This is a sideboard made from walnut with lots of sapwood and spalted maple for the drawer fronts and doors panels.
Mostly pocket hole joinery. This was the first time I made raised panel doors but after the third fudge up on which pieces to cut, I final got it down pat.
Dimensions of the top are 18×42…no plans on this one – just went from the fly by the one that is in our dining room.

Here is a railing for a friend’s gameroom that I just completed over the weekend. It’s made from red oak and each side is a little more than four feet long. The posts have a core made from 2×6s with 3/4 red oak 45’ed on the sides to give the impression of a solid post. One post is outfitted with a lightswitch which was REAL fun to incorporate…but that’s what my great friend wanted. All the details of the posts were made on the fly as things took shape but all in all my friends really loved it.
Hope you enjoy…

Here’s an end table I just finished for a wedding gift. The top is made from 10/4 curly maple with strips of butternut mixed in. The legs were made from 5/4 (i’m not sure what type of wood if anyone can help me out on that one) that was doubled up trying to bookmatch the grain to make them two inches thick.
The pattern for the leg’s came from Marc’s endtable podcast with a little modification. I used paint cans and strips of 1/8” hardboard to design the curves of the legs.

In any case, the rough dimensions of the top are 30” L x 12.75” W-8” W x 2” D. The table stands at 26 inches high. From the outside to outside on the legs, it’s 15.5 inches wide.
The pins for the top are 3/4” diameter and are glued into the hole of the top and float in the legs. I applied a few coats of wood wax to them as a finish so they float freely in the legs for expansion and contraction of the top. The top is fastened to the other legs with pocket hole screws and pine plugs for a little contrast.

I welcome any suggestions and ideas to change for the one i’m going to make for my gorgeous wife.
Thanks for the podcast Marc and the idea of such a unique table.

i just finished my son’s log bed i’ve been working on for the past few weeks though i have to apply the finish. i used black walnut on the rails and spindles.
to make the bed, i searched the net on building log furniture and combined a few different techniques…in a way. to cut the mortises for the rails to fit into, i made a pattern box out of scrap plywood, guestimated the center points of the log ends, screwed a block of wood on each end to keep it level and centered the logs in the pattern box. i made a pattern from mdf for the mortises and cut them using a top mounted bearing pattern bit with my router. it took more tinkering that blood, sweat and tears, but everything went together like a charm. everything was put together using pockethole screws with pine plugs to give some contrast against the walnut.
i have to apply the finish yet, but he’s enjoying the bed so far.
i’m a virgin to posting any projects so i hope this upload works….
thanks for looking.
spike