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(this is not flat by any stretch, but where else would I post it?) Finished Shot First: A little over four years ago I decided to try my hand at making canoe paddles. It was a lot of fun, and surprising less difficult than I had anticipated, and I kept on making paddles until I had made one...

I needed a present for a family wedding and I decided that a barbecue (bbq? Which do you prefer?) platter would be a nice option. They are similar to cutting boards, but I make them thinner, as they don't need to be that thick to carry a grilled steak inside from the barbecue! I also add a...

... and there on display by the front counter were BOTH of Dave Richards' Sketchup DVDs. :thumb: (Sorry, no photo) How're sales going for you on that, Dave?

Shaker(ish) style nightstand in African Padauk and Maple Recently completed this for my wife. The top and drawer fronts are African Padauk. The rest of the body is hard maple. Yes, the colour is all natural. But yes, the colour will likely change over time. More details, including some...

Have you seen this? It just popped up on my Reddit feed: Kind of amazing... really big organ, though, lots of pipes in that one!

I built this several years ago, but just revisited it recently to put together a more detailed web page with many more photos. I also put together a video (at bottom) as you really need to see and hear this to appreciate the noise. Overview: Drop the marbles in at the top, they race down...

As we geared up for the new school year, my wife and I realized that we really needed another writing desk for one of children to use. Given that the school year had already started, I saw this a challenge to build a project very quickly!! (More details and a build video are on my website...

Hi Everyone, My son is learning to play the bass guitar. For his birthday, I promised to make him a guitar stand. We wanted something nice, so that the guitar could be out on display in his room, instead of hidden away in the guitar case. After looking around online I came across...

anyone else out there as fascinated as I am with the advent of self-driving cars? Just came across this article today: https://medium.com/backchannel/the-view-from-the-front-seat-of-the-google-self-driving-car-46fc9f3e6088 Yeah it is kind of a self-serving article, written by google... But I...

Happy Star Wars Day! Here is a youtube playlist... seventeen folks posting star wars woodworking projects from the silly to the amazing. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLprpiNrh-8PctCnF1mqxPYFvwcKuPBo24 (and yeah, I'm in there too. Mods can feel free to delete this if it's over the...

Guys, I came across this video on reddit the other day, and I don't think it has been posted here: The first 2 minutes are the same Bosch commercial (with the pounding music) that Ted posted over in the sawstop competition thread. However, if you fast forward through that, AFTER that section...

(Youtube link at the end) I made a couple of cutting boards with inset curves/waves. You start with a cutting board “blank”. I know, it’s tempting to just round the corners and apply finish and be done — you’d have a perfectly good cutting board, eh? — but this is starting point for this...

Video Link Is At The Bottom: So one of my Christmas projects was to build myself a 12” disc sander. I’ve been wanting to do so for a while. This is kind of an experiment, due to the motor. I’ve had this motor for a few years. I salvaged it from a furnace — the motor was only a couple years...

Found this image on reddit/r/woodworking and was blown away...

Seriously... does anyone out there make a GOOD laundry basket? All we see around here are Rubbermaid and Sterilite. Rubbermaid are the "best", and they're a great shape and size, but the handles are a real weak point. They don't last much beyond 1-2 years without cracking there. Here is a 15...

I was cutting some thick stuff yesterday -- some glued up elm and beech scraps. Not sure which one was the culprit but boy the tablesaw blade started cutting slower and even smoking a bit. Today I dismounted it and gave it a bath in this resin remover stuff from LVT ... pour it on full...

So in my last project, I was making a table/desk with a plywood top. Plywood veneer is extremely thin these days and lucky me managed to sand through the veneer at the corner. Replacing it was really not an option at this point and so I set about fixing it. I was also filming this for a...

Hmmm, I don't see another thread about this. Who forgot to post the reminder? I didn't remember about this at all, and didn't find out about it until yesterday. So, here it is for anyone else who forgot: http://www.popularwoodworking.com/december-remember-sweepstakes Oh yeah, and this one...

Project Build: Office Side Table (video link at the bottom) I was asked to build a simple side table for one of the offices at church. They already had a desk, and needed a narrow side desk to go alongside the desk, to turn it into an L-shaped workstation. The goal was to keep this simple...

Media Stand / TV Gear cabinet (video link at the bottom) Here is the "before" photo: About thirty years ago, my dad built this simple plywood cabinet for me to hold my stereo when I went to college. Since then it has served many purposes: stereo stand, bookcase, junk holder, TV stand, etc...