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Belt Rack

Belt Rack

This is a quick project I did with some scrap wood, just for myself. Belt rack, finished and in place I didn’t even realize this would work, so there are no in-progress photos. It’s made of two pieces of scrap — one...
More Bathroom Accessories

More Bathroom Accessories

Yep, I still have two more things to do: we need a new toilet paper holder and a new towel rack. And in the process I need to solve the problems we have with the current ones. The toilet paper holder is something I did on the CNC a few...
Walnut Trash Can

Walnut Trash Can

I know — the first two questions on some people’s minds would be why make a trash can, and why use walnut for something utilitarian? And I admit I don’t really have a good answer, other than the other accessories...
Matthew & Jenny’s End Table

Matthew & Jenny’s End Ta...

It started with this One day in October a neighbor came over with a request: he had a cookie (ie, a radial segment cut from a log) from a hickory tree, and he wondered if I could make it into and end table. The idea was to make it a...
Shop Update 2023

Shop Update 2023

Not a lot has changed since 2021, relatively speaking. Many of the pain points I had then, I still have. But I have acquired a few new things that are proving useful and improving my work. Back wall now The back wall is almost completely...
Quick Shop Fix

Quick Shop Fix

I did a quick fix on my assembly/work/outfeed table, because it badly needed it. Most of the table worked fine, but the top … the top had problems. It’s only 3 years old, but it has developed a really nasty sag in the middle,...