This is a completed Quilt Rack I made for my DIL for Christmas, just getting around to posting it. It is Ambrosia Maple finished in a honey maple gel stain and three coats of a wipe on poly in satin finish.

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John

I have been meaning to build a Crosscut Sled for some time now. I recently found a video by Marc Spagnolo – aka The Wood Whisperer, and I built this. I still need to add a guard and a couple of other gadgets. I waxed the runners and she is smooth as silk. Marc’s tips about adjusting it made it easy to get it cutting square! It fits nicely under the outfeed table.

Now, I need to build a new Panel Sled and a tapering jig.

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John

These are a set of bookends that were made out of some of the left over Ambrosia Maple from a hope chest project I just built, and the contrasting wood is some walnut I had in the scrap pile. My daughter is turning 16 in December and she wanted a hope chest for her birthday, and bookends for Christmas. The bottom has felt on it, and the pictures are behind some plexi. I slapped a couple of generic pics in them, I am sure Johnny Depp and Tim Tebow will end up in there. Go Figure :) She is out of the house right now so I was able to snap a couple of pics of them before I box and wrap them.

A special thanks to Steve Ramsey (Woodworking for Mere Mortals) for the design and the templates!

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John

Hi All,

My daughter asked for a hope chest for her 16th Birthday that is coming up in December. I can’t believe I managed to get er done. The wood is some Ambrosia Maple that I got from an ad on another woodworking site a few years back for 40 cents a board foot.

The finish began with a wiping down of the case and lid with mineral spirits, and after that dried, one coat of Zar #117 Honey Maple Oil Based Stain, and then 5 coats of Minwax Wipe on Poly (Clear Gloss).

My Daughter has not seen the finished Hope Chest, but she was involved in all the design decisions, and she picked out the finish. She picked the boards for each panel. This was a lot of fun to build as it was my first attempt at a dovetailed case.

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John

Inspired by Marc Spagnolo (aka The Wood Whisperer) I took some old 3/4 inch ply that used to be shelves in a storage closet that was removed from a building and some old recycled 2×4’s and made a lumber rack for the shop. I have lumber all over the place and I thought I would try to get some of it in the shop without taking up my floor space. Thanks to Marc for the idea. I altered his rack by laying the 2×4’s flat on the wall (32” on center) and then using two 2×4’s to rest up against the one on the wall and then all of it connected together with the ply. The 2×4 supports are cut at 20” and the ply braces are 21-1/2”. This adds quite a bit of lumber storage space to the shop without taking up my floor space.

John

I was asked by a friend if I would help him build his pulpit for the new church they were constructing. And this is what we came up with. The top and bottom are made out of Baltic Birch Plywood, finished with Dark Cherry Stain and Clear poly. The columns and the Bun Feet were purchased for this project by my friend to make life easier on me. :) He had the glass insert made at a local glass shop. The cords for the mic and the lights are run through one of the columns to give it a clean look.

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John

I recently completed a Miter Saw Bench to add some storage to the shop. The cabinets are constructed out of the 3/4” ply from Home Depot. I think they were around $24.99 a sheet. The full extension drawer slides are really nice. This may have a big foot print, but it adds a ton of storage.

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John

THis is a little table that I built for my Mom’s Kitchen. It is a taller table to accomodate her stool. She wanted a little table that would fit in her smallish Kitchen where she could write letters and pay her bills and such. It is based very loosely on Shaker Style. It’s 38” tall, 24” wide, 17” deep. I used some of the lumber that I got from the .45 cent a board foot soft maple that was sold on the forum last year. Legs have about 5 degrees of taper. The apron is 4”, and is attached to the legs with mortise and tenon joinery. (My first attempt at it) The top is attached with figure 8’s. The finish is Tung Oil. I found one really nice board that I was able to make the top out of.

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John

This is a communion table that I put together for a friend. It is made from salvaged lumber from an late 1800’s Pipe Organ. The sides are biscuited to the front. The top and the shelf inside the communion table are also made from the pipe organ lumber. There was quite a few worm holes in this stuff. The dimensions are 36” high x 49” wide x 23” deep. There are more images here: http://www.johnswoodshop.info/Communion%20Table.htm

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John

This is a bench made out of Douglas Fir with a Veritas Twin Screw Face Vise and a Veritas Sliding Tail Vise. I mounted the bench on an old Kitchen Base Cabinet to store my planes and other hand tools. The build is detailed here: http://www.johnswoodshop.info/Work%20Bench.htm

John

This is a pulpit that I made for a new construction Church. It is 6 feet wide and 2 feet deep. It is called Colonial Style. It is constructed out of MDF and Oak. This was the first major project that I made in my shop.

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John

I made these projects while I was in 9th grade, my Mom still uses them in her home. After completing them I was bit with the Woodworking Bug. A couple of little tables and a hand carved nut dish. We also turned some candle holders but I don’t have a picture of those. It’s too bad most schools have done away with woodshop.

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John

Edit: I forgot to mention that I am now 50 so they have held up pretty good.