My first attempt at an end grain cutting board/block. It is 1” x 9 1/4” x 10 1/2”. I liked the contrast of the greenish poplar against the dark walnut. I sealed it with mineral oil. To help plane this small board I glued longer (14”) end pieces and then trimmed them off after running thru the planer – which prevented the planer from digging in (cupping I cannot recall the exact term – but you all know what I mean) as the board comes out.

These are a couple of shallow bowls I turned a while back. The first one is made of laminated red oak, second one is spalted maple (thats what I was told, but I think it is sweet gum), and the last one is white oak from the remnants of my front porch deck wood.

This is my first try, using Ganders’ instructions. I used eastern red cedar, cherry, and mimosa woods. I finished the board with mineral oil. It is about 5/8” x 9” x 13”. I learned a couple of things not to do, one is to start with thicker strips, make your initial board as wide as your planer will handle, and the main one is to mark the strips before and after you turn them over (otherwise it is hard to match them up if they get scrambled.

I just clamped up an end grain cutting board using walnut and poplar. All my wood is from trees I’ve cut off my place that have been air dried for a year or so. Regards

This is a small boat from Wooden Boat magazine that I built in 1983. I made from regular BC exterior plywood sheathed with fiberglass. I used red oak for the gunnells, seats and trim.

This is my third canoe. I used western red cedar strips 1/4×3/4 bent around forms on a strongback, edge glued and held together by statples until dry, then pulled the staples, sanded, sheathed it with polyester fiberglass, added the seats, gunnels and presto – a canoe is born. I built this in 1986 and still use it. It is 16’ long and 36” in the center.

My daughter Angela wanted a firewood rack to keep the wood out of the weather and look a little neater. Its about 10 foot long and 2 foot deep.

I built this many years (mid 80’s) ago for my daughters.