Hand Carved Wooden Utensil Prototypes
I had some free time over the holiday break, so I decided to play with what I’d consider some non-standard wooden utensil designs. I’ve hand carved a bunch of spatulas and spoons, mostly s... Read More
Category: Our Projects
Black walnut cutting board
Here is a quick black walnut cutting board I made for our neighbors as a holiday present. It’s a simple design, 16″ x 22″ x 1.6″. I routed a handle on each end and added 3/8... Read More
Maple and Pine shelving unit
This free-standing shelving unit was built with maple plywood and maple edge banding for the shelves and construction lumber 2x4s for the legs. A lot of people will tell you that maple is difficult to... Read More
Air compressor cart storage
I finally found something that I wanted to store on at least one side of my air compressor cart – my 90° clamps! I added the adjustable rollers to the top shortly after I first built the cart, ... Read More
Saw blade storage box: from spalted maple
If you’ve been doing woodworking for at least a few years, like me you’ve probably collected a fair amount of blades for your table saw and miter saw. I finally got around to making a saw ... Read More
My first guitar body build: a custom telecaster
I’ve built a custom guitar from a kit before, which was a great learning experience for how they are wired and how all of the components work together. In fact, if you are thinking about buildin... Read More
Reclaimed wooden heart rose holder
Here is another one of our small projects and crafts – a wooden heart that holds an iron rose, made from reclaimed oak barn wood. The heart is almost 2″ thick, and about 4″ tall. The... Read More
Walnut, maple, and angelique charcuterie board
I made this charcuterie board, cutting board, serving trays from some scrap hardwood pieces I had laying around the shop. Starting from the center, the strips are: walnut, maple, walnut, maple, and an... Read More
Simple wood pumpkins Fall decorations
These wood pumpkins are one of my favorite crafts for Fall decorations. Plus they are another creative way to use up some of the scrap wood laying around my garage shop. These wood pumpkin Fall decora... Read More
Black Cat Halloween Decorations – scrap wood project
I love finding new crafts and projects to use up some of the scrap wood laying around my garage shop. These black cat Halloween decorations are quick and easy, and can be made with a hand saw or a jig... Read More
Portable pocket hole station
I’ve had my Kreg K4 pocket hole jig for years, it was actually a gift from my father when I first started building out my own garage shop. Though I had it for a long time, I always just through ... Read More
Clamp on table saw infeed table
Trying to cross cut a piece of plywood wider than 12″ on a table saw is always a bit of a juggling act if you’re also trying to use a miter gauge. There is never enough room on the infeed ... Read More
Air compressor cart
You can find the plans for this air compressor cart, along with plans for a lot of other useful jigs and accessories in the Tools and Workshop section of our site. I finally got around to building mys... Read More
Mid-loft bed to fit over IKEA dresser
As my son has grown from a pre-teen into a full blown teenager, the full-height loft with a desk and shelves underneath was no longer working. He asked if we could lower his bed, but we still wanted t... Read More
Custom maple shelves
As part of our kitchen makeover, we turned an old closet on the edge of the kitchen into a new small appliance pantry. I decided I wanted the shelves in the appliance pantry to match the drawers in al... Read More
Quick and easy router table fence upgrades
After having my router table and fence for almost eight years, I finally decided to make a few quick upgrades – and they didn’t take me more than an hour. I can’t believe I didn̵... Read More