woodworking

Went to the IWF2024 show in Atlanta, Woodworking stuff. About a million SqFt of exhibits from all over the world. More and more automation/robots but lots of stuff for the small guy also. Lots of surfacing materials including "real" stone plastic backed laminates. Yes, the samples I picked up...

Stanley Cold Chisel poster by R.O. Reger. Originals were printed on 8 x 10-1/2" paper. Source: Tim Svoboda

I'm at it again, doing stuff to amuse myself. i came up with a plywood lamp from scraps a couple weeks ago and called it MK I. it worked just fine, but i thought i installed the wrong lamp hood... so i decided to remedy that with, a new hood and improvements to the lamp socket mounting! note...

I made some Snow People from cedar fence boards 3/4" thick i used a planer to smooth the faces of the boards then, i used a jigsaw to cut the head shapes out. Painting was accomplished by roller and exterior latex paint for the main color, then accented with hobby acrylic paints. you can't...

i'm getting the hang of the scroll saw. for this project i'm using 1/4" sanded birch plywood and a template i modified on the computer. the birch plywood in 1/4" is very inexpensive at the box store that rimes with dome depot. it was less than $10 for a conveniently sized 1/4 sheet, that will...

I was starting to accumulate a bit more than a few scraps of wood from my recent woodworking fun, so i figured i'd build a functional art piece, a firewood crate for the scraps that i'll end up using for kindling to start the winter fires. the crate was made from reclaimed pallet wood, that i...

I made an accessory for my sons' Halloween Costume. He's a SWAT Officer this year!!! they gave all the other accessories like the baton, handcuffs, walkie talkie, binoculars, & tactical knife, but no Glock I had to change that...:D Here's my version patterned from the real thing i reclaimed the...

I'm a novice woodworker at best. I made a wooden, scary faced, pumpkin for a Halloween decoration that can be used for many years to come. The pumpkin is constructed from reclaimed lumber and scrap lumber mostly construction fir and pine. The stalk was rendered from a beautiful piece of maple...

Hello Since my woodworking skills are poor, at best, i thought it high time i faced my fears of wood. Not that i have any strange phobias of wood, i just don't usually dabble in sawdust. I'm fully capable of constructing things in many different materials, but i usually avoid woodworking...

Hi friends, my son asked me this morning what are we gonna do today dadda? i said i don't know son, whaddya want to do? he replied, i wanna build something like Bob the Builder.... i asked if he would like to make a toolbox for his stuff, YES!!! was his response! i'm no woodworker, so this is...