This is a coffee table I have just completed for a special customer made out of a salvaged Jarrah slab I found just laying out in the sun and rain at a local salvage yard, at first it seemed that it was beyond help and destined for fire wood but I am glad I decided to persevere with rescuing this beautiful piece of wood.

The base made out of 50×10mm mild steel and is MIG welded together, then painted using a 2 pack epoxy paint.

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This is my multi function miter saw station.

It is “multi function” because unlike other miter saw stations it is designed to house my big 12” miter saw, scroll saw, my spindle sander and my main bench grinder.

The top features a baffled dust channel that is hooked upto my main dust collection system and this does a great job at picking up all the dust that shoots behind the saw, (More details in the videos bellow) for collecting the dust from the saw and spindle sander I have also got a build in shop vac that is housed in the middle section of the cabinet.

The shelves are installed on full extension runners and hold a huge amount of items and weight.

For details on how I build this miter saw station watch the videos bellow;

Part One – Building the Carcass and Starting the Top

Part two – Installing the fence, adding some trim and custom dust collection

Part Three – Installing the floating drawer

Part Four – Hanging the doors, installing the shelves and finishing up

Constructed from a local Marri tree this table was intended to be elegant and modern.

With a beautiful book-matched top and highly figured legs I feel the table gives the viewer a sense of depth when looking at it up close.

Timber: Marri (red gum)
Finish: Blend of Beeswax and Orange oil
Joinery: Mortise and Tenon/Through Mortise and Tenon

An article about the finer details of this table can be viewed here:
http://www.jordswoodshop.com/?p=1125

I also filmed the whole process of making this table and I have currently got 2 of the 4 videos online if you are interested you can view them bellow.
Part 1 of 4

Part 2 of 4

As some of you might know I’m a bit of a wanna-be surfer, and as Im not very good on a short board I got into Stand Up Paddle Surfing and the sport has taken me in.

I was wanting to buy a new paddle as my old carbon one had next to no blade angle, wich isnt ideal for efficient paddling as it can make it more difficult to keep the board on the plane.

After looking at prices at new paddles I thought I might be able to make one myself out of timber.

I did a bit of research on the web and found that the most common blade angle was between 8 and 10 degree’s and while looking at other designs I thought I may be able to come up with something a bit better.

I decided instead of making the paddle out of solid chunks of timber (like most of the designs I saw) I would make it using bent lamination to keep as much strength in the shaft as possible, plus it would mean having less risk in having the blade snapping off all together.

This was a really fun project, only took 2 days to complete up to the finishing stage and although I havent had a chance to take it on the water I feel it was a success.

There is a few things I am going to change for the next paddle i make, mainly the laminates orientation along the shaft, as I think by rotating it 90 degree’s the overall paddle will become for ridged, and I would also like to make the blade itself out of some laminated timbers to make it look nicer.

Let me know what you think.

This easel is the first of 5 easels that im designing and making for a public art exhibition.

The easels will be displaying different styles of painting each month, and viewers will have the opportunity to purchase both the easels and paintings.

All easels will be made entirely from salvaged local timbers and recycled hardware… This particular easel is made from recycled Jarrah floor boards

I made this guitar stand for the father of two very good friends of mine for his 50th birthday.

The design is basically a copy of the “Take a Stand” line of guitar stands, but with the company being based in America it would have been pretty difficult to get one over here in Australia before the big date, so I decided to make one him on instead.

The stand is made entirely out of Westen Australian Sheoak wich would have to be one of my favorite woods, its got an unmistakable grain pattern with amazing ray flakes that you just dont get in any other australian hardwood.

Construction is very basic, with a simple mortice and tenon secures the stand to the base, and that is held in place with screws (no glue so it can be disassembled), The jaw up top that holds the guitar is just made out of off cuts from the slab and held in place with a single dowel and glue.

Finished with my go-to Danish Oil finish, and a single coat of buffing oil.

These candle holders were a really fun project to make, they’re made entirely from off cuts and bits of scrap wood that I had laying around in the scrap bin.

These are really easy to make, aslong as you have a band saw, a handfull of clamps and a bottle of glue it will only take about 4 hours in the shop to make from start to finish.

I really like these kinds of projects, not only do they give old bits of wood that would be bound for the pizza oven a new opportunity to be made into something special but they also give you a chance to get back to basics and experiment with some different and fun techniques that you usually would not use in day to day projects.

Keep an eye out for a how-to video at http://www.JordsWoodShop.com or in the “videos” section of this site. (once it finally uploads)

Firstly I would like to say this project was heavily inspired by one of my favorite designers here in Western Australia, John Goulder.
in 2007/2008 I went to a exhibition that was showcasing his latest works and there was one piece that really stood out to me, the “AMORE MIO LOW CHAIR”.

Personally I dont see this project as a copy of his design more of a challenge for myself, at the time the only tools I had in my shop was a cheap compound miter saw, a set of chisels and a very blunt spoke shave. Needless to say I was Determined to make a chair that shared a similar look, I Drew out a couple of plans so I could calculate a cut list and get the necessary angles and started cutting my jarrah. After a while I had a chair that was starting to resemble the design I had in my head.

This project was a bit of a “firsts” project, the first chair, first time shaping timber with a spoke shave, first time doing upholstery,and the first time I realised I knew I would need more tools!

With my limited tools I pushed on and got the chair complete, It is not perfect, But it work’s for me, its unique (despite being heavily influenced by John’s design), and it gave me a nice sense of achievement.

Ok so thats the chair, Lets get onto the table.

The table was designed to match the chair, both in style and size, the legs are jarrah (like the chair) and the top is origin, Once again my tools were limited at the time, so everything was cut on the cheap POS miter saw that couldn’t hold an angle, and the top was all flattened and jointed by hand.

Anyway thats a past project I thought I would share.

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