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.