This German-made solid beech piece came in as a table repair job not long ago. and it ended up being quite the project! The top had huge cracks in it that were only being held together by the subtop and 3 of the 4 legs had broken off entirely. Not to mention, even those legs…

Getting Started Recently I custom built this cherry tv wood stand cabinet for a customer. The customer gave me some reference material, and I got to work on a scale drawing. With a bit of back and forth we hammered out all the details. Once I got approval to go ahead I picked up the…

A customer recently commissioned this solid red oak bench. It features a thick 1-5/8″ top, half blind dovetail joints to hold the arched back rail on, and a mortise and tenon front rail. Very strong, it can stand on it’s own as a durable chair, but it will be screwed to a wall so that…

I made some wooden hockey sticks for my kids for Christmas out of ash wood and finished with tung oil. I haven’t even owned a stick in quite a few years so I had to get dimensions from various sources online. Usually I take a bit of time to properly plan a big project, but…

I made these plaques for the Maple Leafs and Blue Jays. The Leafs were burned onto maple wood, cut out with a bandsaw and finished with Osmo UV LED finish. The Jays were burned onto quartersawn white oak, dyed appropriately and also finished with the UV finish. Below are videos of the process of creating…

Just in time for the holiday season, this hand carved staff was commissioned by a local Santa Claus. The head is made of poplar, and was a second attempt (the original curly maple was far too hard and the grain tore out too frequently). The staff is made of maple and has a nice kink…