For my dad.
~Walnut and Cherry~ I know he likes this.
Finished with tung oil with a wax finish.
Made an access panel on the bottom.

Dad passed away this past July. It was very unexpected and he is missed tremendously.
This is for him.

Another step to eliminating store bought laminate furniture from my home…
Top is bread box with full width door that drops down. left side is storage with two adjustable shelves inside.
Right side has tater/onion bins in top drawer, bottom is regular storage… used full extension drawer slides.
Bottom drawer is storage.
Oak plywood for most of cabinet case. Oak face frame, used pocket holes for that. Purchased the punched tin. Used a lot of wormy red oak for top, doors face frame.
Finished with gel stain and shellac.
Probably will not use gel stain again… trouble getting the color even.

Thanks for looking- Ken

Made these to go along with my maple butcher block coffee table…
Walnut with curly maple tops and slatted shelf.
Drawer boxes are maple as well.
All mortice and tenon.
Finished with Danish oil, poly, and a nice coat of Johnson’s wax.

Wife is pleased… mostly that there will be no sawing or sanding in the basement for a few days.

My Mother in Law had her old post office box door…
Made her a box to house it.
Gummy Cherry with walnut feet/top and walnut plugs.
She was quite happy.

My first Project… finished May 2011.
End grain hard maple with walnut trip and walnut frame.
Started this project before I knew anything and made some mistakes that I plan to fix.
The end pieces I attached with glue and the movement of the wood has caused what was once a very clean corner to look not so pleasing. I do plan on taking those off eventually and attaching bread board ends to the table.
Table is 3” thick and solid throughout, 25” x 36”. Each piece was cut individually and jointed to the next. Used router jig and dish bit to flatten the top/bottom and then a LOT of sanding.
Walnut frame was hand cut mortice and tenon.
Finished with 8 coats of tung oil… cut the first 3 or 4 with mineral spirits.
Serves as our coffee table for now… may be a top to a small kitchen island some day.