So, having finished the wedding present and really liking the way it turned out, I focused my attention on a long-overdue replacement project. We have in our foyer a large (42 inches across) mirror/clock. It’s basically a square...

Two friends of mine, Jenni and Scott, are getting married soon. We can’t be there at the wedding (pandemic!), but I wanted to make them something special for a present. I settled on this: Original model of the clock face. As often...

A couple of years ago my wife Julie got me a new desk chair for a birthday gift. I loved it! It was adjustable every which way, had nice breathable mesh in the seat and back, just the right lumbar support — everything I could ask...

Okay, the first two parts of the project are now in their final spaces! Completion photo, short desk Completion photo, long desk. So now we work on the bookcase in the middle. And just in time, I have a brand new tool that will help: a...

With the base set, it was time to work on the desktops. Again, I made some minor changes to the plan here, but nothing major. The left side is basically a wide, flat tabletop (for, in fact, tabletop gaming), so I just cut a plywood piece...

I started from the ground up on this one. The whole undercarriage is made of solid cherry, so that stock needed to be prepped and milled in the usual way. It took a little fiddling because one of the cherry boards had some nasty internal...