Category: woodworking
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Singin’ in the Rain Jr. Sets
Last week my daughter’s school performed Singin’ in the Rain Jr.! My wife, Betsy, and I were in charge of set design and construction. Over 90 kids were involved and it took SO many parent volunteers to pull it off. I called out a handful of them below, and I know I missed a bunch.…
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Vinyl Record “Now Playing” Shelf
Finally tackled this project to make an record shelf for our currently playing record! We’ve needed one for a while and I couldn’t stomach buying one when I knew it’d be an easy project. Thanks to my wife for being so patient. Shelf is made from a single oak board and finished with paste wax…
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Display Case for Science Bee
My wife does craft shows as the Science Bee and she needed a larger display case for her table. This absolute unit is two 2’x4’ pegbaord panels on a hinge: Here it is closed up. You can see the handles on the top that make moving it around much easier: And here it is in…
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Dice Tower
This year my podcast, Roll for Topic, held its first convention. For one of the door prizes I made a dice tower reusing some ash flooring that a friend had gifted me. Here’s the finished piece: I’m very happy with out it turned out. The brass discs on the outside are for the internal pins…
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Twice Reclaimed Ash Box
A while back, a friend had an ash tree from their yard milled into floorboards. Those then those sat in storage until they moved and he donated the lot of them to me. As a thank you gift I made this small box for him: I tried to keep details from the floorboards intact. The…
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Two cutting boards
Selling these two cutting boards for $50 each. Both are finished with a mineral oil and beeswax blend. This one is oak, black walnut, and elm. Approximately 9.5″ by 12.5″ by 5/8″: And this one is elm and a very pale black walnut. 9.5″ by 13″ by 5/8″. A small knot was filled in with…
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Small Box For Beach Treasures
On Friday we went to the beach in Port Huron, MI and my daughter collected rocks and shells. The rest of the weekend I worked on making a small box for her to keep those treasures in. Final dimensions came out to about 3.25”x2.25”x2”. Materials were white oak and Titebond III. Finished with three-ish coats…
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A pile of knives
Our previous methodology of storing our knives was a pile in one of the drawers. In a nod to safety we had a scrap piece of wood in there as a divider to keep them separate from the non-pointy kitchen utensils.It wasn’t the worst system. It wasn’t the best either. So I made a better…
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2×4 Bench, Rustic Strength
Finally finished this bench I’d been slowly working on. This was the second attempt at a similar design. Both found homes with friends. The first one will live near a firepit and this one will end up inside as a bench near an entrance. Final size is about 33″ wide by 16″ tall. The wood…
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Cutting Boards, Racing Stripes Edition
Made two cutting boards yesterday! I have the week off from work and so naturally spent a few hours in the shop. One is spoken for, but another is still available as of yet ($40). Edit: Both are sold! Talk to me if you want one though since I’ll do another batch later this month!…