This is a table I made for my wife from a headboard I built in 1980 that was underwater for 3 weeks during hurricane Katrina back in August 05. Top is made from Iroko, which is a very weather resistant wood and it was glued together with marine exoxy glue..(I used epoxy alot back then because I spent 20+ years doing custom woodwork and restorations on wooden yachts and expoy was my favorite glue of choice for boatwork)

What was left of it sat in my shed until now… then my wife suggested making it into a table. It took a bit of reworking and a lot of cleaning up and sanding.
Top is Iroko and the legs are new quarter sawn oak and walnut with dovetail joinery.

Here is a quarter sawn oak computer desk I built for my wife Carol. It took 84 mortise and tenons and a lot of fun!

This is my very first “furniture” project in my new shop. Building the shop was a lot of fun and work but you can only cut so many 2×6’s and OSB board before needing to make something of real wood.
I made this from some old sinker cypress and it came from a design I envisioned when I bumped my head too hard on the lumber rack. Now my wife wants me to change out all the baseboards and paint the room to go with the table and headboard.

I built a teak and bamboo handrail and balusters going from my workshop to the second floor, which is now my office/TV room. For some crazy reason my wife wanted the dining room in the house to be returned to a dining room instead of my office.
Drilling holes for the bamboo to inset in the teak was a challenge because each bamboo pole’s end was a different diameter. Spent way more money on fostner bits than I wanted to since many were in the 3 – 3 1/2” range. But I did want something different from normal since I am not normal.

Last year (2008) I finally built my new workshop. I was without a workshop for a little over 2 years since my old house and shop were destroyed. So I decided to build the workshop that I never had the space to build before! Sure feels good to not be working under a carport anymore with a few portable tabletop tools on wheels.

I insulated my shop with spray foam insulation and it sure does cut down on sound. All you can hear outside when I run power tools is the frogs and cows. I installed 47 electrical outlets downstairs in hopes of never needing another extension chord. Ran 4 circuits that are 220v each, but wish I would have added another 3 or 4.
Since building my new shop I seem to spend many weekends and very late nights out there having way too much fun! My wife never complains when I walk back to the house at 3am because she knows how much my wood shop means to me. I am building a quarter sawn oak desk for her that she mentioned liking just as a little show of appreciation.
Now it is time to have some fun again!