My friend asked if I could build him a simple printer stand that had a bit more elegance than the plastic or cheap wood ones. This is what we came up with. It’s built from birch plywood and wrapped with hickory. Attached with 3 pocket screws on the inside of each leg. The back is open for printer cords. The shelf is adjustable by about every 1/2 inch on pegs. Stained with dark walnut and then sealed with polyurethane.

I finally got around to building a lumber cart to house all the sheet goods on one side and the cutoffs on the other. It sits on 3” casters and can be moved around my “shop” (3rd car garage). It works pretty good except I found out that when it’s loaded it’s REALLY HEAVY. :) It’s built from a 2/4 base and some plywood / 2×4 5 degree struts. The only concern I have is that the struts don’t tie together very well and when moving the cart lengthwise, they have too much flex for my taste. I may screw in a full sheet to tie them all together … but then I’d have to unload the cart … maybe in a while – it really doesn’t move much now. :)

I’m not quit sure what to call these since they’re so versatile they can act as a saw horse, mini bench, and great outfeed table(s) for my tablesaw. I got the plans from a woodworking magazine that actually had two wooden I-Beams to span them for a more configurable bench. I didn’t build the I-Beams, and the two are just perfect.

Total cost is about $20 for a sheet of plywood and a few 2×4’s.

This is a coat rack / shoe bench that I built for my parents for Christmas 2008. Why am I only posting it now? Because I just finished – I’m still pretty slow :)

Everything is made of Birch plywood trimmed out in leftover Hickory from my hardwood floor. The top of the Bench is a glue-up of Hickory, also leftover from the hardwood floor. I don’t have a jointer and plate jointer, so I just used the pre-existing tongue and groove for flooring to do the glue-up. All exposed screw holes are plugged with homemade plugs out of the same Hickory. I finished it with several coats of polyurethane.

I learned a lot and gained confidence to start the next non-shop project.

This is a project I did a few years ago. I got this old TV from the local thrift store for about $5 and gutted it’s original components. I put in supports and a shelf for the fish tank to sit on. Then I removed the top and hinged it in the back so I could open it from the front for feeding, cleaning, etc. As far as woodworking goes – it was a simple shelf inside, a hinges, and locking brace – but it worked great and kept the fish low so kids could see it, but not get into it.