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Recent Projects Click on the Pics for a Larger View. If taking pictures and building web sites didn't take so long, I'd have more stuff to put here. I have certainly produced a lot of "Volume" in the last 25 years, but I think my "Quality" has improved much, in the last couple of years. I'm not where I want to be yet, but I'm getting there. The older I get, the more willing I am to take the time to get it right. |
 It's a Flower Press! A Gift for my Wife at Christmas. I got the basic design from the May '96 issue of Popular Woodworking. The designer and author of the piece is David Thiel. I made a few alterations to his basic plan. The size is the same, 12x12, and the screw is the same, but I elected to use two press bars with a half lap joint and I glued them to the press plate. That way, when you turn the screw, the press plate raises and lowers. I thought the original design might allow the flowers being pressed to be pushed aside as the press plate was set into position. It is made of oak plywood with solid oak banding held in place with tongue and groove joint, for the plates, mahogany for the uprights and press bars, and maple for the screw and turn handle, as well as the bridge. |
 Dovetailed Step Stool with Tall Back for Balance I got this design from a Frank Klausz article in the December '99 issue of American Woodworker. His design calls for all dovetail joinery. Well, my rendition is faithful to the name, but I used all sliding dovetails, where Frank used hand cut, through dovetails in the front. This was also a Christmas gift for my wife. It is made of solid oak with a hand rubbed poly finish. |
 We Call it a Library Stool...and it was a Real Task to Build I got the idea from a picture in a catalog. Ever try to figure out sizes and angles from a picture? I ended up laughing out loud at myself as I tried to figure out the angles to cut the risers for this project. I had the stringer blanks clamped loosely in a vise while I held an angle finder on the edge, and kept tapping back and forth to find the right angle. I guess you had to be there. It was funny! Made of solid oak with walnut inlays in the treads and a hand rubbed poly finish. |
 A Toybox for a Grandson. This was built last spring as a birthday gift for a grandson. It has frame and panel construction and is made of birch plywood and clear fir frame.
I like that hand rubbed poly!
I never set pencil to paper for this project.
The whole thing just evolved from my thoughts. |
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