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This is a podium I made for my wife. She is an elementary school teacher and asked me to make her one. its made of red oak and has since been finished since the picture.

Gift for my son's Kindergarten teacher. Wood: Black Walnut, Chestnut, Red Cedar. For some reason, the finish turned parts of the Chestnut grey. Not sure what I did there, but not complaining. Finished with BLO and CA. One end has red ink and the other has black. Kit from Penn State Industries.

So this is the first of the Christmas projects I'm doing this year. My wife's sister is a teacher and needed something to put all her students papers. They sell things similar at Office Depot and such but the ones made of wood are like $150-$200. So I built her this for much less. It's Birch...

Now that I am fully retired from the IT world, I am turning my time into more woodworking outreach. I have been doing some extensive writing, mostly for Furniture and Cabinetmaking magazine in the UK. Recently I have decided to do some teaching to share my knowledge and experience. From courses...

We have all seen the carved Duck heads on old golf clubs. Well, why not caricature heads on them too? The 1st guy has stuck out his tongue about his last score card, the 2nd seems to be seriously contemplating the game, The 3rd old geezer , well what can I say, he's played the game too long to...

This was a project I made for my grandma about 5-6 years ago as a Christmas present. She loves outhouse memorabilia, as you may be able to tell from the pictures. This was a lot of fun, and really easy to come up with the design. Can't really tell by the pic, but the left side has a hole with...

---------------------------------------- This item is a Hat Making Tool that I designed and built and personalized for Rachel Pollock, a Millinery and Hat Maker, Costume Maker, and Instructor. Click here to read Rachel's blog Review about this Rounding Jack Specifications: - Walnut Wood -...

1 - Exotic Mix Desk Name / Business Card Holder … The woods are (L to R): Paduak, Purpleheart, Eucalyptus Burl, Zebrano, Pau Amarello, Rosewood, Bocote, Purpleheart, Leopardwood, Sycamore, Wenge, Bocote, Olive, Ebony, Lauro Preto, Pau Amarello, Amboyna Burl, Manzanita, Bloodwood, and Olive… all...

This was pretty much my first woodworking project. About ten years ago I enrolled in a guitar-making class because it sounded awesome and I like working with my hands. The class lasted 3 months and, at the end, I had the very nice acoustic bass guitar pictured above. The class was great fun...

Geeze Time flies - down to only one kiddo in elementary school. So we have done pencil holders when I had 3 in elementary, then boxes now we went for a clock. Project is 8/4 maple with purpleheart layed into the grooves. It was a nice straighforward projet to do with a 10 hear old, cutting...

Here's an easel for my neighbor. She needed it for school. She only wanted to use construction lumber to save money so it's just screwed together. The bottom crossbar is dadoed to fit over the legs and I did route a groove in top edge to hold markers. frame is just grooved to hold the marker...

This table was built as an organizational solution for my daughter's teacher. She had requested a small table to sit next to her dry erase board to hold small items used during class. It is constructed of poplar, with all mortise/tenon joinery (thanks to my Festool Domino). The top is 8/4...