My mom asked me to make a recipe index card holder for her to be able to give it to the person who was her 500th like on Facebook. So this walnut car holder with maple splines is what I came up with.

This is a look at the prototype for the Next “How to” video project I will be posting. This is an Oak Nic Nac Cabinet. It features open slot mortis and tennon joints, an inset door w/Muntins & Glass , and custom trim. The cabinet was finished with a Tung Oil Varnish and satin Nickel hardware.

A Few changes will be made in the video project, showing other options for this cabinet.

Video coming soon.

Recently I built a desk top art easel for my mother for Christmas, She requested one from Santa, but since he is busy making toys for all the boys and girls, the task was up to me.

This Easel is a great gift for the artist in your life. A fun build and a beautiful piece. The easel is made of Walnut and Oak it features two trays which can hold all of your paint supplies, as well as a paint pallet made from birch. The brass hardware and Oak Splines really set this piece off.

This box was finished with 3 coats of Tung Oil Finish followed by 2 coats of Paste Wax. Buffed to a semi or satin finish. for a full instructional on building this box, please see my videos in my How to build a Desktop Easel blog

A small little Cedar Keepsake Box featuring a Scrollsaw “Stallion” in the lid. Finished with 4 coats of Lacquer. and a coat of Paste Wax

A Raised Panel Hickory Chest I built using Hickory from a tree that fell on my grand fathers house. You can watch the “How to build a Hickory Chest” video series on this by visiting http://www.youtube.com/user/flatiger4u it was lined with cedar and finished with 7 coats of CAB Acrylic Lacquer and rubbed out to a medium sheen with two coats of paste wax to follow.

This is a Hickory and Walnut Sewing Box I made for my Grandfather to give to his special lady. It was made from part of a Hickory tree that fell on his house a while back. It was finished with 3 coats of Tung Oil Varnish.

A Walnut infinity Mirror. A neat little project.

Floating clock made of Cherry.

This is a Walnut Jewelry Box. It was made for a woman turning 100 years old in September.

I had some scrap maple cherry and cedar laying around and decided to make some jewelry…The arrowheads and Superman Pendant are inlayed with Polymer clay which was baked in.

Well i have reached a pinnacle point in my woodworking..lol..I made this jewelry box which features a couple of FIRSTS for me… It is joined together with Hand Cut dove tail joinery and also has to bird’s eye maple inlays …having never done dovetails much less hand cut, or inlays..i was please with how this turned out…It is made of cherry and walnut.. take a look at the colors of the walnut grain what a beautiful piece of wood..i knew it was special as soon as i milled it preparing for this project and saw the various colors running through the grain.I finished it off with 5 coats of lacquer..everything was hand made including the etched brass plate.

5 wine bottle balancers made from Cedar, Birds Eye Maple, Walnut and Cherry..Finished with boiled linseed oil and finishing wax.

So what do you get when you have an old chandelier and some scrap Cedar wood….A nice little desk lamp.. finished the cedar base with linseed oil…

Just a small Keepsake Box I built with some of the Cedar wood I have stockpiled. I wanted to add a little feature to give it some character, so I gave it a raised panel lid… I finished it off with Boiled Linseed Oil…

This is my version of Steve’s (Woodworking For Mere Mortal’s) Wooden Puzzle Project. It is made of Walnut, Maple and Cherry, Finished with Boiled Linseed Oil and Paste wax on the interlocking parts to allow friction free assembly…..

This is a Maple, Walnut and Cherry end grain cutting board I made for my grandfather. It has a juice groove on one side and smooth on the other so he can use both sides whether it be rolling out his dough or cutting fruits and veggies…

If any of you happen to read one of my Forum topics i posted last week…It talked about coming upon a find of wood on my way home one day, A woman was throwing out a queen size bed from made completely of wood… The wood was a poplar which I have very recently found out , is a very difficult wood to finish..

I didnt need a queen size bed, but i couldnt see the wood going to waste so i decided to take it home and build something with it…

Well I took a portion of the wood and decided to build a table. I also decided to use mortise and tenon joinery which is something I have never done..So it was going to be a first…. I decided on through tenons..As you will notice, I have not finished the table yet, Im still in a debate as to how and with what…. The table top was a nice bookmatched birch which I stained… Ultimately there is a 1/8th inch glass panel on the top of the table to protect the wood.. So this is one of my ” From Trash to Treasure” pieces..

Another Rain Stick Made of Cedar with an oriental inscription

As a follower of the Woodworking for Mere Mortals Blog, I decided to try my hand at making this version of Steve Ramsey’s ‘Rain Stick” I wanted a unique way of diplaying this on the shelf so I built a matching base..

A TIki Bar I built for my birthday party , it was a Luau Theme…..Concrete bar top, Cedar Posts,