I have been approached over the last several years at markets from folks interested in me making a Humidor for them. While I have made lots of boxes in the past, I have yet to make one of those, and figured it was time to give it a try. It’s a rather involved process, so …
Making Marking Gauges from scraps I’ve been considering doing some teaching, either via video or at the local technical school. Woodworking for ages 14+. I wanted to do something which shows, with some basic tools and without a dedicated woodshop space, you could produce items and some additional woodworking tools to use. Not sure when …
Laminated Coasters So I’m building a new item for the markets that I hope will be a good seller for the holiday season. It’s a set of laminated wood coasters with a holder, based on a design by Paul Sellers. I am using a variety of hardwoods (Oak, Walnut, Cherry, Purple Heart, Maple) to create …
This is a Paul Sellers design (https://woodworkingmasterclasses.com/videos/dovetail-caddy-project-info/) that is made 100% with hand tools. I thought the build of dovetails and both through and stopped dado’s was fascinating. It was a good opportunity to further improve my hand tool skills, and should make a nice gift or personal addition on someone’s desk. The back has …
Saw this design and wanted to make this for a commission customer. Made of Mahogany, it has three small slots in the back with holes for charging cables, a cloth top for holding items (keys, glasses, etc.) and a pull out drawer for personal items. While the build was challenging, I enjoyed getting the work …
Sometimes, you just have to admit that the project is not going well, and just cut your losses. I was working on building a couple of 3-dimensional cutting boards, which are very pretty but very involved. There are a lot of steps (milling up, gluing, cutting angles, planning, ripping, re-gluing, etc.). If you mess up …
I wanted to further improve my hand tool abilities, so I took an idea from Paul Sellers (www.woodworkingmasterclass.com) an accomplished hand tool woodworker from Britain, with 50+ years of experience. He now teaches online, and does a great job. The tray consists of equal parts of Walnut and Maple. I could have used a wide …
I need to make new product for the 2025 Farmer’s Markets. So I needed to create some new end-grain cutting boards. The process for this one uses standard 13/16” boards, instead of having to get 8/4 (i.e. 2” thick) boards. The patters that it makes are pretty cool. I chose to make them out of …
I wanted to build some more artistic style charcuterie boards for the new year. One of the ones I wanted to build was a three-dimensional end-grain board. There are a lot of process steps, and the wood is somewhat expensive, but in the end, it comes out with something beautiful. So you start off with …
I wanted to build something with just hand tools to improve my skills and demonstrate that I could do it. Many folks don’t understand that, if you are building 10, 20, 100 of an item, then machinery and power tools certainly help. Once they are set up, you can run the same part over and …
