Something for Kathy

This box was made for Kathy, a simple wooden box, for keep sakes or whatever, with mitred corners and a slider top. It is birdseye maple with red mahogany stained and 4 coats of polyurethane.

Recycling Mahogany

It is made for recycled mahogany, that was our window valance, some of it has been reworked and here is the result. I originally made this writing slope for myself but my brother-in-law was visiting with his girlfriend and she liked it, so I gave it to her.

As I gave the first one away I decided to make myself another, plus one more just in case, you never know. It gives me a place to to put down some ideas, designs, draw up new trucks or box designs and if I get creative maybe a piece of furniture or two. Besides this is the last of the old window valance.



Fire Truck for my Uncle

This new truck was made for my Uncle Norbert, it still has the same basic design, I have to work on that. It is mostly birdseye maple, the tires are were from an old loom I did some repair work on, the ladder rails are walnut, the tool boxes are zebra wood and the dash and engine cover divider are bloodwood. And like my other work all parts are handmade.

A witing slop for my Mother.

I made my Mother this writing slop, it’s made from cooked curley maple or tiger maple as some call it. The cloth on the inside lid is my wife’s work, she had some very nice died material I could use and I know my Mother likes a bit of green.



Table Saw Fence Extention

I finally got the chance to make my table saw fence a bit longer. The fence it originally came with was fine but I could only cut up to 30 inches to the right of the blade and 10 inches to the left side. Now I can cut a full sheet of plywood, as the fence will go to a full 48 inches to the right of the blade, and I do not need roller stands, that sometimes are just crap. All the weight of the wood is on the saw table and router table, then finally on the out feed table, which is also my work surface. I still only have 10 inches to the left of the blade but I don't do much on that side other then when make a bevelled cut.

New rails with fence on the left.

Fence extended to the full 48 inch mark.

I incorporated my router table into the end of the fence rails, it is a great support and everything is nice and steady.

Finally I added a wooden spacer, between the saw table and router table, it finishes it of. Later on I'll build a small cabinet to store the accessories and jigs.

The new Swarm

Here is the new Swarm of Woody Bees, I thought two were not enough so I made a few more. They are made of the same material as the original bees, Pau Amarello and Wenge wood for the body, Curley Maple for the wings and Walnut for the antenna, legs and stinger.

Lumber Storage Shed

One can never have enough lumber for projects, even if you don't know what is coming up, and of course so I needed a place to store it out of the weather. The shop is full and this looked like the perfect place, I just added onto our fire wood shed. I can access the lumber from the front door but when required, the sides come off with just 4 screws to get some of the shorter pieces at the back, which are back there to even out the load.