This is my gun/guitar/hat rack. It will eventually hold two shotguns and two hand guns. haha The wood is cherry and the finish is spray satin polyurethane. This wasn’t a finish I was even considering until I saw it used on cherry cabinets in my brother’s house. Looks great and super easy to apply.

Finally finished my bed. The wood is reclaimed, wormy hickory (we believe). It was the floor of the barn in which I began woodworking in Cuba, NY. It was a lot of work tearing up the boards, cleaning them and removing all the nails, planing the boards and then designing the bed itself with my father. Then I spent a lot of time dragging my feet but finally assembled it and I am very proud. I love it, and using lumber from the barn and having my father help me design it makes it very special to me.

It is for sale though. $88,999. Email me if interested.

I used bed hangers to make it easy to disassemble and assemble it. I used Danish oil, and danish oil with a dark pigment, then finished it with wipe on poly. The headboard and foot board were assembled with pocked screws.

Saved a pair of adirondacks from the landfill a few weeks ago. Finally found someone to buy them and they wanted the chairs painted black. I thought the idea was crazy since it would be so hot in the summer, but I think the chairs look awesome in front of the house so my next chairs may end up black! haha

It’s always a good feeling when I can save something from the landfill and let someone put it to use!

As the immature girls say these days “Black hair, don’t care,” I say, “Black Chair, Don’t Care!!!” hahaha

I repaired this Lane chest for my brother in law. I found out these chests were made mostly of laminate and very little solid lumber. I guess the inside is solid cedar? Maybe? Anyway, I made the new “skirt” out of solid red oak. The original skirt didn’t match perfectly and neither does the new one, so who cares. haha

It’s reclaimed oak from a tobacco barn in North Carolina. Purchased by a guy who took it apart and brought it down to Jacksonville, FL. He sold the lumber years later to a guy who sold it to me. haha

It’s the hardest oak I’ve ever worked with and I made the huge mistake of trying to plane it down. I ended up selling it at cost but it was worth the lesson I suppose. I still have to sharpen three planer blades!! haha

The legs are made of 6×6 oak from the barn as well.

Found this quote online a while back and didn’t have anything to work on today sooo… Used a piece of old wormy hickory from the barn floor and stenciled the letters on. Painted them black and teal for the Jags. Screwed it onto my ceiling after clear coating it so now I have some motivation not to sleep in!

Our umbrella broke so I did what any woodworker would do, built a pergola! Took me about 8 hours or less. The cedar came from a neighbors porch railing so I just had to plain it all down and put it together. It was a lot more work than that but I’ll be modest. Going to plant some Jasmine by the poles but in the mean time I may staple some mesh on the top for more shade. Who knows, no one ever sits down there anyway. All together it cost about $45 for hardware and of course the wood was free!

Reclaimed cedar from a neighbors decking for the top, and metal frames saved from the dumpster. I’d say this is a pretty “green” project. haha

I bought an old, pine, “well used” table top at an estate sale for $5 and then found a cheap table on craigslist which ended up being $40. I removed the top from that table and put the pine top on it. I distressed the white paint on the legs and stained the top with a dark stain. Then I clear coated it all. The top got 5 coats of wipe on poly and the base got 3 coats of polycrylic.

I think it looks pretty awesome and now I just need to find a home for it.

I found this lumber on craigslist. The house was built with cedar fascia boards and when they rebuilt the house the owner didn’t want to toss the wood. Thank God..

Some of the wood has tunnels from carpenter bees which looks awesome. I epoxied the feet and water sealed the chairs. Believe it or not, they are comfortable for just being straight slats.

I just turned my first useful piece today! It’s a pen/pencil holder. I had this branch of what I believe is Live Oak laying around for a while so I decided to break out our lathe and try it out. It turned out pretty well I think. It has some really cool looking spalting lines in it and neat grains.

I drilled the hole in the middle with a 2” forstner bit on my drill press because I didn’t know how else to hollow it out. Oh well, it worked.

Finished it with wipe on poly and I’m already using it!

Anyone know if I’m right on the type of wood? If not, it’s Live Oak… haha

Not really sure where I got these plans but I know they were on freewoodworkingplan.com. It was a difficult build but turned out nice. Breaks down so you can store it for winter or in our case, hurricanes!

My grandmother’s friend had an old cedar chest purchased for her mother many many years ago. It was painted terribly and had a crack in the top so I epoxied the top and sanded down the outside. When I saw the beautiful cedar behind the paint I talked to her and we decided to simply clear coat it.

Built this table for a couple friends. They are big Fox racing fans. It’s 8’ long with folding legs and removable cup holders on each end. The whole thing is covered with epoxy and is surprisingly light for its size.

I’m a huge Jags fan so I built a beer pong table to show that. It’s made essentially from two cornhole boxes with folding horses underneath each to make it somewhat portable and easier to store. I covered it with about 3/8” of epoxy.

I built this table with zero plans. It turned out pretty well but I need to make some changes since it’s too high right now for the chairs I have.

It’s made from reclaimed cypress taken off my neighbors house before he remodeled.

My neighbor had this cedar in his back yard after getting a new deck. I planed and sanded the wood then made some faux shutters for his house. They turned out beautiful against his brick house. Just goes to show you what beautiful wood can be hidden under years of weather and dirt.

I built this cabinet for my father to use on the back porch with his grille. It’s made from reclaimed cypress taken off the side of my neighbors house when remodeled. I also used cedar shingles on the side and stainless steel for the towel bars and the cabinet door handle. The tiles and hinges are just from home depot.

I found the plans on freewoodworkingplan.com I think… not sure on the actual donor of the plans though.

I built this jewelry box a couple months ago. Took far too long because I tried using lacquer for the first time and had lots of difficulty.

It’s made from curly maple with black felt inside. I also made two removable boxes inside, one large box and one small one below it. I also used a lock for the first time and it turned out pretty well. I also used the table saw to make the curves on the body which was something I’ve always wanted to try. I also used joint keys (not sure of the proper name of these) for the first time. I wasn’t sure about them so I used maple so it wouldn’t stick out if they didn’t work out well.

One of these days I might find a pretty little lady that deserves it, or I might turn it into a humidor for myself! hahaha

Hello. This is my first project upload to the site so I figured I’d show the cutting boards I made for my sister and brother-in-law last Christmas.

I used Walnut and Curly Maple. I glued and clamped the boards together then planed them down to about 1.5”. The maple chipped a little bit but it was easily removed during sanding. I routed the edges with a round over bit then used my trim router to make the juice channel in the boards. I screwed up on one and ended up making the triangle in the corner to hide it which worked our perfectly.

I woodburned their last name initial in each board then used mineral oil and bees wax to season the boards. I also screwed rubber feet into the bottom to give them a slip resistant base and level them out so there’s no rocking when you cut stuff.

They love them and supposedly use them all the time so I think it was a success!

Thanks for looking