Before being separated, the panel that this piece came from was laminated from 57 boards of white/red oak that were reclaimed from horse fencing from a farm in Pennsylvania. The concept for the final piece is that, through power carving with the use of Arbortech Tools, the panel will look like windswept sand with a giant Carolina boot print in …
Reclaimed Wood Wall Map
Ohh maps, I could literally sit around all day and explore google maps and not even miss dinner. I have many flaws and this might be one… Anyway, ever since moving to DC I’ve been wanting to do some sort of a project incorporating the streets of the city. The layout of the streets and even the shape of the …
Carving a Giant Utility Knife (entirely out of wood)
Inspired by the giant utility knife blade created by Jimmy Diresta (https://youtu.be/qWZwaJ3sg30), and the Stanley knife that it was modeled after, I created this giant knife perfectly to scale and entirely out of wood because stupid challenges are often the most rewarding. Put that on a t-shirt, or don’t (probably don’t). As soon as I saw Jimmy create the blade …
Epoxy Inlay and Rustic Compass Butcher Block Countertops
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 …
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:
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 …
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 …