Someone showed our family a lot of generosity and kindness in a very big time of need. We had a very personal family tragedy strike us and this individual showed he was made of a lot of class. So in return I’ve put a lot of love in the construction of this humidor. I actually started my designs with humidors. The fad died down and I switched to Jewelry Boxes.

This humidor is larger than my jewelry boxes.
It is constructed of Cherry and Peruvian Walnut
and it measures 16”x11”x5”.

It was made using the Incra Jig (as usual). The sides measure 3/4” thick and the top and bottom float for expansion. The whole box is finished, inside and out, with 6 coats of sprayed on lacquer. The inside is lined with 1/4” think Spanish Cedar.

These are my first lures. They were a lot easier to make than I thought they would be. These were made from a Woodcraft kit that contained all of the parts and instructions. I turned the basic shape on the lathe and used artist license on the painting. A couple of cool looking dudes, huh.

Please visit Napaman’s (Matt) blog for more information. http://lumberjocks.com/matt1970/blog/8161

”They’re not mistakes …. they’re creative opportunities”, as stated so graciously by my wife Sue. If you look at this, you will see the Mahogany and Walnut every other layer switching sides. I goofed, the two woods were supposed to stay together and opposite each other. I made my mistake on the second layer and had to continue the pattern the rest of the way up the bowl. This is where Sue’s gift of the English language comes in.

The bowl measures 13” X 6” and is treated with a lemon oil and wax mix.

This is a very large salad bowl made of Maple and Walnut. It measures 13” X 6” and is glued with Titebond III and finished with a food safe lemon oil and wax mix. The sides are thick to ensure a good and lasting glue surface.

A reminder of how the segments are cut … http://lumberjocks.com/topics/7506

OK Russel, here’s the first project I’ve posted in many moons. It is the very popular “ring box”. Half of you have probably have made one already. This one is slightly unique. It’s a great way to get rid of those scraps you’ve been burning or saving for a freeloading friend (LOL). You know who you are.

This box measures 5” x 4” x 3” and is a combination of Maple and Peruvian Walnut. I make four sizes of these and this one being the largest. I specialize in the boxes with the fancy joinery, but these ring boxes pay the bills.

The finish is tung oil and then buffed out using The Beall Wood Buff system : http://lumberjocks.com/reviews/496

I have included a couple of pictures to give you an idea of its construction. I am creating a series of podcasts of many of my construction methods. This box is the first, and only one of you has seen it. It’s still in a secret location.

Have you heard of the “Big Gulps”? Well put one in the bottom of a router table and it really sucks … BIG TIME. This is your standard “Woodpecker” router table that I put some built-ins into. You know drawers, walls, and a dust collection system that really sucks . The “big gulp” fits into an 1/8” groove on the sides, back, and the door. The chips go nowhere but down.

I used to have a bench top drill press sitting on top of a set of drawers I built. I replaced the drill press with a floor model. Oh, what to do to replace the storage space I lost. Easy, this baby is high enough to roll over the drill press platform. If I have to lower the drill press table, the chest of drawers just rolls out from under for that task. It’s about 33” high, 24” wide, and 18” deep.

This is a jewelry box I made for my wife Sue two Christmas’s ago. It’s the first one I had ever made for her. She usually gets all of my mistakes. And the silly girl is happy to get them. This was designed so one of the mistakes could fit right on top of this one, as in the second photo.

It’s constructed of Zebra Wood and Walnut using my favorite joint the double-double dovetail. For this joint I use an Incra jig. You can see more of my work on Incra’s Gallery page, and I’m very proud to be there. There are six coats of laquer spayed on inside and out. Each drawer has different sized dividers and rides on wooden glides.

It measures 15” x 10” x 6”

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OK, OK, here we go again. I have five photographs of this thing, but I don’t know how to post them all. So you can go back to “Tiled Bowls” to see it in action. I will post 3 pictures here and add one to “Tiled Bowls”. That will get all 5 pictures in.

I have made 2 of these, but I’m showing the newest one here. This one has a couple of improvements over the first one. As you can see, this is made up with 4 layers of 3/4” plywood. There are two sides at 18” long, 3 1/2” wide, and 3” thick. The top and bottom are 23” x 3 1/2” x 3”. I am able to clamp a 16” wide by 9.5” tall tiled bowl with this size press. In all four sections the layers are glued and screwed together.

On the top and bottom sections the inside two layers are 3 1/2” longer than the outside layers. On the sides of the press it’s just the opposite. This way the top and bottom are craddled in the notches of the sides. This I believe gives the press the most strength. As you can see the four corners are bolted together using carriage bolts. There is no glue used in the corners. At this time, I think it’s easier to wait for any questions. Oh, this thing does not flex at all.

The screw assembly was purchased from the “Woodworkers Supply catalog” at about $10.00 each.

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Thanks to Ernie Conover’s turning book, I learned another way to use my scapes of wood. These two bowls are made of Peruvian Walnut and Alder. The Alder came from the house they built next door. I got most of the cut off shorts of Alder from that job. It was about 100 board feet and all about 2 feet or shorter in length. Again, someone handed me “lemons” so I made “lemon-aid”. I picked Peruvian Walnut to go with the Alder because of their similiar hardness. This makes the turning and sanding process a little more consistant.

The glue that was used, naturally, was Tite-Bond III. It is a “water proof glue”. These bowls are made to be used, but can sit on a shelf as “art” if one wishes. I use a food safe finish that has a lemon oil base. These types of finishes don’t add much of a sheen, so I sand down to 2000 grit. It makes both the art lover and food preparer happy.

The clamp system used in the second picture I made out of necessity. It’s the only clamp method that would reach the center of the bowl giving even presure. I would be glad to put it into “Projects” at a later time if anyone wishes. Both of these bowls have 8 segments per layer. Each end of of the segment is cut at 22.5 degrees. I use an Incra 3000 Miter Gauge for that feat. I use aero-seal clamps to clamp each layer together. That is after putting them together with masking tape.

And for you doubters….These bowls are about 12” across and 5” high.

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