Headphone Stand

Simple headphone stand made out of Walnut, Ebony and Aluminum.  This piece was inspired by a headphone stand I saw here: https://www.massdrop.com/buy/cocobolo-headphone-stand 

Segmented Bowl (#3)

This is the third bowl I have made, and the first attempt at a segmented turning.  The bowl is made from scraps of Walnut and Padauk and finished with multiple light coats of Danish Oil.

Finished Walnut Bowl (#1)

Bowl sanded to 600 and finished with beeswax.

Turned Bowl

This is my first attempt at turning a bowl.  I started by gluing together two 6" x 6" pieces of 8/4 Walnut.  I used a combination of traditional turning tools and a Easy Wood Tools Finisher and my new Nova Midi-Chuck.  I still want to hollow out a little more near the bottom, then a ton of sanding and finish.

Bottle Opener with Cap-Catcher

I made this "simple" bottle opener/cap-catcher out of walnut.  The box is dovetailed and the bottom of the box slides open to dump the caps into a trash-can.  The live-edge on the back piece was not the original design, but after looking at the extra cut-off piece I decided to use it instead, I think it adds a lot to this piece.

Medicine Cabinet

This cabinet was built with the "scraps" from the bookshelf build.  The size of the scraps somewhat dictated the size of the cabinet, primarily the left-over piece of 1/4" Walnut plywood for the back-panel was only 16" wide.  The cabinet construction is similar to the bookshelves using the Festool Domino.  

Small Walnut Boxes

A couple of simple Greene & Greene inspired boxes made from some walnut scraps.

Small Desk

This is a small desk that I built to go between the bookshelves.  The desk is built from the leftovers from the bookshelf build and finished with Danish Oil and wax.  

Honestly I think the bookshelves look better moved apart.

Bookshelves - Part 5

The bookshelves are finally completed and installed.  This was one of the largest projects that I have done, and I am incredibly pleased with the results.

Entry Way Shelf

With some leftover walnut from the bookshelf project I put together a quick entry-way shelf with some coat hooks that were bought from Hobby Lobby.  The hooks are for my three daughters (red) and one son (blue-green).  Same finish as the bookshelves, multiple coats of Danish Oil.

Bookshelves - Part 4

Five coats of Danish Oil later...

Now on to the next bookshelf.

Bookshelves - Part 3

Gluing on the face-frame, again I need more clamps.

Custom molding

Molding installed with the first coat of Danish Oil.

Bookshelves - Part 2

Back panel glued on (I need more clamps!)

Fitting the face frame.  I am still figuring out how I want this to look so I haven't put the face-frame on yet.

All of the shelves are completed with a 1/4" thick piece of solid walnut glued to the front of each shelf.  The movable shelves were done with the Kreg Shelf Jig with only three holes per shelf.

Bookshelves - Part 1

I have put this project on hold, primarily because I knew that it would be a lot of work.  These bookcases will be 7' tall x 32" wide and will be made out of Walnut plywood and solid Walnut.  The case is joined together with 5mm domino's.

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Getting ready for the first cut on the 4x8 sheet of Walnut.  At $130/sheet, this was a little unnerving.

Shelves

Side Panels

Using the Festool Domino to cut mortises for the case.

Mortises

Using the Kreg Shelf-Pin Jig to drill holes for movable shelves.

Dry-fit

All glued up in the clamps.

Putter Display

I wanted to build something that challenged me from a design perspective, something that wasn't "square".  For years I have collected putters and I  had been wanting a way to display one of them so I started sketching out a floor display that would hold a single putter, but would also function as a "practice hole".   Overall I was happy with the shape that I drew, now to transfer that to some wood.  This project is made from 6/4 Walnut.

Sketches

Main pieces cut out.

The "trunk" balances nicely on the base.

First time using the Festool Domino...amazing machine!

Multiple coats of Danish Oil followed up by a coat of paste wax.

Completed.