Projects

This is it! The final installment on how to build a deluxe router table.

Here are a couple of candle holders that were made from some old oak boards that were almost used for firewood. …

Router Table Redesign 2nd Installment

FRENCH COUNTRY TABLE30”T x 41"W x 62” – 84”LWalnut, boiled linseed oil, wipe-on poly. Tim RamlBaltic, SD “This table was the first time I used rough lumber for [...]

DISPLAY CABINETRon Spears60”T x 24”W x 12”DWalnut, ash, boiled lindseed oil. “All the solid wood comes form a local mill. I cut the wood into strips with beveled edges [...]

TORPEDO LEVELS John Pickrell Boise, Idaho One level is made with zebrawood and bloodwood, the other from bloodwood and fir.…

SHAKER BOXESJohn PickrellBoise, Idaho Cherry sides and bottoms with lacewood tops.…

ROCKING HORSE Bill BrunLongwood, Fl  Materials: Red oak; wool yarn for the mane and tail; soft leather for the ears.Finish: Miniwax Red Oak oil based stain; four coats of Minwax [...]

Drawings can only get you so far when you're designing a piece. Sometimes, when I'm stuck, I leave the drawing board and make full-size parts. Here's a sample joint I made before [...]

WOOD PIE SAFEEd KoenigCherry, walnut, osage orange, purpleheart, Brazilian satinwood, bloodwood, mahogany, lacewood, sassafras, basswood, zebrawood, boiled linseed oil, turpentine and beeswax. [...]

      I just finished the "Nordic-Style Bentwood Box' that was featured in your Dec-Feb 2009 magazine. I am 64 years old, and It was the best project I have ever [...]

DOGWOOD HUTCH*** PowellCorvallis, OR  Pacific dogwood (Cornus nutallii); locally harvested and air dried, beveled glass, shellac and wipe-on poly.  “The dogwood boards were [...]