My sister-in-law asked me to make these for an anniversary present for her husband. Fun and easy project. I now want to make one for myself.

Here’s my newest turning project. This was from a fallen tree (Osage Orange, or sometimes known as Bowdart) behind my father-in-law’s shop. This wood is tough, and it dulled my tools quite a bit!

Still having fun on the Lathe.

Here’s my 2nd turned bowl. This wood was a bit green, and that’s why I think the cracks developed towards the end of the project. If anyone has any advice on that I would love to hear it. I bought the wood (Myrtle) at Rockler, and it was sealed in wax. I wasn’t expecting it to be so green/wet as I turned it, but it was.

I’ve been wanting to buy a lathe for years, and finally broke down and bought one. Here’s my first turning project. It’s pretty basic, but it was a lot of fun. I’ll be turning a lot going forward.

My son asked me a few weeks ago for a box to keep his stuff in. So I decided to go ahead and make one. It was also an excuse to try out my new dovetail jig from Rockler!

Built this bench for some friends of mine who have been asking for a while now! It’s going to go by their pool in their backyard.

I made another cedar cooler for my cousin in Louisiana.

I see why people say building bandsaw boxes is addicting. I had a lot of fun with these, and I’ll be building some more.

Just a simple cowboy cooler I made for he back patio.

This was a fun project to build, and helped to continue develop my budding woodworking skills. I followed a plan that I bought from woodcraft.com. Now I have a nice place to sit in the backyard and watch the kids play.

My boys asked me to build them some swords, and of course I couldn’t say no. It was a fun easy project.

This was my first woodworking project since I made the decision to become a woodworker! I followed a plan from a book, and I think it turned out good. I’m proud of it at least.