Surfboard Shelf. Bill made this shelf (viewed from the bottom) from Poplar with laminated Walnut racing stripes. The rudder and one of the stripes was cut as a single piece.
2/9/2008 Click on image to see closeup.
This Baseball Bat Rack was made for his son's souvenir Louisville Slugger bat. It is made from Oak and finished in Polyurethane.
7/8/2007 Click on image to see closeup.
Stephen remade this Wooden Hand Plane to look like a collector's item!
7/8/2007 Click on image to see closeup.
This is Tom Denton's Fancy Cutting Board. The woods include Purple Heart, Maple, and Walnut. The finish is oil.
4/7/2007 Click on image to see closeup.
These are Stephen's refurbished hand and jack planes. The wood is Olive and Birch. The finish, Tung oil.
4/7/2007 Click on image to see closeup.
This Cutting Board is made from Walnut, Maple, and Cherry. It is finished in oil.
11/3/2006 Click on image to see closeup.
Richard made this Lazy Susan after reading the same article as Tom Denton above. However, his wife did
not want a cutting board so he made this Lazy Susan instead. It is made from Walnut, Cherry and Maple. It is finished
in varnish.
11/3/2006 Click on image to see closeup.
Andrew made this Spoke Shave from a piece of Coco bolo and a Hock Blade. The finish is wipe on Polyurethane.
9/8/2006 Click on image to see closeup.
A Taco Holder made from Birch. Dick wanted his tacos to stop coming apart!
9/8/2006 Click on image to see closeup.
Stephen made this plane from a Shepherd Tools kit with Coco bolo, brass and steel.
7/8/2005 Click on image to see closeup.
A Shepherd Tools Shoulder Plane with Coco bolo finished with French Polish and Wax.
7/8/2005 Click on image to see closeup.
Arlen used 'Stude wood' Walnut to make this Acrylic finished Drawer Pull.
5/5/2005 Click on image to see closeup.
This Lidded Vessel or Malted is actually made from Carob, Walnut, Maple, and Purple Heart. The finish is Lacquer.
3/3/2005 Click on image to see closeup.
Felix made this Horse and Girl scroll saw picture from Baltic Birch. It was finished in Polyurethane.
2/5/2005 Click on image to see closeup.
This is a marvelous collection of cutting boards made with various woods by Tim.
Click on image to see closeup.
1/7/2005 Click on image to see closeup.
Inside Santa's Workshop sawn by Dan Gallo. The silhouette is 1/8" Baltic Birch finished with Watco Danish Oil. The Frame is 3/4" Pine finished with Acrylic Paints. The topcoat is Deft Lacquer Spray. From a pattern by Dirk Boelman in Creative Woodworks & Crafts, holiday issue, 2004. Click on image to see closeup.
12/4/2004 Click on image to see closeup.
From the left:
A solid brass ball-point pen. The case was purchased.
A walnut burl belt buckle coated with 20 coats of lacquer
A flashlight (looks like a pen) made from Dalbergia and finished in wax only.
A nutcracker made from Lignum Vitae, Boxwood, and Walnut. It is finished in Hjt Hi-Gloss.
6/5/2004 Click on image to see closeup.
Rooster Plaque is made from Maple and Padauk and finished in Watco Danish Oil and Deft spray lacquer. Note the image is Dan's namesake in Spanish.
9/2/2004 Click on image to see closeup.
Dan made this latest in his dragon collection from Padauk. Top shelf is Wenge and is finished with Watco Danish oil and Deft satin spray lacquer.
5/6/2004 Click on image to see closeup.
This is a Biretta shotgun Marshall re-stocked from a blank of AAA fancy walnut. Finish is 6 coats tung oil rubbed out with pumice and waxed.
Enlargement shows the wood figure and checkering.
2/14/2004 Click on image to see closeup.
Bill made this collection of projects, including bandsawn oak "Pooh" bookends, a redwood shark, redwood deer
and redwood whale pencil holder.
2/24/2003 Click on image to see closeup.
Bill made these footstools for a CVWA charity. They are given to schools who have challenged students, those whose legs
are too short for a normal student desk.
2/24/2003 Click on image to see closeup.
Bill made these plate holders from plans obtained from the Cherry Tree catalog. The base and tray are oak hardwood.
The painted parts are poplar hardwood. His daughter has a pair. Another pair, along with a very nice platter and some
really fancy meringue cookies, was donated to a ChildHelp USA charity auction, where they sold for $200
2/24/2003 Click on image to see closeup.
Bill built this simple plastic grocery bag holder for the garage. Put the bags in the top and pull them out the bottom. Plans
are available from the Meisel Hardware Specialties catalog.
2/24/2003 Click on image to see closeup.
Bill had purchased an original James from The Bombay Company. He
thought he'd try his hand at duplicating it and this is the result. The 3D head was created from several parts, individually cutout and sanded to shape. It is now in his son Scott's house.
2/24/2003 Click on image to see closeup.
At my house we break a lot of dog food scoops with 14 feedings a day, so this "unbreakable"
scoop is made from 3 pieces of red oak scrap and 8 pieces of hard maple scrap, all cut into circles prior to laminating. To keep the pieces concentric while
gluing, I drilled a 1/2" hole in the center of each (the maple was already "breadboard" laminated)
and placed a 1/2" dowel through the stack while gluing. The scoop is drilled with a Forstner bit. It is finished with 3 coats of tung oil.
8/12/2002 Click on image to see closeup.
This is a scroll saw project, made from an old Penal Code Book. Edges of the pages are glued with 2 coats of Titebond, then the pattern
is cut out on the scroll saw. Another coat of Titebond to the new edges, then the whole back of the book is glued together and the
interior red flocked with a mini-gun applicator. Use is rather self-explanatory.
8/12/2002 Click on image to see closeup.