Nick’s Liquor Cabinet
I was inspired to make this piece after seeing a tobacco cabinet on another site. Since I do not do tobacco, I decided to make it into a liquor cabinet. The top shelf is for on-the-rocks glasses while...
View ArticleThomas’ Dust Collection “Rebase”
After seeing many do-it-yourself shop additions, I found my inspiration for a safe spot for the compressor and some much needed drawer space. The box might not be as good as a vortex for separating...
View ArticleEd’s Tablesaw Outfeed/Assembly Table
I found inspiration for this table from “The Wood Whisperer.” I made some modifications such as a lot more storage with the use of a shelf for my crosscut sled (finally has a home up from under my...
View ArticleAl’s Bookshelf Chair
After making two of Marc’s blanket chests for my granddaughters (great project, by the way—highly recommended!), I was casting about for something to make for my 10 year old grandson who is a total...
View ArticleNeal’s Slab Dining Table
When we cleared the land to build our house 6 years ago, there happened to be a single cherry tree about where our dining room was to be situated. To commemorate the tree, we had it sawed up into slabs...
View ArticleKen’s Hickory Headboard
I had to kill a piano that came with my house. The piano was old and damaged and stuck in the basement. In dismantling it, I was taken by the big chunky supports made from hickory. So, needing a new...
View ArticleMike’s Cherry Trestle Table
First time designing a project from the ground up with no plans, just a hybrid design from numerous different table styles that I found online/in stores. Legs are 4/4 stock with beveled edges to appear...
View ArticleNakashima Inspired Credenza
After visiting the George Nakashima studios in PA and seeing his work up close, I decided to take on my most challenging piece to date, a solid walnut credenza measuring 6’long, 15″wide, and 18″high....
View ArticleChildren’s Aviator Clock Table
I was commissioned to design and build a children’s table by Visions Optometry in the shape of the classic Aviators style eyeglass. Cutting this shape out of a solid slab I thought would be plain, so I...
View ArticleLouis’ Rogowski Style Jewelry Box
I liked the Rogowski style jewelry box and decided to give it a try. I seem to be attracted to exotic woods and selected bamboo and ebony for this interpretation. Since no one seems to sell ebony...
View ArticlePete’s Farmhouse Table
A traditional farmhouse table, but less rustic and more finished and modern measuring 72″ x 38″. 6/4 hard maple top with breadboard ends attached with 38″ long sliding dove tails. Legs are 3 x 3...
View ArticleJoe’s Annual Christmas Ornaments
With the holidays fast approaching I thought I’d share this quick little project that has become very meaningful to me. My family has an obsession with Christmas Ornaments, its pretty obnoxious the...
View ArticleBrian’s Low Entertainment Center
I must have watched the videos on the Low Entertainment Center a half dozen times. It looked like a fun project using skills I had not tried before like making the dados with the router. It was a good...
View ArticleKeith’s Multi-Purpose Game Board
A neighbor asked if I could build a marble game board to replace a very old version that had been in their family for years, but was deteriorating and becoming unusable. The request was fairly simple...
View ArticleDustin’s Budget Farmhouse Table
For many years I wanted my own 7’+ table that I could fit at least 8 people around. I met a wonderful woman when I was in High School and we dated for a little while before both moving on and getting...
View ArticleBrandon’s Modular Wall Storage
This project came about due to my precious lil bundle of joy that was going to be coming into this world. We have a rustic modern style throughout the home and being in a small two bedroom condo with...
View ArticleAJ’s Train Bed
When it came time for our 3 year old son to get a “big boy bed,” well of course I had to build one. He loves trains so I started looking at pictures of real steam locomotives to get some ideas and...
View ArticleLaminated Plywood Rocking Horse
The idea of a rocking horse first came when my older brother and his wife gave birth to their first child. As a woodworker, I felt I wanted to give them something representative of my passion for wood...
View ArticleNick’s Sculpted Dining Table
I’ve always enjoyed the art of Sculpture. Particularly sculptures that show natural and flowing curves. This piece is designed for a small one bedroom apartment and can sit up to 4 people but will...
View ArticleJames’ PurpleHeart Keepsake Box
This keepsake box was built for a friend who loves the color purple and also loves boxes. She is an avid collector of stones and crystals and wanted a place to store her pieces. The main box is built...
View ArticleTim’s Gaming Table
This was a large 8 person Gaming table that I designed with the client to be able to be used as a regular solid surface table. The table “leafs” flip over to reveal a microsuede surface for card...
View ArticleKevan’s Rudis Sword
The Rudis sword that my friend John and I designed has a few symbolic elements: – Pommel & Hilt: Both are made of maple burl wood. As you may know, burl is a wood that has taken some trauma along...
View ArticleKeith’s Game Board TAKE TWO!!!
This is my second “run” at a game board. My first was a project for a neighbor. This one is an upgrade with more exotic woods and features, and the end product is for my own personal use. The...
View ArticlePhillip’s Wedding Card Box
I wanted to make a gift card box for my wedding, something special for our special day. I watched the video of Marc making the wooden woven hamper and it sparked an idea. As I work in a sheet metal...
View ArticlePavel’s Tetris Style Cabinet
Hello, TWW community! This is my first furniture project. I usually make jewelry boxes and wooden logos. But one day one of my clients asked for a cabinet. I had a sketch with dimensions and basic...
