Umbrella and Boot Stands

A few years ago I made a cedar umbrella stand, for what else umbrellas and walking sticks. Recently I make this boot stand, also from cedar, it should wear well in the winter and wet days. The sides are half lap joints and mortised into the corners. The top level of the boot stand is a cedar panel I glued up, I thought it better to have a sold top, keeps the debris from falling to the boots.

More Hat Blocks

Well, when you make one hat block, you'll always need another, so here is the original with two more I made, also from yellow birch. The two new ones have a better shape, I was shown what one looks like and I improved on the original block. They are rather tall for an average hat block and are hard wood, which is good for pounding on them but not very good if you want to stick pins in. So I think I'll be tasked to make another one, this time from a softer wood. Good luck to me.