This project actually came from a mistake I made on a previous project. I measured the width of the cabinet door and then cut the pieces appropriately. Well, when cutting I forgot to incorporate the width of the side rails of the cabinet door so my doors ended up being too wide. That resulted in making new cabinet doors. I am not sure if this ever happens to anyone else, but it seems to happen to me every so often. In the end, I had two extra cabinet doors I didn’t know what to do with. One of those incorrectly measured doors turned into a new project—this project. It actually turned out well. The original project is finished as well, but I have yet to post any pictures. I will soon. I still have an extra cabinet door to work with to boot. I’ll have to think up another project. Ideas are welcome.

This project is roughly 46 inches tall by 34 inches wide by 12 inches deep. It is made of hard maple. I plan to stain it a dark brown (English Chestnut most likely). Cheers.

This is made out of hard maple. The top is tiger maple, which was unplanned. I just came across a piece of tiger maple. I have not done much with curves, so I thought I’d give it a shot. I upgraded my bandsaw recently, so I give it all the credit. It was a fun project. I still need to sand and throw some finish on it. This is for my wife. I hope she likes it.

I am not a big fan of painting furniture, but this was a case of my wife bringing me a picture. What can you do? This piece is designed to be rustic, rough and country. I tried my best. Some of the boards were purposely left rough and unplanned to a certain extent. The drawer is dovetailed. I used a Porter-Cable dovetail jig. The paint is supposed to look like a green apple. It definitely brightens up the house. The wood is Cyprus. I got it from a retired woodworker. Just thought I’d share.

I made this maple kitchen cart for my wife. The cabinet doors match the kitchen cabinets in our house. The top is a nice thick cutting board using a combination of oak and maple. The wheels work well and my wife can move it all over the kitchen. I built a handle for it. The knobs match our kitchen cabinet knobs as well. Inside the cabinet are two shelves with a 1.5-inch lip to help hold the contents on the shelf as the cart moves around. My wife keeps a bunch of stuff in the cabinets, so the lip is important to note. The bottom of the cart also acts as a shelf. Amazingly enough, it looks like it belongs in the kitchen with the rest of the cabinets.

I built this cabinet out of hard maple. The top is checkered with walnut and maple, along with a slight amount of oak to set it apart from the rest of the maple. I like the euro cabinet hinges. I tend to use those alot. They can be a bit expensive, but work well and should last for a very long time.

I made these quartersawn white oak stands a few years back. I used a Minwax Special Walnut stain, along with a number of coats of wipe-on poly. I finished it up with a coat of paste wax (including buffing). It looks like it needs some dusting and another coat of wax. These were fun to make. I think most of it was put together from scraps leftover from another project. They are heavy and solid.

I made this cherry game table for my two daughters. It is primarily cherry wood with a natural finish. The top includes maple and walnut, with a white oak trim piece. On the left and right sides, I incorporated a curve in the support/accent piece. It has two small drawers that hold chess and checkers pieces. It was fun to make.

I made this quartersawn white oak cabinet for my wife about 10 years ago. In usual format, my wife came to me with a picture and I simply tried my best to replicate. I really like working with quartersawn white oak. I used a walnut stain with a wipe-on poly finish. I followed that up with some paste wax and buffed that out. The shelves are plate glass. I installed two lights at the top that are connected to a switch on the backside. The light flows through the cabinet. As you can see, my wife has it filled up.

I built this woodstripper about 12 years ago. I just discovered Lumberjocks, so be patient with me. I need to catch up on some of my projects. There were 5 of us total, so we made 5 canoes and shared the costs of the strongback (structure) and other shared materials. This is a 16 foot Chestnut Prospector made of western red cedar. It has a couple of redwood racing strips down the side. The inside and out has a layer of fiberglass with hardened epoxy. I used a spar vanish on top of that. My father-in-law helped me cane the seats. It took the entire summer to make 5. I think we worked on it for an hour and then drank beer for two hours. It was a lot of fun. We each trimmed out our boats a bit differently. My boat is trimmed out with birch. That was a project I’ll never forget. I took the canoe out last year – it still floats. I get a lot of hoots and hollars.