Hey folks,  It’s been a minute since I last said hello, so I thought I’d share a little update on this humble cigar box and the challenge it quietl...

The overall shelf's structure comprises several elements: • A back panel that is a one-sided torsion box. • Individual shelves that are torsion box...

Unlike most projects, finishing was by far the easiest part of this one. I sanded everything to 280 grit and, in preparation, used every portable ...

Initially, I thought I could assemble the entire shelf in the garage, and that my wife and I could move it into the study. As my wife is happy to t...

Before I can apply finished, I need to take care of a couple things - address the gap in the hub veneer and plug the holes in the end of the spikes...

In keeping with the all-wood theme, I thought I'd see if I could make the wood hands as well.   To mimic the black hands of the original, I found j...

With a bit of finish, the clock will be complete and ready for use.  For the hub, I wanted to retain the whiteness of the holly, so I finished it w...

   With the Wood for the sides of this Chess Set chosen and milled, sizing the sides was done first... [20251027_102831.jpg] When making a size-spe...

   This Woodworking that we do... Sometimes, I've posted my Work on Facebook: Finished Work, Project Progress... I have even tried to "Blog" a coup...

   This commissioned Gift Box was all-together after "Just for Fun #5"... [20251108_111111.jpg] After making sure that the inside "Riser" was remov...

I've been kicking around ideas on how to fasten the chair shell to the stretchers, and I think I have the front mounting worked out.   The shell do...

I used a 3/8" radius round over bit to shape the stretchers.  To avoid tear-out where cutting (nearly) end grain in some areas, I made multiple pas...

Glue-up was simple enough - a couple strap clamps and one bar clamp over cork pads to pull the joints tight for the back stretcher.  [20251023-IMG...

Below pictures of the way how I make a front engine with a integrated hood. [07 Engine v7 1.jpg][07 Engine v7 (2).jpg][07 Engine v7 (3).jpg]

Below pictures of the way how I made a propeller. [08 Propeller 01.jpg][08 Propeller v4 (2).jpg][08 Propeller v4 (3).jpg][08 Propeller v4 (4).jpg]

Below pictures from a simple indexing jig for use on a drill press table. [09 Indexing Jig v3.jpg][09 Indexing Jig v3 (2).jpg]

In 2015 I bought a Nova Galaxi 1644 lathe as a Beta tester. I did not like 3 things about it (1)  the quill operated backwards. They sent out new q...

After company visiting us for the weekend, and my sweetie’s birthday yesterday, I got back to the shop this morning. About an hour and a half finis...

This evening, I got a couple hours in the shop. Set up the laser-guided hollowing rig and took the bowl down to a little over a quarter inch. I had...

The most recent session in the shop had a lot of putzy work. Mostly a card scraper and sandpaper, and more CA glue. But I got close enough that I ...

It’s getting into the home stretch, I think. I sanded off (using 220 grit) the excess white grain-filler, then hit the handle with a coat of Tru-Oi...

I finished up the carving on the shaft. Going to keep it simple, with just a single set of lines, rather than full checkering. Sanded with 220 grit...

Today’s 90 minutes of shop time started with some shaping of the handle. I dry fit the shaft into the handle, and then shaped the piece of granadil...

From a design perspective the straight sections were much simpler than the bell.  Each section was divided into two identical halves so I just need...

I am finally getting around to posting the next chapter.  So the next step was figuring out how to join the sections so that they were both secure ...

The last step before applying a finish to everything was completing the bell.  As I mentioned at the end of Chapter 2 about making the bell on my C...