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Reclaimed Trestle Table
Here is the final shot of a trestle style table i built for the wife. All of the materials were salavaged from a 1850’s post and beam house. It has an oak top, heart pine trim, and some unknown species...
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New home for cut offs
Not really a woodworking project but cool none the less … The boss was kind enough to let me borrow the mini excavator for the weekend in an effort to build a firepit. That backstop stone is buried...
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Pigeon Hole Shelving
Built this shelving for the wife after she saw it in a magazine. Built from all reclaimed subflooring from an 1880’s post and beam house. It consisted of 58 dados, and has 5” square pigeon holes which...
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"Milk, Two Sugars" A Reclaimed Lumber Coffee Table
This project started out as a promise i made to the old man when i started woodworking. I’d make him a coffee table i told him … 2 years ago. This past Christmas i wanted to make good on the promise so...
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Breezeway Bench
Here is the final installment of the build, the finished project. This is a entry bench with slats for shoe storage and a hinged lid with an area for storage under the seats. The lumber is cypress,...
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The Ole Pigskin - Fantasy Football Trophy
Well here it is the final finish of my fantasy football trophy. Ive blogged about how it was put together if you’re interested. This project started out as a chunk of fallen maple in my yard. I...
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Reclaimed Home Office Furniture
This is a culmination of projects that has finally finished a vision the wife and I had 2 years ago for our little home office / computer room / where the dogsleeps. All of the furniture is from...
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"Espresso" - A Coffee Table
Here’s the table ive been working on for the last month or so down in the wobbly leg workhsop. Its made of #2 common walnut and ambrosia maple. Joinery is mortise and tenon. Tenons are hand cut and...
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Chisel Cut Name Plaques
The first pic shows a rather meaningful project for me. See, my wife and I are expecting our first baby in t-minus 29 days, which basically means any day now. We were going back and forth for months...
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Mallet Swap 2012
As part of the Mallet Swap i created this whacker for LJ Mauricio. Its shown in its new location because i didnt take any pics of the build …. facepalm. The head is a reclaimed chunk of red oak circa...
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Rustic pine pantry doors
Far from fine furniture i had to forget a lot of what i have learned in the last four years to get the rustic style my lead designer (my wife) was looking for. As you can see in the second pic we are...
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"One step at a time" - a stool for my son
Here’s a little step stool i made for my 18 month old son. Its made of curly maple with a few spots of spalting throughout. It was my first project with all hand cut joinery including my first set of...
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Old English Name Plaque Carving
This was my first attempt at carving old english lettering. I used a variety of chisels and the only gouge i own to create the letters. I printed out a mirror image of the lettering on the computer and...
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The Workbench
Ive blogged it and shown it on a couple other long standing threads but I needed to make it officially an entrant into my small woodworking portfolio here on LJ’s, so here it is …. again lol. Its...
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Benchtop Moxon Vice
Now that ive finished up my bench i wanted to keep the theme and work on some bench accessories. I just finished this moxon vice. Lumber is reclaimed chestnut and oak that came from a, built in 1840’s,...
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Walnut Backsaw Till
Continuing on getting the shop set up from bare bones I decided that I wanted to free up some pegboard space and make myself a new home for my backsaws. The till is made from air dried walnut with a...
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Shop TV Cabinet
My wife was kind enough to buy me a tv for the shop as a valentines day gift. As soon as I got it I wanted to build something to keep the dust out and to christen the “new” shop with. The carcass and...
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Salvaged singer side table
A quick project i put together for my wife to put in our little home office. The Singer base came out of an abandoned house that we were tearing down at work. A quick power washing, some wire wheeling...
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Carved Name Plaque
A very good friend and his wife welcomed a baby girl into this world the Tuesday before Christmas. This plaque is hand carved in sapele and finished with shellac and satin arm r seal. A little gift for...
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Tapered leg table
First things first, a shout out to todd clippanger’s blog which provided me with the dimensions for this table. http://lumberjocks.com/toddc/blog/2503#comment-3744946 The top is figured cherry and the...
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