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As I started going deeper and deeper into details, I realized that for some details a reference source is really necessary. Carving the ears was such a case where I...

 In that woodshop of mine, there is a small metal toolbox.    Older than I am, I think it’s a “Kennedy”.    In this toolbox, there are quite a few old tools,...

A look into my hand tool world, just some of what I work with: about as basic as a hammer, chisel, and a plane Stanley block plane#110 See how many...

Just some of the toys I make do with My "big" drill press The "Frankensaw", two craftsman tablesaws were used to make this saw.    One a broke trunion saw, the...

THESE ARE THE BLOCKS WHICH ARE USED TO FIX THE PALLETS SLATS ON.  AS YOU SEE I HAVE DRILLED 6X 32 MM HOLES ALL AROUND. THE BALL AS ALWAYS IS 47...

 ALL MADE FROM OFF CUTS OF MIXED TIMBER MAINLY MDF/ PLYWOOD/ PINE. OVER  2 YEARS TO MAKE WITH A FEW HOURS EACH WEEK. PLUS SOME UNLEADED  PAINT. .WINDOWS HAVE 1.5...

When i made that Floating top table, I had an extra 1x8x6'  pine board.  Needed a small project for this board.   I came up with a "chair' of sorts, called...

MADE FROM ODDS AND ENDS OF PINE OFFCUTS 3X2 PLUS TREE LIGHTS FROM THE POUND SHOP OR IN YOUR CASE THE DOLLAR OR 99 CENT SHOP. COST IN TOTAL 3...

To make that Reindeer: Basically, just four different kinds of parts, you'll need to make two of the front and back legs a body from that 1×6 Antlers, note the...

For a Sleigh and a reindeer? out of 1/2" thick pallet slats for a sleigh? just some nails, glue, and an 1/8" dowel or maybe a scrap piece of 1×6...

Picked up some boards that were thrown away at a remodel project down the street and I needed a railing for a front porch and ripped a few boards down...

Details of the end panels and the top's frame the 'wood pile', from old barn siding, most of this went into the end panels Drawer construction, just dovetails on the...