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I have just finished making a Cornhole set for my
niece. Since she wanted this type of pattern stained instead of
painted, I did a few things differently to get crisp lines without
bleeding. One was using maple veneered plywood instead of general
exterior plywood and the second was to use GEL stains instead of liquid
stains. |
Lon Kelley |
Second Intarsia rooster. |
Bench/blanket chest crafted from red maple for all but the corner posts which were from white oak. Gary's computer numerical control router did all the 3D carving for the panels. The stain is Varathane Premium Wood Stain - Sunbleached. The final finish will be polyurethane. |
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All three are made from 1/2" Pine; the "Horse-n-Heart" came from a web site called Redline Steel; saw a photo they made in steel so I cleaned up the photo to create a pattern that I then made this for my wife in wood. Stained in Spanish Oak. The "Howling Wolf" I found as clip art on Google labeled as a Tribal Wolf and decided to make it. Stained in Mahogany. I then combined the Horse and Wolf and came up with the "Wolf-n-Heart" painted in High Gloss Black. |
Chuck Meeder |
I made another medallion 30” in diameter made from
1/4 Baltic birch it is painted with acrylic paints sprayed with gloss
and has a plexiglass backer And the second picture is a picture of both. |
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Bob Wink Folk art, power snake, fish monger wagon, gone to Texas, and fly Electrolux. |
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David Janowitz
Well... I finally finished, (nearly,) my workbench.
It has been a year since I laminated the top, out of 3" thick water oak,
but then just sat it on two sawhorses. Now I flattened the top by
wide belt sanding at Houston Hardwoods, then attached end and front
vises from Rockler, made their jaws, and put on two coats of Urethane
below, and 5 coats on top. I made the base with mortise and tenon
joinery, and 3"x3" end framing, and 1 1/2"x4" stretchers. I used
removable wedges in the ends of the stretchers. Since I could not
easily move this now nearly 400 pound bench, I added casters which can
be lifted and lowered (much cheaper on Amazon.) I had previously
drilled dog holes in the top during assembly, but added some in the vise
jaws. Still need some more dogs. (Woof!) I am considering
putting a shelf across the lower stretchers, though I am not sure that
really adds anything useful. So far I have only used it with paper
on top, because I hate to scratch it! |
A few scroll saw projects, all Shelia Landry designs |
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Made
these folding tables for proper social distancing cocktails with
neighbors. Walnut. Used SS screws in the first one, but wife
recommended brass for the second on. Design from a YouTube video that
was frankly pretty bad after I got going, and his instructable is even
worse. That's why I ended up with two. Fairly simple to build.
Finished with Danish Oil. |
A coworker asked me to make him a cutting board.
Design inspired by one of our members projects about a year ago. This
one is maple and cherry, about 18" x 12" x 1 1/2", soaked in mineral oil
overnight and finished with Walrus Oil wood wax. Pretty good stuff. On
delivery I showed him my walnut/curly maple box, and he wanted to buy
that, but my wife had laid claim to it, so I told him I'd make him a
similar box. |
If you can't guess, it's a chandelier. My wife has
been hunting for years for a fixture to replace the small builder’s
grade ceiling mounted brass/glass fixture in the front entry. Nothing
at the big box stores would do, and when she found an $800 fixture on
line it was time for me to do something. This is rather similar to what
she had found in black iron, and since I have a pile of black walnut, I
ripped a bunch of 1" x 1" strips and glued them up in hexagons. I only
had 1 3/8' walnut dowel, and none where available at the two Rockler
stores nor the two Woodcraft stores, so I had to make my own dowels for
the down rods. They came out 11/32" so this is truly custom. Finished
with MinWax spray semigloss lacquer. The lamp parts from Grand Brass
Lamps came yesterday, so it will get hung soon.
It turned out to be 16" across the flat sides of the hexagon,
and about 17" tall. |
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Andy
Tofuri |
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Pat Carlson
End table 14.5"W x 14.5"D x 22.75"H Carcase of maple, solid cherry panels mortised
and tenoned, pillowed maple draw front and pull with rabbeted purple
heart drawer sides with cherry dowels and a top of butted solid cherry. |
Jack
Bailie
Museum Bench made from repurposed Oak. |
Mike Turner This is an adjustable boom shop light I made a few years ago. The reason I am showing again is that I put casters on it and it is much easier to move around when I need additional light in an area. Easy to make, light is from an old tract lighting system that I recycled. |
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1Wink Wood: Bob Wink lives near a commercial woodworking
facility that gives away what they consider to be scrap pieces of
commercial grade plywood and misc hard woods. Bob rescues this wood
before a Grinch comes and takes the scrap for firewood. Many
woodworkers in WWCH have made good use of these excess pieces by making
jigs, toys, and incorporating them into their projects as you’ve seen in
many Show n Tell projects. This source of wood is what has become known
as “Wink” wood |
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Photos and descriptions by respective contributors. |
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