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New York State Sign with Inlay & Lettering

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This sign was made from an old, rough sawn, 2×12 board that was left behind by my great grandfather. The Adirondack chair inlay was made from a scrap piece of cedar left over from making a pair of the chairs. This is going to hang above the pair of Adirondack chairs that I made which are now sitting on one …

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Faux Plank Wood Road Sign

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This is sign 1 of 2, come back next week for sign 2 of 2! Wood road sign made from clear straight grain cedar with hand carved lettering. The border around the sign is created by chamfering the corner and carving the “cracks” with a chisel. The lettering and border are painted black and the entire sign is finished with …

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Building an Adirondack Chair

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The most comfortable Adirondack chair you will ever find! This is a special design with a curved back and curved seat that makes it hard to believe you’re sitting in a wooden chair. The chair is made from CVG (clear vertical grain) cedar which always creates a beautiful finished product.

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Moose Inlay End Grain Cutting Board

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End grain cutting board made from reclaimed white pine with inlay made from reclaimed mahogany. This pine comes from some salvaged paneling in a church renovation and the mahogany came from some old deck balusters. The cutting board features a moose as requested by a customer up in the great white north of Canada. Enjoy!   Build Details

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Segmented Chevron Wedding Bowl

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I rescued this piece of oak from Brent’s firewood pile! Told him I had a better use for it. I rough turned the bowl around the beginning of the year and it developed a couple of cracks down the middle while drying. This area of the oak was removed and replaced with a cherry/zebra wood segmented chevron pattern. Finished with …

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Garage Steps Build

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New set of garage steps to replace a single box step that had seen better days. New stairs include composite decking to match to outside decks, smaller riser height to make them easier to climb, and a hand rail.

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Laminated Wood Spoons

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This pair of wooden spoons made in collaboration with Pat Laperrière over at Le PicBois in Quebec (Fabrication de cuillères en bois avec la collaboration de Pat Laperrière). The spoons are the size of a large kitchen spoon and are made from a lamination of walnut and cherry. Pat laminated them and cut them down to rough size and then …

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Simple Kitchen Island Build

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This is a fairly simple kitchen island build made with a 2×4 frame and finished with oak plywood and trim. The owners budget was tight after buying the granite countertop for this and the rest of the kitchen, so this was a very bare-bones type of build without any extra storage or anything like that inside the cabinet. This means …

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Wood Lego Man (from a 2×4)

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Giant Lego man made from a single 8 foot long pine 2×4 for the Summers Woodworking 3rd annual 2×4 competition for 2015. Legs and hips were finished with flame and linseed oil. Body and arms were finished with red wood dye and linseed oil. Build Details

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Lighted Cherry Wedding Sign

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This sign was made for my cousin for his wedding with hand carved lettering. The sign is a reclaimed mahogany border with a couple of pieces of bookmatched cherry for the panel. The lettering is infilled with a glow in the dark epoxy and the whole think is lit from the back with LED strip lights. It was designed to …

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Reclaimed Mahogany Wood Bottle Opener

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Bottle opener made from reclaimed mahogany and accented with zebra wood with a red tinted epoxy inlay of the University of Alabama “A” logo. The deer’s chin opens up the beer bottles. Cheers! Don’t worry — it is only going to stay outside during cookouts.     Build Details   Notable Materials: > Reclaimed mahogany baluster > Zebrawood scrap pieces …