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A handful of handy hold downs
I needed some hold downs and considered buying but decided to make instead. I had some scrap 3/8” Baltic birch so I cut 1” wide strips 4” long, put a 1/8” radius on one end, slotted the center for...
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Lumberjoe made me do it!
I made this version of a wooden Kant Twist clamp because Lumberjoe mentioned it which I thought this might be an interesting project. I was able to find complete dimensional drawings online which made...
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Recovery from mistakes = change in plans
When my daughter and her husband moved into their house I noticed that the door bell cover had been painted so many times the name on the cover was totally illegible. Obviously I said, “I’ll just make...
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Batch of Business Card Boxes
5 Business Card Holders for U.S. Standard Business Card1. Top Cherry, tung oiled2. Second row left to right Zebrawood, tung oiled and Corian, no finish3. Third row left to right Clear Pine, tung oiled...
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Valentine Shell
I didn’t think about posting this until I saw other valentine projects. The Walnut shell came from a tree that was in the backyard of the house where I grew up and has been in my workshop for over 40...
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A Frame for Dominic
This frame is a culmination of work done by Grandma and Grandpa for the latest addition to the clan. The counted cross stitch, and frame design, was done by Grandma. The cutting, building, and...
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That's just grate
I have a plain sisal/jute door mat outside my garage entry door that gets water logged when the rain is from the wrong direction. The only way to have it dry is to lift in off of the cement and set it...
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A jack screw
This is a jack screw I made for another project that I cannot post as the owner is not ready for prime time. The wooden pieces are 1/2” MDO with a 1/4”×20 screw, a custom screw traveler, spring (not...
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Teardrop Rose
I made this some time ago and thought I would post it now before it is given away as a gift.It is a deodar cedar cone, hand painted with an acrylic water drop and puddle on a custom oak base.The glass...
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About time
A number of years ago, way too many to count, one of my colleagues got upset when meetings took longer than they should. Serendipitously a ceramic egg kitchen timer broke but only the body broke...
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Open and Shut case ... I mean boxes
Shortly after I got my first router (a Craftsman 1/2hp) in 1976 I went on a box cutting binge! I made an adjustable template and a very crude 12”×12” router table, and started cutting out boxes! All...
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Mirror, mirror on the wall ....
I made this hall mirror per my wife’s specifications which were size and minimum horizontal edges … that’s where the dust collects. The two vertical pieces are cherry all held together with an aluminum...
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Not very usable today!
Before the peel and stick adhesive backed stamps and email wasn’t the norm, I made holders for rolled stamps. I saw some very expensive metal stamp holders and decided that was too much to pay for...
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Let there be lamp
Way back in MCMLXXII (1972) I got my first router, a Craftsman ½ hp, and wanted to build something that would challenge my yet untested routing skills so I decided to make the table lamp. The one we...
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Going away
When I was working in northern Illinois most of my colleagues knew I was a woodworker and because of that I received request for employee or family gifts for various occasions which, in many cases,...
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All's WELL that ends well
A few years, before I left the friendly confines of my employer, one of my coworkers asked me to make a “wishing well” for his wedding 10 days away. I told him this is kind of short notice, but he was...
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Cutting edge technology?
The process described below has more detail than most of my projects as this was my very first knife scale project and I want to document for my own reference. The knife in question is over 50 years...
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Vintage screwdriver bit holder
I was rummaging through some drawers and I found this screwdriver bit holder I made probably 35+ years ago when I was working in Illinois. I made this shortly after I won a ¼” B&D cordless drill...
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Another lumber cart
I finally built myself a lumber cart, totally out of material I had in my garage shop! I had a bookcase that was a built-in in the house we had in back in Illinois. This bookcase was in the house when...
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Time to cut some grass
The lead nurse at my late sons dialysis center gave me some crap bamboo flooring and asked me to make him something. For something quick and easy that he could keep at his desk I decided to engrave a...
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