I made this box to put our bread to keep it off the counter. Its made of pallet wood. I think the species to the box part is poplar. I recently read a book on shaker furniture so it gave me the idea for the box. My wife wanted it stained so i sealed it with shellac seal coat then stained it so its not as dark but more even in color since poplar is a blotchy wood. then used a cherry water based stain and shellac final coat for three coats. I added some finishing wax to even out the finish. it was an easy project to work on while i wait on getting a part for my jointer.

i made these to give to my wife on her birthday from my daughter. it was a blessing to because i didnt have time to go shopping for my daughter to give her something, I had the flu these past few days. I used purple heart paduke maple walnut and zebra wood. the salt shaker is made from maple and walnut. the pepper shaker is oak and walnut. this was a good project for me so i could get an idea of color combinations. I made these from a scrap collection i got from a fellow woodworker, it was a collection of strips and blocks no good use for big project. i made good use of it i think.

edit i had some old champagne corks sitting around i used to make stoppers for the shakers.

A woman I work with is retiring after 40 years. Other people in my office are throwing a retirement party at the end of the month for her. They asked me to build a wishing well. This was what I came up with. I wished I had made up plans because I may build one of these again sometime. I haven’t put a finish on it yet but plan on spar urethane to make it last longer in outdoor conditions. I found examples all over the internet of different styles of these. This project was made from recycled fence pickets from a neighbors fence. I have made projects from the stuff before. It turned out to be a neat project.

A friend gave me some walnut and I was asked to build a jewelry box for my niece since she was getting her first jewelry on her birthday. I decided to try my hand at inlay. The inlay is purpleheart from some scraps the same person who gave me the walnut was throwing out. I again thank this person who I am sure will read this. The maple was left over from my entry way table. I also got to try doing a mitered key. I am most proud of the finish i put on this. I started with sanding to 150 grit. Used tung oil from minwax then sanding between coats with 220. Then buffed with #0000 steel wool and added a coat of finishing wax.

My wifes sister in law asked if i could build my wife and my nephew a nightstand. when i was at home depot i spotted acouple of 2×6’s in the cut off bin and made a table with a drawer. the table is construction grade fir or pine with milk paint painted on. the paint i used is the general finishes milk paint. it dries really fast.

Wife wanted an end table. I made it from pine 2×4 i had lying around. the top was from a 2×6 my brother found in a dump. i had to resaw the 2×4 for the sides and legs for their shape. the top i remilled and glued up. legs have red sedona stain and then all is finished over in amber shellac.

this was my first project, Its made of maple with sliding dovetails on the rails into the legs and hand made clamps under the top to allow for wood movement. Stain is cherry I didnt really want to stain it but my wife insisted. Finished with Tung oil finish. This is of course an older project I am just now getting around to adding.

I made this chair / footstool I made for my daughter. Its made from cedar fence pickets I had left over from when I put in my fence. Finished with tung oil after staining. This is an older project I am finally getting around to loading.

This is a cutting board I made for my mother in law from maple. I finished with Mineral Oil. This is actually an older project. I am finally getting around to updating my projects to include some that I have done before.

Box I made from recycled wood. I dont know what kind of wood this is. It was wood my brother found. I put dowels in the ends for character. Im still learning how certain things work making boxes and such.

edit: Can anyone venture a guess what kind of wood this is?