The other day I was cleaning up the shop a bit, and noticed a piece of walnut that was needing some attention. I decided to go ahead and make an endgrain board out of it. It’s nothing fancy, but adds a nice touch to the kitchen counter.

I built a few of these shelves for the kids over the weekend so that they could display some of their things in their rooms. Nothing too exciting, Just something to try out my new EB-3 Miter gauge, Freud Dado cutter, and Porter cable 390k ROS.

Hey all-

Here is the final piece in the series of 5 that I built. The client was very happy to finally receive his humidor, and I was happy to finally finish these. I had a fun time building these, and I learned a lot in the process too. But now it’s time to move on to something different.

Thanks again for looking.

I built a few of these for my back yard a couple years ago, however they needed a bit of refinishing. I decided to go ahead and take a pic of gates after I refinished and mounted them back up. I still need to adjust the hinges for the gap in the middle. I’ll do that when I finish the other one. I didn’t feel like spending all day sanding, so I just knocked off the flaking and gave them a quick sanding and finish. I’ll usually refinish them one a year, but last year I didn’t find the time, so they weathered a bit more than I would have like to see, so you can still see a few areas where the wood darkened from the sun. It gives them a little bit of character I guess.

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This is the fourth of five humidors I’m building. It’s also cherry and walnut, lined with 1/4” thick spanish cedar. This also has the diamond keyed corner joints like the previous box, but also has the stripe connecting them on top and bottom, just to add a little variation. The feet are simple pieces of walnut that are rounded over. Top of the lid has two stripes of cherry inlay. The interior of this one is a little different. The person I’m building this for requested some art work on the inside of the lid. A friend of mine agreed to do this for us with his CNC laser that he has at home. The picture (which I did not choose) was created in autocad and then transferred to the spanish cedar. The hygrometer and humidifier will be mounted on the left side of the lid, that is why the picture is offset slightly.

Again, thanks for looking.

Hi everyone-

So this is the third of 5 I’m building. A little variation on the previous ones. This has a diamond shaped key in the corner joint, moulded feet, and cherry striped inlay on the walnut lid. Finished with danish oil, shellac, and paste wax.

Thanks for looking.

Hi everyone-

This is the second of 5 humidors I’m building. This is also made of Cherry, Walnut, and Spanish Cedar. Overall dimensions are 8.5”x11.5” x 5.5” tall. This was my first attempt at doing inlay, over all I feel pretty good about how it turned out. The feet on this were a bit more challenging because of their small size, and they have a bit more detail than the others I’ve made, as far as the profiling is concerned. I was originally going to use 4 keys on each or the corner joints, and at the last minute I decided to make the top and bottom ones stripes that went all around instead.

Again, thanks for any comments or critiques.

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I just wanted to share my latest project. This is one of five humidors I’m building for some friends. It’s constructed from Cherry, Walnut, and lined with Spanish Cedar. I used 4/4 and 6/4 lumber which I re-sawed and planed to finish thickness. I wet sanded with three coats of danish oil, one light coat of shellac, and buffed with two coats of paste wax. I chose to make the feet out of copper, which I turned out on a lathe. I felt that the copper contrasted with the cherry and walnut a little better than brass would. The corner edging is inlayed with walnut all around, ant the top is book matched walnut. The folks I’m building these for requested that they not have hinged lids, for whatever reason they prefer pull off tops. That’s less work for me, so I’m good with that….: )All in all it took about 14 hrs to build start to finish.

Any constructive criticism is welcome.

This is another frame that I built for our living room area. It sort of has a southwest style to it, but I wanted to do something a little different. I made some arrows out of copper rod, brass, and welding wire. I then mounted the arrows in some pockets that I routed out free hand using a ball nose bit. The ball nose bit sort of gives it a hand carved look, without having to actually hand carve it. I left the cut outs sort of rough looking to give it a more natural sort of look. I was real pleased with the way this turned out. I think it really adds some spice to the picture.

The picture measures about 22” x 28”, the frame is made of 3/4 thick oak, 3-1/2” wide. The top piece was made 6” wide to accommodate the “woop t doo” on top center. I used lap joints to join the pieces together. And glued it all up. Then finished it off with gloss polyurethane.

This is my latest project. It’s an attempt at making a humidor. A friend of mine asked if I could build him one, so I thought I’d give it a try. He wanted one with a pull off top, no hinges or hardware. Although this box was only for practice purpose, I was happy with the way it turned out. It measures 9” x 12” x 6” high. It’s made of ponderosa pine, redwood, and lined with white pine. I then applied 3 coats of gloss polyurethane on the outside, no finish on the inside. Basically I just used materials I already had around the shop. I didn’t want to use up the “good” stuff, just in case it didn’t work out. Now that I have the basics, I will attempt to build one out of cherry or mahogany and spanish cedar. And I’ll add in the humidifier and hygrometer.

On a side note, I just want to say thanks to all of you who have posted pictures of your work. I have learned a lot just by seeing photos of the amazing craftsmanship and talent you all have. I am very humbled, to say the least.

Jason

This was my first attempt at building a southwest style frame for a picture I had lying around. It’s made of red oak, and the center portion of the rails and stiles are routed out to create an embossed inner and outer edge around the entire frame. Each side was made individually, so the getting everything to line up during final assembly was a little bit of a challenge.