Recently finished new kitchen table. 40” x 29”, 6 board Cherry top stained with General Finishes Black Cherry Water based stain. I have found that this color stain on Cherry wood gives a instant aged look. The table top also has 3 coats of Minwax poly. Bottom is pine with legs from Osborne Wood Products finished in Lamp Black Milk paint aslo from General with a top coat of Polyacrylic in a matte finish.

I have received a lot of request for more photos.So to cover some of the request here is a update of my Ox cart project with the steers attached. In the pictures you will see Amy Deome the farms Oxen Teamster working with the Steers. Amy has been working with them since the day they were born.

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Another project I completed this past year for the Farm. Built 3 Country Hutch’s for the Dairy store ( the best ice cream, ever). One hutch is 8 ft wide and the other two are 4ft wide, all are about 82 inches high. As you can see one has a solid back, while the other two have chicken wire. Once the weather breaks we will be able to put the finish on them. Milk Paint of course.

Also built 4 garden tools boxs from the scraps left over. These are quick and easy to build. Used Milk Paint on 3 of these also.

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Pictured is my latest project for the farm, where I volunteer. This was my first try at a Ox Cart and I am being told by those at the farm , those that know about these things, that my rendition is good, I may even try a larger one in the future. I know you are going to ask, so I will say first thing, no I didn’t build the wheels. Those and the axle where bought from a Mennonite woodworker in Central Pennsylvania.

The cart is built with Hemlock that was logged from the farm. Those logs where hauled out of the woods to a portable mill by the draft horses from the farm. The wood has been air drying for over a year now. the floor and the sides of the cart are built from this.

This was a fun and rewarding project. It is also a real eye opener, I never knew how many people are interested in Ox’s and pulling with them.

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Hello friends, just wanted to send this picture as a update to my Double Tree project. With the photo you are able to see how the Double Tree is used with the horse’s attached. Thanks to all for your interest. To those seeing this for the first time, the Double Tree is the piece that attaches the horse’s to the wagon.

Over the last year I have become involved with a local organization( non profit) that is preserving a 400 acre farm not far from my home. The farm is a incredible place with rolling hills covered in tree’s, with all the types you would expect to find in Northeastern Pennsylvania ( Maples, Hemlock, Pine, Cherry etc ) . I volunteer with some woodwork for them.
In the photos you can see my latest project.
The Double Tree( where they attach the horse’s, I didn’t know what is was either ) that was on the wagon was in poor condition so they asked if I could build another one. Not knowing one thing about this type of work, I said sure why not. Should be a great learning experience and it was. It is 160 inches long, which in its self was a challange trying to get it into my basement shop. All the metal was in poor shape and needed a lot of TLC and hours of rust removal with a wire wheel on the end of a drill. The long tounge portion is oak while the cross member and the Double Tree itself is made of ASH. It was a fun project and I have been getting a lot of compliments on it.

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