Christmas present for a family member. It’s made from quarter sawn white oak and 4 coats of polly.

I made a couple of these excavators from Wood Magazine. The finished one is for my nephew for Christmas and the other is for my wife. Why your wife you ask? She is a children therapist and she uses toys as part of the Childs therapy.

Somthing to hold the wine and cheese while we are at the beach. Made from maple, cherry and oak.

Seeing that I have a need for a router table and don’t have the room. I made the portable table from Wood Magazine, issue 187. Very easy to build and it works very well for as basic as it is. Its made from 3/4 MDF and finished with some poly. I used my old workmate as a stand. Just pull the center board out for motor clearance and clamp it down.

Well these tables are finally done. The finish I decided on was a golden pine Gel from General Finishes with the pre-stain, four coats Arm-R-seal. I really liked that Arm-R-seal. Like I said before, the tables were built for my daughter. She came home from school yesterday and went up to here room and screamed. I guess she was surprised. These tables are the first big projects that I have done. I have learned many things that will help with later projects. Big thanks for all the help passed to me along the way.

I made the night stand you see out of soft maple for my daughter. This is the first time building something like this. I was really hesitant in building this because I thought it was way too advanced for my level. But it turned out better that expected. I have to make another one for the other side of the bed. Mortise and tenon joints for the sides, back and front rails. Now I need to figure out what finish to use. Any suggestions would be helpful. I also have put a light stain to match her maple bed.

I saw a lot of people making these clocks from the Wood whisper. So I thought I would give it a go. Mother’s day is coming up so I guess I will send it to my Mom.

I made a planer sled to plane some wood I did not want to rip down to fit on my 6” jointer. It’s made from 3/4 MDF as a base with some side and end runners. I use shims to keep the board stable. I use hot glue to keep everything secure. Just take light passes to establish a flat surface then you can remove it from the sled and run the other side through the planer.

I made this to do my tapers. It works great. I put a couple push blocks on it. It makes it a bit easier and safer to push through the table saw. It has a runner that rides in the miter slot on the right side of the blade.

This I made for the wife. She was looking at one of my magazines and said “can you make me one of these” so there it is. I learned a lot of what not to do.