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In my attempt to move over to a hand tool lifestyle, I decided to upgrade my workbench to a Roubo, since they are all the rage. This is Roy Underhill's version. I don't have his book, so I had to redesign it to fit what I remember it as, keeping his basic vision as a base to work off of. I biult...

Grandson needed a play ground, so being a good grandpa build one. With supervision from my grandson started putting it together in my drive way. Then took it apart put it on the trailer, and off to the grandsons home. Unload put it back together, and then finish up with slide, swings, a roof and...

My grand daughter turns 3 this month and my daughter was going to buy her a sandbox which cost over $200. plus shipping and had to put together. She ask me if I could make it cheaper. I looked at the picture and said yes. so for lest then $70.00 here is what she got. I change a couple...

fun garden project to provide some patio privacy. couldn't find a cheap post hole digger, so hand dug the post holes, erected 6×6 posts, bandsaw cut the post caps, used 2×6 post ties, and ripped down treated stock to 1.25×2 for lattice work. lots of screws. just planted a bunch of...

Once upon a time… You know how it goes. The other day I was out on the deck looking at a spiral stairs I had built about twenty years ago. I use them every day and wonder how I would connect the two decks without them. Yes, I have built numerous outdoor projects, but this is the one for...

This was my afternoon project. It's a 8ft long treated picnic table. The top is 35'' wide i wanted it big enough to set at least 8. not too bad for my first. It weighes a ton!!!! Thanks for looking.

This is a large, pressure treated pool-side pergola for that customer that did not want the good looking (for a few months anyway) store bought fare that many others have fallen for. It is 24 ft by 16 feet and nearly 10 feet off the ground. The main beams are doubled 2×12 with plates and...

Our oldest daughter is 34. Her daughter our granddaughter is 7. We still had in the attic pieces from our daughters furniture when she was a kid. She loved that furniture but the bed was destroyed and the draws on the dresser, night stand and matching desk (not pictured) no longer functioned...

Move awhile back to a new state and was in need of building a new arbor for the garden. Kept the style with the gate I made that is nearby. I used treated wood with natural wood preservative, allot of stainless screws . working on getting some vines to grow.

So my neighbor asked me to help him with a project for his wife. She was asking for a raised garden that she had found on Pinterest. So with a picture I texted over a materials list so he could go buy the materials and we could get started that afternoon, because evidently it was an...

I thought that I would start out simple by making a picture frame. This one I made years ago. It's maple with many coats of tung oil. It's made to fit a 5×8 photo.