Using up black walnut leftovers for some hand-carved vessels and whatnot.

My first stick chair. I used salvaged wood I had on hand, Douglas fir and ash spindles. The saddle is thin at 1” but I don’t weigh much. It’ll live outside so I have someplace to sit and watch the sun go down.

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Lily of the Valley. It’s pernicious and nearly impossible to keep control of, but for two weeks it’s beautiful.

#lilyofthevalley

A side table I made a couple of years ago. Sapele with a canary wood top.

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All Douglas fir with a DIY wagon vise and a rescued leg vise that’s hard to see in this photo. It’s a southpaw bench.

Is there anything more hilarious than a libertarian with a taxpayer-funded job? On a related note, here’s a candid photo from Rocky Neck state park in Connecticut.

Another oldie. My Dutch tool chest with a mobile base cabinet I added later. I’ve since added more storage racks for layout tools and moved my smoothing planes to the lower shelf. I keep my No. 5 & 6 up top with my block planes. All my saws are in a separate till.

I made this a while ago as an auction item for a local nonprofit. Turns out this nonprofit used about $1.2M in PPP loans to pay down debt instead of its expressed purpose. The loans were later forgiven. Caveat Emptor. Anyway…it’s black walnut and white oak, a combination I’m particularly fond of.

A tea box I made for a friend. White oak with cherry interior.

Dutch tool chests fit my shop organization the best. But…I always wanted to build an anarchist (aka English) tool chest. Last year I built a downsized version for my carving tools using a bunch of free pine I got from a neighbor. I’m happy with the result except perhaps for the milk paint finish.

A small table in cherry with an ash top. There’s also some black walnut inlaid strips and through-tenon wedges.

Shaker style chest of drawers in cherry using traditional joinery done with hand tools only.

One of a pair of side tables. Cherry with poplar drawer boxes.

I’m a hobbyist woodworker. Gradually moving my portfolio from kneepad social. Or bootlicker social or however you choose to label it.

Here’s nightstand 2 of two completed last summer. All cherry with hand-textured panels.

A better photo of the black walnut cabinet with hand carved panels. Made with traditional hand tools.

Work in progress.

Cherry nightstand 2 of 2. Made by hand with texture carved panels.