I made this for my daughter (age 3) and son (age 1). It was made from left over cherry (bench), walnut (mallet and inlay), and maple (pegs). Measurements are 17 1/2” x 5 3/4” x 8” tall; the mallet is 10” long with a 3” x 2” x 2” tall head. It was finished with three coats of General Finishes Arm-R-Seal Oil and Urethane Topcoat; two coats gloss and one coat semi-gloss. Thanks for looking.

This project was for a colleague who already had three of these and needed one more (the last picture is one of the originals, which was made by someone else). It is made of 1/2” Baltic birch ply and 1/4” maple ply, the plywood is faced with solid maple. I think the maple matched pretty well with the Baltic birch ply. It was finished with a few coats of General Finishes Arm-r-Seal Oil and Urethane topcoat, satin. Thanks for looking.

This is a project from FineWoodworking Tools & Shops Winter 2012 issue No. 230. I made it using 8/4 cherry; I didn’t have any 12/4 so I had to cheat and glue up two 8/4 pieces for the mallet head. It was finished with three coats of General Finishes Arm-r-Seal Oil and Urethane Topcoat, semi-gloss (because that is what I was finishing another project with at the time). Thanks for looking.

Made out of 3/4”, 1/2”, and 1/4” Baltic birch plywood. Works great!

This armoire is made of cherry and measures approximately 78” x 48” x 28” deep. The finish is a 1 pound cut blonde dewaxed shellac that was sprayed on; one coat on the entire piece and three coats on the internal components. The outside was then finished with General Finishes Arm-R-Seal oil and urethane topcoat; two coats gloss and one coat semi-gloss. I built it for my son; his room has no closet, so this will serve that purpose.

Made from hard maple and walnut. Finished with three or four coats of General Finishes wiping polyurethane (first few coats gloss, second to last coat semi-gloss, last coat semi-gloss and naphtha mix). Also made a matching board (not shown) to sit on the small shelf just above this one (see last photo).

When I purchased my table saw in April 2010, I cut a hole in the extension wing and dropped my router lift in. It worked, but it had problems. It was intended to be a temporary fix until I could build the one I really wanted.

This is a torsion box design with two 1/2” MDF skins and a 1” tall by 5/8” thick grid work in between. The top is replaceable and is screwed on from underneath, before the bottom MDF skin is in place. This version is very flat, I had made one for my old table saw and it was also flat and stayed that way. I added a few details to this one, like the solid wood trim, a switch (which is handy), and a dust collection box underneath, which gathers about 95% of what the router dishes out when combined with the fence dust collection.

Thanks for looking.

Steven

A simple shelf for my (relatively) new workbench. Made from the same wood as the bench, hard maple.

The frame is made of cherry with maple splines. Finish is Arm-R-Seal; two coats gloss, one coat satin, final coat is satin with naphtha mix (about 50-50). Thanks for looking.

This is a box I made to house my daughter’s wood blocks. It is made out of ash, has a solid wood bottom, and has swivel casters to help move it around. The customer was very happy…

These are some cutting boards that were given as Christmas gifts this year. Many of you will recognize the design by Marc Spagnuolo, aka, The Wood Whisperer (http://thewoodwhisperer.com/). The cutting board videos are tilled “A Cut Above”, part 1 and part 2. Mine are made from hard rock maple and walnut and finished off with a food grade mineral oil. This was a fun project and it was even more fun to see the reactions of the people who received them.

This bookcase is made from solid African mahogany, 3/4” mahogany ply, and 1/4” mahogany ply. The overall dimensions are about 68” tall by 42” wide and 10” deep. Finished with 3 coats General Finishes Seal-A-Cell and a final flash coat of 50% General Finished satin polyurethane and 50% naphtha. Light sanding in between coats, no stain.

This is a down draft table that I built to help control the dust in my shop. Bottom and sides are made from 3/4” baltic birch plywood, rabbeted sides and on the bottom (over sized for clamping), and held together with screws. The top is 3/4” MDF with 1” holes and rabbeted 1/4” to sit down in the opening. The inside slopes are scrap plywood set at an angle to help increase the “down draft”. Overall dimensions are 32” x 16 3/4” x 6 3/4”.

I am not sure if this is the best design, just something I thought would work. It does a pretty good job, although I am open to suggestions. Let me know if you have a better design or ideas for the hole placement and angle of the inside of the box (the top can be replaced and the inside plywood can be moved around or done over). Thanks for looking.

Steve

This is a business card holder that I made for my Father-in-Law. It is made from maple and mahogany with a 1/4” baltic birch plywood bottom. Finished with General Finishes Seal-a-Cell and 4 coats Arm-r-Seal.

Made this for my daughter before she was born. Ash and ash veneer, drawer is dovetailed (gel stain covered them up so it’s hard to tell, my wife wanted it to match the crib we received as a gift). Live and learn. Finished this project on August 13th, 2009, Daughter was born August 14th, 2009.