Leatherworking is a craft I’ve been wanting to explore for a while, but I knew I needed a small, manageable project to get my feet wet. Instead of diving in headfirst and investing in a bunch of tools right away, I decided to start with something simple: custom leather bookmarks. Since I already have an…
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Get Rolling On Those Halloween Pumpkins
It’s that time of year again. The 4th of July decorations have been boxed up and the last of the fireworks are lit. With the next big holiday in the States being Halloween, it’s time for all us woodworkers to start working away on our Halloween and Fall projects. One of the many items I…
Who Cut The Cheese?
Every Christmas I like to make gifts for my family. Frankly, it is too hard to shop for people and so I use the opportunity to test out a new woodworking project and build something from scratch. Plus, if I don’t count my time, I can make a gift that looks a lot more impressive…
Shhhh…. Don’t Tell Anyone About My “Cheater” Spaghetti Sauce Recipe
I like to make almost anything I can figure out and that I can squeeze in the time for. Most of it is in the form of woodworking because after working in the digital realm of software where my work exists in the form of ones and zeros stored in a computer, I love the idea…
Loft Bed – Part 3 – Headboard
I have continued to work on the Loft Bed Project and now part 3 is available on YouTube. In this part of the series I built the headboard for the bed and attached it to two of the posts that I built in part 1. I really enjoyed working on this part of the project…
Loft Bed – Part 2 – Footer
I have been working for quit some time on the Loft Bed Project and finally was able to release part 2 in the video series. In part one of the series I built the four posts that will be needed for the bed and you can check out that part of the build here. Now…
Custom Farmhouse Sign for Mother’s Day
This year for Mother’s Day I decided to make my mom a DIY custom farmhouse sign from a piece of 1/4 inch plywood with a frame made from poplar and stained with some dark Danish Oil. Lots of farmhouse signs made online simply nail the frame directly to the plywood. Doing it this way causes…
DIY Cedar Garden Bed With Plans
I really enjoy working in the garden and having fresh vegetables to eat during the summer, fall, and even into winter. After running out of room in my first small garden bed where we typically grow tomotoes, onion, carrots and sweet potatoes, I decided to add a new bed to expand our vegetable capacity. This…
Things Have Gone Crazy
It seems like the world has gotten pretty crazy over the last few weeks. I have a full time job and 4 kids so my life was already very busy causing me to often fall behind on projects and not get videos published as often as I would like. With the world thrown into the…
DIY Oak Work Table Top
In this project I am building a wood top for a metal table base that I can then mount a router table to. The top is made from a 3/4 inch scrap piece of oak plywood and will have two risers that connect it to the metal base using some threaded inserts. The final product…