View ArticleMark’s Shaker Workbench
I’ve always loved the classic shaker workbench, this is my adaptation of one. Red oak, leg vise, tail vise, record style vise. Plane shelves, two small drawers, two large drawers for routers, sanders...
View ArticleKeith’s Guitar Wall Art
My interest in woodworking, guitar playing, and the desire to someday learn the skills of a luthier (guitar craftsman) were the catalysts that inspired me to build this wall art project. Playing the...
View ArticleJoseph’s Walnut Bed with Storage
It’s funny how one home project often turns into many. My wife and I replaced old, mismatched carpeting in our bedrooms with beautiful 3/4″ American cherry hardwood flooring. After seeing how much...
View ArticleRay’s Writing Table
With my son now in college we needed a writing desk for him to do his school work. Searching the internet, I found this beautiful specimen. Using pine boards and maple ply from the home store, I built...
View ArticleBob’s Re-purposed Redwood Table
I was asked by my wife to build a table to go behind our couch in the family room. Having some 2-1/2″ thick redwood boards recycled from a above ground water tank, I decided to re-purpose these boards...
View ArticleDan’s Fold-a-way Drafting Table
I was a structural draftsman for many years before there were computers and CAD systems. Over the years I’ve tried a variety of CAD programs but always return to my old drafting skills. Woodworking had...
View ArticleTom’s Dining Room Table
This table was built to accommodate a weekly gathering of friends for dinner. We regularly have 10 people over and needed a table that could extend to fit this size group. It is 74″ x 42″ with...
View ArticleLee’s Horizontal Bookcase
This was my first big project that I designed start to finish, and I’m extremely happy with the results. I started woodworking only about two years ago, and watching The Wood Whisperer videos has...
View ArticleKeith’s Live Edge Trestle Table
Materials: Table top – Walnut (with live edge); Legs–Mahogany; Stretcher–Walnut; Stretcher wedges-Mahogany Total cost: Approx. $670 Hours spent: Approx. 225 (started 3/3/2017 and completed 5/5/2017...
View ArticleAdam’s Wall Hanging Jewelry Box
My wife had been complaining about how messy her small little jewelry box was and how hard it was to find matching earrings. So I started searching the internet for inspiration. I found that there were...
View ArticleCousin Jim’s Entry Bench
Built from a Woodsmith plan (Issue #198, December 2011), this Classic Entry Bench was constructed with quarter-sawn white oak. Once sanded to 320, it was finished with four coats of Watco Danish oil...
View ArticleJonas’ Dressing Table
This is my take on Norm Abrams’ New Yankee Workshop Dressing Table project. The table is close to the plans but I did make a few alterations to the depth, and most notably used local solid cherry for...
View ArticleNate’s King Sized Bed
After 18 years of sleeping on a basic bed frame with no headboard or footboard, I finally realized that I had a great excuse to dive into a big woodworking project and score some points at the same...
View ArticleSmall Woodworking Projects at Local Senior Center
For the last year I’ve been going to the local assisted living facility, pretty much once a week, to guide those interested in small woodworking projects. Sometimes we’ll watch a video on woodworking...
View ArticleTim’s Greene & Greene Dresser
This dresser is part of the Greene & Greene bedroom suite I made which consists of this dresser, a queen size bed, two night stands, and a side table. Over the last five or so years, I’ve become...
View ArticleSean’s Diploma Frames
After making some pinned half-lap frames as Christmas presents, I was asked by a colleague to make a matching set of frames for her college diplomas. She wanted the frames to match, but wanted two...
View ArticleMoxon Joinery Bench
My regular woodworking bench is at the perfect height for planing wood, but I wanted something a little bit higher for doing more detailed work such as carving or joinery. The moxon vise is made with...
View ArticleDan’s Alligator Juniper Wall Art
This wall piece is made of alligator bark Juniper wood put together like a jigsaw puzzle held together by eight gallons of epoxy. Ten pounds of turquoise, a few granules of glow-in-the-dark sand, and a...
View ArticleJohn’s Meditation platform
A friend of mine is a daily meditator and unfortunately, his dedicated meditation space is right in front of an air vent. He needed a platform to raise him above the air vent and to give him a place to...
View ArticleRyan’s PurpleHeart and Maple Workbench
This bench is primarily made of PurpleHeart. It took about four months to complete working on it in all free time. I mainly used hand tools to complete this bench. My Lie Nielsen no.8 was definitely...
View ArticleEverett Media Console
This media console named after my son includes a waterfall edge, sliding bypass doors, push to open doweled drawers, a river of bubinga (is there any finer?) and more. I was inspired by the works of...
View ArticleCherry Music Stand
As a piano technician I have a surplus of piano parts. Whenever possible I like to “re-purpose” them into my projects. In this music stand, the center scrollwork was from an old piano. The music stand...
View ArticleElijah’s Breakfast Nook Table
Originally we had a small cherry table and chair set up in this space. It wasn’t awful but not the best use of space. I constructed the built-in benches with pine 2x4s and pocket holes to construct...
View ArticleJohn’s Ashes Container
My mother in law asked if I’d be willing to build a simple container for my father in law’s ashes with enough space for hers eventually and this is what I came up with. It’s no great example of design,...
View ArticleA Thomas Mosier’s “New Century” Style Bed
My wife and I moved into a new home and since both boys are out of the house we have two bedrooms to play with. Alaina wanted a Thomas Mosier, “New Century China” bed that costs around $6,000. I...
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