Still Learning

Another swing at trivets

Trivets and picture frames are super easy to make and also give me a good platform to both try new things and hone existing skills. For this set of trivets, I used copper wire at the miters to add a bit of visual interest and hopefully a bit of strength too. For the woodworking nerdsContinue reading “Another swing at trivets”

Ann’s desk

Finally done with the desk! After over one full year, any many “learnings” along the way, it is finally installed in its semi-permanent home. For those interested, details as follows: All flat panels are shop-sawn veneer over 1/4” plywood creating 3/8” final thickness. All details on the Mackintosh inspired sides were done with a routerContinue reading “Ann’s desk”

Ann’s Desk

Ann has been asking for a desk for over a year, and I’ve been designing it in my head for about that long too. A while back I had her sit down with me on pinterest to see what types of images she tended to like. See below for some of what she picked, butContinue reading “Ann’s Desk”

Lynn’s project and joinery practice

This weekend I worked really hard (at avoiding cutting the grass.) Lynn had a little cardboard organizer that was falling apart that she had asked I replace, so with open space in my worklist, I figured why not bang it out. How hard could it be? Oh ye who tempts fate…. I don’t know whatContinue reading “Lynn’s project and joinery practice”

Quickie picture frame

My oldest daughter did this etching of a sheep in her art class, and it turned out quite impressively. Figured it had to be hung, but we needed a frame, so I grabbed some wood that came from dad’s garage and threw this together. The wood was likely a slat from the bed I sleptContinue reading “Quickie picture frame”

Another Segmented Game Center Just for Us!

After talking with a few friends and giving my scrap pile a good hard look, I figured why not make one of these just for us. The pine was alot harder to work with – it wanted to chip out and sand much more unevenly, but I managed to wrestle it into shape. Looking forwardContinue reading “Another Segmented Game Center Just for Us!”

Segmented Game Center

This was the first time I’ve tried to make anything significant in a round shape. A coworker traded me some MCM furniture for this little guy. He’s really big into board games, and wanted a bespoke place to throw dice that would stand out as a conversation piece too. I couldn’t leave well enough alone,Continue reading “Segmented Game Center”

Finished the bookcase

I finally got the bookcase done. It was a really challenging project to work on and there were many new skills I got to take a swing at trying out. Just a quick list – shop-sawn veneers for the shelves, stopped dados for the shelves going into the sides, 3 way miters for the topContinue reading “Finished the bookcase”

January 2023

I started this Walnut bookcase back in October and have been slowly plugging away at it on the weekends ever since. I’ve been thinking about how to make it for about a year and it took that long for a few reasons. First – I thought long and hard about using solid wood or a plywood core. IContinue reading “January 2023”

Q4 2023

The summer was a rough for woodworking. The temps in the garage door open or not were often close to 100 degrees. I had a commission I began working on back in May and didn’t finish until November. Some of it was just not having the time, some of it was the challenge of theContinue reading “Q4 2023”