I built this deck a few weeks back for my brother-in-law in Virginia. Pressure treated lumber screwed together. The triangular portion is built to cover up a trip hazard of eroded asphalt. I wondered how to attach a deck to asphalt, knowing a concrete anchor would work loose in no time. So I broke through the 2” of asphalt and put in some 4”x4” posts and lots of concrete to anchor it well. Came out very solid and it looks like it grew there.

Wall hanging made of 75 Mesquite leaves and Mahogany. 30” across. I designed it myself but patterned it off of a much larger one I have that is made of metal .Second one is made of 75 yellow pine leaves , mahogany base and mesquite trunk and branches.

I found an image of a horse head on line and made this intarsia image of it. It is made of Oak, Pine, Mahogany, Mesquite and Ebony and is 21” tall I used 1/4” ply for backer board and made a hanger for it of old band saw blade. The woods are all 3/8” thick. I used a spray can from Walmart “triple Thick Glaze” as a finish.

I made this cedar cross, to order, to be put at a crash site on the side of the road. The cedar part is 30” tall and is 1” thick. I finished it with spar varithane and glued and nailed it together using titebond III. The cross is reinforced with weatherized yellow pine that can be driven into the ground. Local rules do not allow metal crosses so my customer ordered this one of wood.

I have made about 50 of these functioning fireplace bellows. They are 16” long and have tooled leather inlayed into the top of them. After cutting to shape with my scroll saw, I turn the whole bellows in my lathe to get the round handles and nozzle ends. I use a 30-30 casing to make the brass nozzle. The hardest part of making these is putting the flexible leather between the top and bottom wooden sections. This flexible leather is glued and tacked in place. Fun to make and challenging to sell. I have made them of Pine, walnut, oak, cedar,cherry,chestnut and a few mystery woods I found in pallets.

Our wood working club makes these tables ,chairs,stools and toy box for the local Ronald McDonald house and they have local artists decorate them and they sell them at a fund raising auction. Last year this trunk, after being decorated, brought $800 at auction. Ronald McDonald house provides housing for families that have to travel for medical procedures. The toy box is made of 1/2” yellow pine and the other furniture is made of 3/4” Baltic Birch Plywood and pine. I cut the sides of the table and chairs with my scroll saw.

An old joke, but still amusing. Oak plaque with purple heart lettering, cut on a scroll saw.

I made this 43” tall podium of 3/4” Baltic birch plywood. It has three shelves inside it, accessed through the open back. Three inch wheels are located at the rear of the podium so that a slight tilt back will lift it off of the base onto the wheels. My own design, to their specifications, made for our local “garden and arts center” where we hold our woodworking club meetings.

In order to make these round and tapered objects I made a Jig/Sled. I got the idea from an old video I saw years ago. First picture shows the completed sled and the second the same sled with a piece of poplar ready to be cut. Also pictured are details of the hold down and of the end stop. The underside of the fence is shown with the “T bolts” protruding through the bottom. Included is a photo of the underside of the sled showing how I made the slide fit the “T” shaped guide in my table saw. I did this so that the sled will not tip out of the slot at either end of the travel of this sled. The washer works as a keeper to achieve this. I used a “T” track kit from Rockler and 3/4” MDF to make this .The sled measures 18” x 24” and the movable fence measures 5” x 30” I recessed the “T”track a bit and added some Masonite to the underside of the sled to get it recessed enough. I make tapered pieces to form vases and waste baskets as shown. I decide how many sections I want to make the object withand what width using a little geometry exercise. Circumference distance divided by the number of sections gives me their width. The cut angle is determined by the number of sections. 10 sections …360 (degrees) divided by 10 sections = 36 degrees. Divide this number by 2 because each miter is made up of two cuts , in this case 18 degrees each cut. (1/2 of 36 degrees).I set my table saw blade tilt to this number (18) using an digital angle gage. Set the sled to the taper desired and cut the sections using the hold down and end stop to position the workpiece. I make about 2-3 extra sections when making a project for two reasons. One is that I use cedar a lot and it sometimes splits or fails in cutting and the other is that when I assemble the item I add or remove a section to get the angles to fit best. The angle may not be perfect at 18 degrees depending on how much taper you have on the object.

I have been making lots of these cedar and oak boxes with images inlayed into the hinged lids .I use a “double bevel inlay” method. Boxes measure 11”x8” x 2 1/2”. I have over 75 different designs I make. 95% are cedar with poplar inlay. I sell these at street fairs and festivals here in West Texas so I do a lot of western stuff. Most popular is the Mason logo and the Methodist logo.

Toys that I have made and sold at street fairs and festivals. I buy the wheels and Axel pegs and make toys of wood scraps. Poplar and fir mostly. I use 1” and 1 1/2” wheels. I find that Adults like the small 1” wheel toys but the kids go for the larger 1 1/2” wheel toys. Pictured are just a few I have made. I have about 30 different toys that I have made. I have made and sold about 400 toys a year the last three years.

28” star and 24” cross are both made of Pine and Mahogony using my shop made taper jig/sled.

I have these displayed at my front door and back fence. One is poplar letters and Glock image on scorched yellow pine and one on red cedar.

I have been doing some Intarsia lately. Time consuming but simple to do.

Found a use for the chain I made.

I have made a few of these small gift boxes. It is an oak box 8” long by 5” wide and 2” deep with a hinged top. I uses two small, brass, screw on the surface, type hinges. The ribbon and bow are made of pine and mahogony and are about 3/16” thick by 1”. It is made from a Steve Good Pattern. I did apply flocking to the interior bottom (not the lid). I have made a few using purple heart in the ribbon also. Cutting the 3/16” thin strips required for the ribbon is easly and safely done using a jig I made that allows you to re-align the table saw fence accurately to the same thickness after each cut. The cut off strip is on the waste side of the blade ( not the fence side) . I make the box with 3/8” sides and glue on the 1/4” top and bottom. I glue on the ribbon and bow, apply a finsh to the outside and THEN cut the lid portion of the box from the bottom portion in my band saw. Apply hinges and flock/finish the inside.

I have made many (50) of these functioning and decrotive fireplace bellows over the past 20+ years. I make them of wood from pallets mostly. I inlay the tooled leather on the front and turn the handels and nozzle end on a lathe. They are 15” long and 7 ” across.

I make these small round top trunks of cedar , fir, and yellow pine. The first two pictured are cedar. One unfinished. The other photo is one made of yellow pine. Most have brass door hinges but some have all oak hinges imake with a box joint jig and my table saw. These are 25” long and 16” wide and tall. Raised panels on sides and top and bottom are made of 1/4” slats. I have made about 30 of these, all slighlty different from the others. I finsh them with shellac and poly.