Behold my completed router table. It’s the standard router table design, minus the plexi-glass door. Made of birch ply for the case and walnut for the face frame, table edge and pulls. I still need to add some T-track to the fence. It has 3 drawers for bits on the left, a small door for tools on the right, and a large drawer on the bottom for routers. I made it the same height as the table saw so it doubles as side support for sheet goods. Thanks for looking.

This my Dog Charlie’s new food and water thingy. It’s made from 1” thick yellow pine stair tread with purple heart inlays around the dove tails. The inlays were an after-thought. I’ve seen dove tails with this detail before but I think it’s done differently. I think I took the hard way. This was my first attempt at hand cut dovetails. They were pretty tight but I wasn’t pleased with the results. There were a few gaps in the joints so I decided to make a template and route out an 1/8” deep by 1/4” wide groove around the dovetails and inlay the purple heart. Very tedious work with those little pieces. I also decided to mimic the inlay on the through-tenon on the bottom stretcher. Overall, I’m very pleased with the results. Somebody let me know how to do that double dovetail detail the right way.

Last night at 1:30 AM my wife and I awoke to what sounded like a series of gunshots in the back yard followed by large thud which shook the house. The sound is almost indescribable. We thought a tree had fallen into our house but no, it decided to take out a portion of the neighbors instead, along with their friends car. Funny thing was, it was a calm, storm-free night. I guess it just got one leaf too many. It was a huge Red Oak tree with a large split in the fork which I’ve been monitoring for the last year. By the way, it was not on my property or my neighbors but just over the line. On the way down it took out a nice size cherry tree and elm tree. It snapped the 12” Diameter cherry tree 12 feet up. I think I’m going to make some commemorative bowls for the unlucky home/car owners. It was awwweeesome. Sorry about your car man.

This is a Karate Belt display rack I just completed for a friends’s son’s B-day. It is made of Hickory, Cherry, and Baltic Birch Ply. The large plywood surface is for a photo and patches. It is based on a couple designs found online. My friend is taking care of the clear finish on it. I’ll try to post a photo of that when it’s done.

Here it is. It’s skinned with 1/2” MDF on each side and the top is 1/4” hardboard. The edges are wrapped with clear pine with a chamfered edge. The hardboard just sits inside the pine edging and is not fastened so I can replace it when it gets trashed. I had an extra hand with the glue-up of all the short pieces( 60 I think) and also with the skins. The table is at the same height as my Table saw( along with every other surface in my shop), allowing for support of sheet goods as they are sent through the TS. There is a spot for my compressor and a spot for a shop vac. I’m planning on running air line through the cabinets with hook-ups on the long sides. I’ll also run some power strips. The hardboard has a nice smooth surface but I may still coat it with something when I finish the edge.

Here is the start of my new 4×8 Torsion box. Made of 1/2” MDF with a 8” grid pattern. I made the cabinet base up yesterday and then completely leveled the cabinets to give me a flat surface to work off of. It’s based on the design by Spagnuolo. More pictures to come.

Here is my house. Minus the foundation, plumbing/heating, insulation and drywall. I built it myself with some help from a few people on framing and electrical. 16 hour days suck but I’m proud of the finished product. That’s a 14/12 pitch, When it needs re-roofed, I’m hiring it out.

Here are a few turned screwdrivers I made for Christmas presents. They are made of Maple and Cherry that I cut down when I cleared the lot for my house.

This is the first of many future cutting boards. It is end grain Maple and Padauk. It’s saturated with mineral oil and then coated with 3 coats of Beeswax/Mineral oil Combo. It’s 10” x 12” x 1 1/2”. It was a fun project.