×16" slate stone tops, and thick quarter sawn oak construction. Most of the stock is 5/4, except the lower rails which are 8/4. I kept the proportions fairly chunky, with five wide slats at each end. Through tenons and some inlayed...

This is my first piece of " finish carpentry ". It is a Christmas gift for my sister. It was a great experience and will definately be the beginning of many projects to come. I love the design. My intentions were to have mission stlye with a twist. I think there will be end tables to...

With a lot of help from Mother Nature, aspen wood was used in the creation of the chairs and the table base. Weathered wood with inlaid slate create the top of the table. The trestle base support is very difficult to see in this picture, but it has inter-mingled aspen branches to simulate a...

Weathered wood and slate again compose the top. Aspen legs and flowing branches connect this 7 foot long table to the natural environment it sits upon….more slate.