Jack Bailie - Keepsake boxes for each of my family
members. Each will have something special inside. Various woods -
Walnut, mahogany, bocote, bird’s eye maple, curly maple, and quarter
sawn red oak - Some from my stash, some from Houston Hardwoods cut-off
stack. Various techniques - box joints, mitered, and splined miter.
Most are 4" x 6". One is 4" x 4". Finished with General Finishes
Arm-R-Seal.
Chris
Farquhar - Attached is my project for the December newsletter. "Polar
Bear with Scarf" it's a Judy Gale design; wood used: Black Walnut,
Cherry, Pine, African Wenge, White Oak & a Mystery Wood that I got from
a scrap bin at Rockler.
Lon
Kelley - Big Wheels: These were made from plugs cut by plumbers in a
nearby new house. I salvaged enough for about a dozen cars.
Charles
Volek - The three intarsia gnomes are Christmas gifts made from patterns
by Worthington. I added the stand alone bases. Woods used are: Aspen,
Oak, Purpleheart, Bloodwood, Walnut, Red Cedar, Maple, Peroba Rosa,
Blue Pine, Mesquite, and Mahogany. They are finished with Waterlox.
Sonny
Lawson - Made an organizer for my daughter's pantry to hold Ziploc
storage bags, etc. Constructed of 1/2" and 1/4" Baltic birch, with the
inserts joined by a wine-box style mechanical joint. Four screws in the
bottom attach the organizer to the shelf.
Dave
VanDewerker - I made a quick cutting board from my scrap bin. Found some
cherry, maple and walnut, glued up edge grain and made the inlay. About
14×16x 1-1/4. Inlay was made with a router using the Freud 1/8 inch bit
with bushing.
Norm
Nichols - I needed to make a display case to show my items at a
consignment shop. It is made of pine fence pickets with a couple of
cedar pickets to add a little flair. 48" wide X 18" deep X 48" high. Now
for some sales!
Sankar Padhmanabhan - Built this Pikler triangle for a one year old.
Rungs are 1.25” Birch dowels and the side is Red Oak.
Mike Turner - My show and tell is a retrofit of a craftsman plastic
ratchet set tool box that began to come apart on the hinges and latches.
I salvaged the tray that holds all of the sockets by cutting off the
exterior back of the box and reinserted it into the new box. The upper
part of the box will be fitted to hold the various tools shown in the
photo. It was simple to make with "Wink Wood". Outer frame is 3/4"
plywood and the top and bottom panels are 1/4" plywood. Frame assembly
was with a Kreg jig, screws and glue. The finish will be light gray.
Left
to Right:
Wade Touchstone – A book holder and some wooden utensils.
Ben Touchstone – Built a desk over the holidays.
David
Janowitz - First a question: is a workbench ever finished? I added
a lower shelf to mine, of the same Water Oak, 3/4" thick slats, resting
on and screwed to cleats on the ends. Like the rest of the bench,
4 coats of urethane. I still have to make an easily removable
attachment for the metal vise in the left rear.
Next, an Osage Orange and Maple cutting board.
Very simple strips, with handle grips routed in each end on top and
bottom. "Finished" with plain mineral oil. 14"x16"x3/4"
Finally, I made six Ash salad bowls to go with
the Big-Ash bowl, all with a couple of coats of Tung oil. 7
7/8"x2"