This was made for Grate-grandson’s Christmas. It was made from scrap wood left over from a lot of other projects. The only thing I had to buy was the hinges and knobs. It is mostly 1/4” oak plywood, and red oak. The drawers are 3/4” poplar on the sides, 1/2” plywood front and back, and 1/4” plywood bottom. The drawer pulls are painted oak. All of the oak showing is stained “Golden Oak” and everything else is painted with gray tinted primer. there are 2 coats of Poly over everything. The overall measurements are 28” high X 22” wide X 19” deep.

I have 6 Great Grand Daughters, The oldest started to kindergarten this year. I am making them each a doll cradle. My Wife (Heidi) Took the fall offs from the cradles and made these “Bill Holders” for Christmas presents. She sure has an imagination, and they didn’t turn out to bad.

The Cradles are 18” long X 16” Wide X 15” High, made of 1/2” Baltic birch and painted Brown. Heidi bought dolls at the dollar store and I had to fit the cradles to them. I still have 3 more to make (almost done) should make it by Christmas. But I have one Great Grandson that I must make a “DVD Knight Stand” for by Christmas. I haven’t even started on it yet. Well that is not quite true, I have made preliminary plans, but Heidi has already marked them up for modification.

These tables are made of Red Oak, stained a dark oak, and measure 24 X 16 X 24. The last picture shows some cheap clips made from scraps that hold the top on. This allows the top to expand and contract with out splitting. I had some doubts about finishing before Christmas because of all the other projects that kept popping up that needed attending to.

This mantel clock was made from Red Oak, and clock parts from klockit. The overall measurements are 18” X 11” X 7”. From the sawmill to finishing took about 1 week to complete. The finish is golden oak stain and 2 coats of satin polyurethane.

One of the Grandkids needed some furniture. She wanted to finish the furniture herself. I don’t like sanding much so I jumped at the chance to build something and hand it off. This is made of flat sawed red oak.

The 1st Silhouette picture I made was such a hit with the family that I had to make more. I cut these out of 1/8” birch plywood, with 1/4” birch background. The frames are made of mahogany and red oak, scrap laying around the shop. I used aniline dye for the silhouettes and backgrounds. The pictures measure approx, 12 1/2” X 10 1/2”. I still have more to do. Nice to have a large family.

This was made for my Daughter, Paula Close. She helped me to re-upholster some dining chairs. The rack is made of Quarter sawed Red Oak, stained with Golden Oak and has 3 coats of semi-gloss polyurethane. There are 3 Ball shelves, a hand chalk shelf, an odds and ends drawer, 2 pegs for ball racks, and will hold 8 cue sticks or 7 cue sticks and 1 bridge. The overall dimensions are, 53 1/4” Tall, 39” wide, and 7 1/4” deep.
I hope She will invite me over to play pool some day.

This clock shelf is made of ¼ inch Ash that was left over from another project. The shelf measures 13” wide, 5 ½ “ high, and 4 ¼ “ deep.

Made this picture silhouette of women out of 1/4 ” plywood, dyed the wood and put a topcoat of black enamel over it. Wish I had not put the enamel over it now. But to late. The silhouette measures 11 X 8 3/4 inches.
This took me 3 days to cut out. No they weren’t 8 hour days. I’m retired!

Here are some pen and pencil set I have been expermenting with. The celtic knot, and a cross. The knot and the cross are both inlayed into the wood.

I made 2 of these for a couple of grandaughters. It was to house their doll clothes. I had a little scrap red oak and 1/4” plywood so when they ask—- well you know.

Here are a few bowls, a goblet, and candle holders made for scrap wood. Wormy ash, elm, elm, walnut, walnut, and maple in that order. The candle holders have a 16 penny sharpened nail in the center to hold the candle.

Here are a few doll toys I made for my grandkids. These were made from 1/2” baltic birch plywood. All of these were what my wife took for her self. She collects dolls.

This is one of my older projects. Made from red oak. The rockers are dovetailed into the bottom and secured with a screw in the middle for expansion and contraction as all of this is solid wood.

Here are a few more of my scrollsawing projects. The large mantel clock was a good project, it erned me a couple of ataboys from my wife. The Wood Line Construction Co. clock was for my son-in-law who owns that business.

I hope you guys aren’t getting tired of seeing this stuff. Like I said early on that I like to do scrollsawing because I get tired of standing. Could be I am just getting old.

Here are a few more scrollsaw examples. The cross was made for a good friend of long standing. The cowboy picture for my grandson. The dog and pony for a friend in Germany. The trinket boxes, I don’t even remember who they went to. The most difficult was the cross, I don’t remember what kind of wood I used for Crist, I think it was pine. But it was easy to split and break while cutting.

Of coarse Grandpa had to build a hutch to keep it in and Grandma had to inspect and approve it.

I really like scrollsawing. It gives me a chance to set down and do woodworking. the candy dish is made of red oak fall offs from another project. What makes this somewhat unique are the finger joints. I stained the piece with golden oak by dipping it and then blowing the excess of with air. then added a spray coat of poly.

The cutting boards are laminated 1/4 sawn maple with black walnut splines and walnut dowls.

I am the only one in my shop so I made this plywood tote. It folds up and is easly stored. When it is rolled up as in the 2nd photo it is the same height as my table saw. I need to make the lip on the front out of larger angle iron as the thin piece of angle is just not sturdy enough.

The flags display was made for a friend. It was a fun project.

The settee and tables are of the same wood (4/4 1/4 sawn white oak). The settee has 2 front to back stretchers that are sliding dovetailed into the front and back aprons. This was done to make sure the aprons did not spread. Like the chairs shown earlier my daughter made all of the cushions. Note: My daughter paid for the wood.