Cutting Boards
End Grain Tumbling Block Board
A fun but challenging pattern, this took many hours and many set-ups to get right.
Cutting board
Running down the middle of this colorful piece is juniper wood harvested from my own back yard.
Sapele, Cherry and Juniper
Chevron Boards
Chevron pattern offset with solid pieces.
Cherry, Sapele and Maple
Brick Cutting Board
End-grain, nice heavy piece with rubber feet.
Sapele, Alder and Maple
Belly up to the Bar
The Bar is Open
This is the completed bar area. A fun project that took months to complete, I got to use a raw beam from the stock of barnwood Dad sent me to make the hanging light. An old dead juniper in the back yard lended me a limb to make the frame and dartboard scoreboard. Belly up it's almost 5!
House rules: Sip of moonshine if you hit the wall with a dart.
Live Edge Bar Top
I got the bar from a buddy redoing his house, but the laminate tops didn't suit me, and I'd just stumbled across some crazy cheap live edge maple. Some cracks needed reinforcement so bowties were made.
Maple and Walnut
Bartop
Detail of bowties
Whiskey Barrel Bar Stools
Bought locally at 10 Barrel, it aged beer, and before that, bourbon in Kentucky. This project was all about working as I went, as these slats curve in every dimension. But man, the smell of whiskey when the wood was cut amazed me.
Reclaimed Oak and Metal banding from whiskey barrel
Whiskey Barrel Table
I made the most of this barrel, I particularly like the way the cross pieces half lap.
Reclaimed Oak
Living Room/Office
End Grain Coaster Set
Leftover from my cutting board project, I was able to turn scrab into coasters, set of 4 with holder.
Sapele, Hard Mapel and Cherry
Snowflake Coasters
Keeping the tumbling block thing going, this time with plywood.
Baltic Birch Plywood, Cherry, Patience
Desk Lamp
Fun playing with balance and angles like this, would love to revisit this and try some new things.
Walnut, Alder, Electrical
Kids Desk
Mitered corners and hand cut dovetailed drawers made this a challenge, but the modern finished product sure makes at home learning a bit easier to take.
Hard Rock Maple, Sapele, Mahogany
Kitchen Goodies
Coffee Scoop and Measuring Cup
The wood for these two scoops came from a barn my great grandfather built in the mountains of Haywood County, NC over 100 years ago.
Reclaimed Oak
Knife Block
When I first started woodworking, a friend and mentor gave me some redwood siding, which I've been using for various projects since. This mitered box is reinforced with splines and filled with bamboo skewers to hold the knives.
Reclaimed Redwood and Bamboo
Salt Box
I had these highly figured live edges left over from my bar project, wanted to get out of my comfort zone and create something weird. So I did. An it holds salt for margaritas.
Maple and Walnut
Salad/Cooking Tongs
Hand shaped hardwood.
Sapele, maple, poplar dowel
Whiskey Spatula
Shaped from more of the oak whiskey barrel, fun hand shaped piece leaving the burned inside wood on the handle.
Oak
Hodgepodge
Jewelry Box
Made for my daughter, this box has a removable tray, dividers, and velvet inlay.
Walnut, Maple and Velvet
Wastepaper Basket
Fancy name for a trashcan.
Reclaimed cedar
Joiners Mallet
Well used, great scrapwood project.
Various Mahogany
Sliding Top Keppsake Box
Sliding top is hidden once closed, a special place to stash your bracelets.
Sapele and Hard Maple
Wall Clock
Contemporary design with dovetailed frame.
Mahogany, Pine