I built this mailbox about 15 years ago. A few weeks ago I saw that it was in need of repair. I put a new roof on and repainted it. The roof is covered with rubber and on top of that I installed small shingles cut from real shingles.

This birdhouse was built from plans in the Woodsmith magazine, Vol 20/No117, page 117. The plans show how to build a single story or a second story. I went for the ‘double-decker’. I used Ceder. It was a fun project and a lot of work. The tricky part was figuring out all of the angles and fitting all the pieces together, and there are a lot of pieces. I still have to install a 4X4 post in the ground to put it on. I have not yet desided if I want to leave it as is or paint it.

I was going to build my wife a Drop Front Desk. Then I thought, why not convert an existing book case.
Up-date: new photo, I have replaced the chains with better supports.

A friend asked me to build a Creamation Urn for his sister. I used some walnut that he inherited from his dad.
The base is 8” X 8” and is 10” tall. It will be placed in a vault that the inside dimensions are 10 X 10 X 12. It is finished with two coats of tung oil.

For about two years I have refilled my printer ink cartridges and each time I have a fear of tipping over one of the bottles, so yesterday afternoon I doug out some scrap wood and I threw together this simple little holder.

I designed and built this bridge about 3 years ago for my niece. Her husband is a dentist. He does my dental work and I do his woodworking.
The bridge span is about 15’ and is 4’ wide. I started with setting 2 lengths of angle iron 6” apart into each of the three 10” round by 2’ deep concrete piers on each side of the creek for the 3 main supports. The 3 main supports are made-up of five 1” X 6” X 18’ Ceder boards glued and screwed together. A temporary support was set up in the middle of the creek to set the arch of the 3 supports.
I checked the other day and the bridge is still very solid but I still tighten up the bolts and lag screws.
The young lady standing on the bridge is one of their 4 daughters.

Built this walnut cradle for my great grandchild. The design was taken from two plans I got from the internet. I finished it on the day she was born.

When we brought a king size bed I did not want to get rid of the queen size headboard because it matched the other bedroom furniture, so I cut the legs off. added the two oak boards and molding, reattached the legs to add 10” to each side. When I show our friends the result they say “It looks like it was made that way”.

As a new member or Lumberjocks I thought I would show-off my latest project. The top, bottom, and sides are 1/8” Walnut. The Fret Board is Wenge. The front and back is ‘Book-Matched’. After building the Dulcimer I decided that it needed a protective case. That is also made from Walnut (1/2”). The case turned out so nice I thought it also needed to be protected. NO! I have gone far enough, thats it, I’m done. It sounds great. I enjoyed making the Dulcimer more than learning to play it. That’s another project some day.
The shape is my own design. The rest of the idea’s and how to make it I got from typing in ‘handmade Dulcimer’ in ‘Google’.