Category Archives: Woodworking

My mom called me up and asked me if I could make and Urn for Grandma.  I was flattered when she asked; however, I asked why didn’t she just buy one ( I was hoping she would tell me that my Grandma said she would be honored to be buried in an Urn built byContinue reading “GrandMa’s Urn”

Every woodworker who owns a computer dreams of building his own desk.  This is mine.  It is actually part of a grand project to redo the library in my house. I looked for a design for some time.  I finally found this one in a woodworking site.  I think it cost me $10. The materialContinue reading “My Computer Room Desk”

Once the garage was done, I started building cabinets to store all my woodoworking gear.  All the cabinets are similar to the one in the picture.  I like to use maple because it is tough.  I like the look of raised panel doors.  Once you make a few (hundred) they are really easy to do.Continue reading “Garage Cabinets”

I finished up my son’s bedroom set by build a corner desk and three drawer dresser.  The material again was birch and I matched the design rounding all corners with no exposed pieces of hardware.   I must have finished the bed set sometime in 2002 or 2003.  This furniture served us well but inContinue reading “The Rest of the Bedroom Set”

In 2002 I moved to Connecticut.  I confiscated a portion of the basement for a woodworking shop but it soon became apparent that it would not do.  I decided to build another garage and recreate my workshop.  Below you will see a picture of the finished workshop.  It is a long story and I haveContinue reading “Garage Project”

A friend of mine posted a comment about his woodworking experience.  He like turning bowls on a lathe.  It turns out that the next project in my history is turning candle holders.  The picture below is of my boys and the candle holders we made together.  They presented these as a gift to their AuntContinue reading “Turning”

The next couple of years I was busy with a new home and I did not have much time to build furniture.  I did build a custom three-tier deck with a hot tube and a 12 ft tall play set for the kids in the back yard.  Once these things were done, I got backContinue reading “The Bed”

So this is how it all started……Back in 1992 my father gave me a clock kit.  It consisted of a clock movement, a set of plans and 1 x 10 x 10′ prime walnut board.  My father wanted to do woodworking; however, he never seem to find the time to do it.  He offered the kitContinue reading “Where It All Started”