End grain cutting board made from reclaimed white pine with inlay made from reclaimed mahogany. This pine comes from some salvaged paneling in a church renovation and the mahogany came from some old deck balusters. The cutting board features a moose as requested by a customer up in the great white north of Canada. Enjoy! Build Details
Segmented Chevron Wedding Bowl
I rescued this piece of oak from Brent’s firewood pile! Told him I had a better use for it. I rough turned the bowl around the beginning of the year and it developed a couple of cracks down the middle while drying. This area of the oak was removed and replaced with a cherry/zebra wood segmented chevron pattern. Finished with …
Garage Steps Build
New set of garage steps to replace a single box step that had seen better days. New stairs include composite decking to match to outside decks, smaller riser height to make them easier to climb, and a hand rail.
Laminated Wood Spoons
This pair of wooden spoons made in collaboration with Pat Laperrière over at Le PicBois in Quebec (Fabrication de cuillères en bois avec la collaboration de Pat Laperrière). The spoons are the size of a large kitchen spoon and are made from a lamination of walnut and cherry. Pat laminated them and cut them down to rough size and then …
Simple Kitchen Island Build
This is a fairly simple kitchen island build made with a 2×4 frame and finished with oak plywood and trim. The owners budget was tight after buying the granite countertop for this and the rest of the kitchen, so this was a very bare-bones type of build without any extra storage or anything like that inside the cabinet. This means …
Wood Lego Man (from a 2×4)
Giant Lego man made from a single 8 foot long pine 2×4 for the Summers Woodworking 3rd annual 2×4 competition for 2015. Legs and hips were finished with flame and linseed oil. Body and arms were finished with red wood dye and linseed oil. Build Details
Lighted Cherry Wedding Sign
This sign was made for my cousin for his wedding with hand carved lettering. The sign is a reclaimed mahogany border with a couple of pieces of bookmatched cherry for the panel. The lettering is infilled with a glow in the dark epoxy and the whole think is lit from the back with LED strip lights. It was designed to …
Reclaimed Mahogany Wood Bottle Opener
Bottle opener made from reclaimed mahogany and accented with zebra wood with a red tinted epoxy inlay of the University of Alabama “A” logo. The deer’s chin opens up the beer bottles. Cheers! Don’t worry — it is only going to stay outside during cookouts. Build Details Notable Materials: > Reclaimed mahogany baluster > Zebrawood scrap pieces …
Rhett & Link Inlaid End Grain Cutting Board
End grain cutting board made from reclaimed white pine with black walnut inlay. This pine comes from some salvaged paneling in a church renovation. The cutting board features the logo of internetainers Rhett & Link – known for their comedy music videos, local commercials, and GMM (Good Mythical Morning) daily show. They are both big fans of wooden creations which …
Reclaimed & Recycled “S” Shaped Cat House/Tunnel
“S” is for our cat Sarah. You’ll have to read all of the way through the build album for photos of her though… I’m a tease. This is her new cat house that is lined on the inside and outside with recycled carpet and finish with a cladding of pallet wood. It took her a little while to get used …
Live Edge Pen/Pencil Holder
Live edge pencil and pen holders cut from a red oak log. I decided to make a square and round version, let me know which one you prefer!
Skittlebowl Table Top Bowling Game
Skittlebowl is a table top bowling game originally made back in the 1960s by a toy company called Aurora as the first part in their “Skittle” game series. I designed this wooden version of the game to be totally collapsible and easily transportable. Game played with the same rules as 10 pin bowling. Build Details