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Christmas Palm Box by Inspiration
When I saw the palm boxes that Andy had made a light bulb turned on in my head (and that takes some doin). There is a story (of course) that needs to be told as to why the light went off in my head. Ya...
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Walnut Arts & Crafts Framed Counted Cross Stitch Rooster
I was asked by my cousins wife to make a frame for this counted cross stitch rooster that she had done. I sent her pictures of different finished woods surrounding the mated cross stitch and she picked...
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Router Bowl's
My wife gave me for Christmas last year the router bowl bit and collet extension so I could try my hand at making these bowls. They were featured on a Woodsmith show and in one of there magazines. I...
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Cottage Bird House w/rock walls and Cedar Shake Roof
This is a bird house that was built with a little bit of every left over wood, garden rock and cedar door shims that I had laying around the shop and garage. It is mounted on a piece of pine. It kind...
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Post Office Door Bank
This is a bank that is constructed of Oak for the top, and a wood that I had never heard of before, called Burned Maple or Cooked Maple. They literally, from what I was told, cook the maple which...
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Inlaid Frame
This frame is like the earlier Contemporary Mission Arts and Crafts frames that I have posted. This one is made from Cherry with 1/8” cooked maple inlaid strips. It is mortise and tenon construction. I...
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Greene & Greene Picture Frame
As most projects do this one has a story. Last summer while I was at the Hardwood supplier I checked out there $1.00 a bd. ft. bin and came across a piece of maple that had had this inclusion which is...
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Cheese Slicer / Serving Board
Made another batch of Cheese slicers a month ago for an Art Market along with some Post Office Door Banks. This Cheese Slicer is made with Wenge, Hard Rock Maple and the dividing strips are Cherry....
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Post Office Door Bank
This in one of a batch of Post Office Door Banks that I made for the same Art Market as I made the Cheese Slicer’s for. This is made from Jatoba for the top and bottom, Hard Rock Maple for the sides...
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Arts and Crafts Tile Frames
These are a couple of special order tile frames made for Laura Reutter of Ravenstone Tiles. Made of quarter sawn white oak with true mortise and tennon pegged construction. I ebonized and pillowed the...
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A Fleet of Forklifts w/pallet coasters
Thanks to Dan Snow for posting his plans and for all of the help with questions I emailed back and forth. I finally got these finished for my wife for Christmas gifts for some people at her work. The...
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Bulge Cutting Board
This is a Bulge End Grain Cutting Board that I made my wife for Christmas 2013. It is made from Walnut and Maple with 1/4” maple and walnut end grain dowels (plugs). Made the plugs from cut offs with...
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Arts and Crafts House Number Tile Frame
The wife has been wanting to get larger house numbers for the house for quite a few years now. So I struck a deal with Laura at Ravenstone Tile to make the house numbers and then she had two of her...
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Arts and Craft, Craftsman Style Bracket Clock
This is a Craftsman Style Bracket clock and is fashioned after the Stickley Bracket Clock. It is constructed out of Quarter Sawn White Oak, with ebonized Walnut Pegs. It is shown in two different...
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Post Office Door Box Coin Bank
I have made quite of few of these Post Office Door Banks to sell both online and at a Art Market that I do a couple of times a year. This one I decided to do the joinery a little differently. I usually...
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Arts and Craft, Mission Tile Frame w/Oak Glen Tiles
”The Story” I was contacted by Laura Reutter owner of Ravenstone Tiles about 2 weeks ago wanting to know if I would like making a frame for one of her customers that she had done these Oak Glen Tiles...
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Arts and Craft, Mission Print Frame
Just another frame! While I was making the two frames for the tiles that I posted the other day, I also made this frame. It is for a silent auction that will be held at a annual fund raising Gala for...
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Framed Post Cards
These frames were made for my oldest daughter for post cards that they got on their vacation down the Oregon Coast. I have framed four others for her which she has hanging in her home. All of these are...
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Arts & Crafts Framed Tiles
This is a custom frame that I just competed and delivered to a customer. The customer provided the 4 tiles. She had the tiles installed in their shower but did not like them so had them removed and...
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Framed Post Cards
I purchased some post cards while back in New Orleans that mimic the old advertising labels from years past. I had some old reclaimed swamp oak that I got from a hardwood supplier that they used as...
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