I built this fish tank stand and TV shelf to be used in my master bedroom.

I built both using some reclaimed Oak wood and Oak plywood and stained it all with red mahogany and top coated with oil based poly.

I weigh 250 and the shelf can support me so no worries of the TV ending up in the tank. I still need to add a one shelf to the middle of the fish tank stand and it will be finished.

I started with an old metal medicine cabinet that had a plastic cover at the top for the light with a single receptacle and two sliding mirrors with plastic handles.

I made this cabinet out of oak beams with the intent to use the sliding mirrors and add a few more shelves for added space. It would have looked better if I used a 1/4” oak for back, instead of 1/4 inch luan. Live and learn.
I cut the grooves for the mirrors to slide in with the table saw and bought the wood knobs.

Finished with satin lacquer.

Here is a table I made a while back using oak and ash shipping pallets and some 6×6 beams that were used for some kind of pipe support. It is finished with satin lacquer. This baby is heavy.

I just finished some kitchen cabinets and wanted to share. Made with a very limited budget from plywood and mdf(cheap as possible). My wife painted them and used a glaze for an antique look. The counter tops are laminate roll top. Tile back splash. I still have to install the oak floor that will be cut from old beams I have.

I built this to display shot glasses and lighters I collected back when I wasted money on cigs. I still use the shot glasses though!!

I built this with 3/4” oak ply and used 1/4” oak ply for the cubicles and back. The stain is red Mahogany with three coats of satin lacquer. It measures 39” wide x 37 1/2” tall and 3” deep. It has 132 cubicles. I got my daughter to stand beside it to give a better idea of its size.

Now I’ve got an excuse to get more glasses and try em out.

Here is a partial recycled wood project. I built this dresser and mirror for someone who bought one of the baby cribs I build. I have built a good many projects and refinished a lot of furniture for this lady, so when she asked me to build her a baby changing table for her expecting daughter. I knew I could not build a regular changing table that no one uses after the baby learns to use the potty. So I came up with the idea to build something that could be used for years to come. I made the dresser out of oak plywood, solid oak from old oak beams I have, and some cherry from a old fallen tree in the customer yard. I sprayed it with four coats of satin lacquer. She and her daughter loved it. She bought a pad with high sides for the top.

Here is my first attempt at building a mantle. The house had 9’ ceilings and an old pine mantle that was only about 4’ tall. I covered the brick with ceramic tile and built the bottom section from the hearth to the mantle first then installed the top section that goes from the mantle to the ceiling. It’s made of oak plywood and moldings are all solid oak, made in shop.

Here is a desk I built from old used 3/4”pine plywood covered with the backside of 1/4” oak plywood and edged with oak from pallets. I cut the 1/4” ply into 4” wide strips to cover the pine. Money was tight and my daughter needed a desk so I built this one for her one Christmas with what materials I had.

Here is a headboard I made for my wife. The post are solid Oak 4 ¾ x 4 ¾ x 7’ tall. Again money was tight so I used what I had. The headboard is actually a piece of ¾ ply with ¼ inch oak ply sliced up into 3 ½ inch wide pieces and glued together. I used the back side of the ¼ ply that had a lot of knots and I used a dremel tool to dig out the wood down into the ¾ ply under it to give the illusion of it being a solid board. The dental molding was made with a cheap dove tail jig screwed to a 2×6 pine board. I used a ¾ inch radius bit and kept sliding the board down until I had enough done. I then took it and the top board on the headboard and filled a little two man boat with water and soaked them clamped sandwiched in a board cut to the same radius. I would tighten the clamp slowly over two days I think, until it was done. I was new I didn’t have a clue about steamers. Anyway I stained it with red Mahogany and top coated with poly. I wish I never used the poly and sprayed with satin lacquer instead. Practically all the wood used for the moldings came from pallets and the posts were used wood also.

I was short on funds and was about to have a son. I was able to get some big pallets used to ship large generators for cell phone towers. I looked through magazines and catalogs until I decided on this design. I liked the look, but every one I had seen was made so cheap and out of thin wood to be so expensive. I got the metal spring frame that holds the mattress and built the crib around that. I like the rustic look with the knots and stains from the nails. My boy uses the back of it as a head board.