So this countertop is actually a set of 3 pieces that are kind of like table leaves. I made these for my friends who live in a fairly small house that lacks countertop space and this is meant to help with that. These will sit on top of a half wall that runs around the perimeter of a set of …
“Floating” Lumber Rack
Get the template to make your own! This lumber rack is “floating” in that each piece is attached to the wall separately and there is no main member between any of them. The benefit of this is a little bit of space savings against the wall, but also the fact that when boards are pushed all the way back, there …
Patchwork Plywood and Ebonized Oak Dresser
This dresser is made entirely from plywood, plus some reclaimed oak for the frame. Plywood is always a pain in the butt to haul though, so I decided to make the entire dresser with only 2’x4′ handy panels that I could get shipped to my house (Purebond plywood). This also gave me the ability to play with some really cool …
Pallet Wood Pipe Clamp Workbench Vise
I built a pair of matching workbenches in my shop a couple of years ago entirely out of pallet wood and they have been a staple of my shop ever sense. Now, ever sense I built them I had the intention of adding a moxon style vise to one of them to help hold work pieces and today is finally …
Giant Baseball Chair (from 2x4s)
Thanks to Arbortech for supporting what I do!! ► TURBO Plane – http://bit.ly/2upf82w ► Power Chisel – http://bit.ly/2I4hBBv ► Contour Sander – http://bit.ly/2pDVs5g It’s that time of the year and baseball is back this week!! The grass is finally turning green again and what better way to celebrate than by building a giant 3′ diameter baseball, Jackman style. Other than the …
Secret Compartment Shoebox with Patchwork Pallet Wood
This box was create to keep my valuable Carolina Boots safe. The main frame of the box is constructed from 3/4″ plywood and then the outside of the box is covered in a large variety of pallet wood and a few pieces of walnut scrap. The left side of the box holds a sliding puzzle mechanism that locks the lid …
Building a GIANT Adirondack Chair
Full project details coming soon! Get the plans to build one of my Adirondack Chairs for yourself:
Floating Garage Storage Loft & Clamp Rack
A bit of time travel here! This organization project was from right after I moved into my DC shop. I didn’t have the miter saw and table saw set up, so everything was done with just a circular saw and drill. It was such a simple project that I’ve been sitting on the footage since then unsure of whether it …
Custom Media Table
This media table is a nice traditional looking piece with straight, square lines but with a few key details that really give it some great visual interest. The legs protrude through the top of the table and the material carries through horizontally to tie everything together. This is a media table for a buddy of mine. He’ll be storing his …
Making a Wood Pedestal Leg Table (literally)
I bit of an extension from one of my projects from last year – the “A Christmas Story” leg lamp. Arbortech was so jealous that they had to bet their own version of my leg :). This was also the perfect opportunity for a little bit of a play on words, I got to literally make a table leg. I …
Pallet Wood End Grain Coasters
100% reclaimed wood coasters made from the finest of hardwood pallet wood! Each coaster holds a random pattern of spanish cedar, white oak, ask, red oak, pine, alder, elm, poplar, maple, and birch. The end grain orientation of the coasters shows off the amazing beauty of the grain in all the different species of wood. Created with a painstaking process …
Building “A Christmas Story” Leg Lamp (the MANLY version)
This leg is an exact full scale model of my own leg. The leg and base are made from maple butcher block scraps from previous projects. The lamp shade is welded from scrap lengths of rebar and wrapped in pleather attached using paracord that looks like Carolina’s boot laces. The boot is attached using a threaded brass lamp rod through …