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Giant Articulated Hands

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So I know we’re all going through a lot right now. This whole distancing thing is really starting to wear on us and that’ll never be truer than during this holiday season. That’s why I invented these. Stay 6’ away from your friends and family while doing all the activities just like you used to. It’s almost like they’re not …

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Pallet Wood Butcherblock Countertop that Pivots! (bar top ➔ dining table)

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Countertop built up from sections of reclaimed cherry and custom made pallet wood butcher block. Pallet wood butcher block is something I’ve been wanting to do for a while now, and it proved to be equally as painfully difficult as I expected. Through some custom fabricated hardware and some wheels, I was able to get the countertop to pivot and …

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Kitchen Island Cabinet from Reclaimed Wood

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I used to have a dining table, I still do, but I used to too. Anyway, there are a lot of moving pieces on this kitchen island, most notable is the transforming countertop. What?! Yeah, you heard me right! The upper waterfall countertop rotates allowing it to be either a regular bar top where you can sit next to your …

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Giant Maker Knife

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You wouldn’t believe me if I told you I could build with a material other than pallet wood! Well I can… European pallet wood. So what’s with the change of scenery? I visited my friend Giaco earlier in the year to spend some time in his shop in Italy and built stuff. He’s the man behind the Maker Knife, a …

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Roof Rack Customization

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If you don’t follow along on my Instagram feed (@ jackman_works) … #alwaysbeplugging I very reluctantly had to replace my Honda Element recently and the new car is great but it lacks in character that the Element… exuded. This project was inspired by the material I created when making diamond pattern pallet wood coasters about a year ago (so go …

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Pallet Wood Pencils

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Pencils, so many pencils… Do people even use pencils anymore? I don’t think so, but that’s never stopped me! Now the question is, how do I make the stupidly repetitive process of handcrafting 1,000 pencils interesting? I still don’t know the answer to that and the video is already live, but I’m up for the task! In total I made …

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DIY Adirondack Chair (with pull-out footrest)

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Are these the most comfortable wooden chair that you’ll ever sit in? Of coarse they are, although I may be a little biased. It’s my Adirondack Chair build, but done entirely with just 6 handheld power tools (not table saw, bandsaw, etc.)! This time I also added in a brand new pull out footrest that collapses inside the chair so …

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Giant Wood Hand Plane

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Oh boy, this is a big one! 3x scale No.5 hand plane built up piece by piece to be nearly identical to the original. It’s about 3-1/2 feet long and 30lbs with a blade that is 6 inches wide and nearly 2 feet long made by Zack Herberholz. The plane was made almost entirely from wood including all of the …

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“Topographic” Pallet Wood Wall Map

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MMMMMMM maps. If I could marry one, I would. This is my interpretation of a topographic map. It’s built up from strips of reclaimed pallet wood glued up into sticks 5 layers thick. Each of these sticks is 1″ wide and follows the topographic profile of the state of Vermont at each 1″ section. I have to be honest with …

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Laminated Pallet Wood Guitar

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A pallet wood guitar isn’t super revolutionary, but this one is special because it’s mine. The body is made from a lamination of some amazing looking pallet wood including cherry, oak, maple, mahogany, pine, alder, poplar, and probably a few other species. The blank for the body was something that I made in my shop and then brought it to …

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Wavy Rim Bowl

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A segmented bowl made entirely from scrap wood, plus an epoxy resin and scrap wood feature ring. This incorporates 2 different design aspects that I’ve been wanting to play with including epoxy resin used as segments and an organic flowing shape within a bowl. I still want to play around with the epoxy resin segments a little more in a …

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Pallet Wood (diamond pattern) Coasters

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“Too much work for coasters”, “Hell with that”, “I believe an apology is in order!”, “What a crazy guy”, “Surely that’s not economically viable”. These are just a few of the handpicked comments that this project has generated so far. That said, I appreciate the compliments and also the reinforcement that I’ve set the bar exactly as intended, now let’s …