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Here's that man again, Still sitting on a rapidly shrinking pile of salvaged cedar boards, constantly trying to think of things to make with the stuff. A finger-jointed decorative box, 14x8x8 inches, with a glued-up scrap/quilt lid panel. Cedar planed to 5/8" thick, 1/4" finger joints cut...

Howdy, sawdust creators! Christmas present finished, ready to ship to its destination. The Latest Woodsmith Magazine, issue 216, had in it a small curved fingerjointed keepsake box, that I was inspired to make as a present, for an important person I tend to make things for. The body of the...

Not truly turnings.....done without a lathe. I made the blanks, then stuffed them on an expanding sanding spindle & chucked them into my drill press. All the shaping & finishing work was done with files & sandpaper. Many Rings! :) Walnut: Walnut & Aspen Sandwich, with colored pencil...

A small Ring Box I made as a Birthday present for a dear friend. Bottom shell = Walnut. Top shell = Sycamore. Note to self - next one, apply the banding BEFORE cutting the box sides, so the corners of the banding line up properly when mitered. Thanks for looking, -Kevin in Indy

Willkommen, Amigos! In the past, I have posted various "Shop Tour" threads. As a preface, allow me to link to them here. http://familywoodworking.org/forums/showthread.php?7449-Tour-Time!-(Inline-pics-dialups-take-note)...

Hi, gang. Got a bit of a project I'm working on....a kitchen-counter sized storage box, couple of drawers, angled top, to prop up a cookbook/printed sheets of recipes/tablet. The whole thing is made from cedar.....salvaged cedar that cost me precisely zero. I was just wondering....since one...

Christmas present done, made for the "Family Free-for-all" gift exchange, so no idea who will end up with it. A simple cheeseboard, knocked together from scrap bits I had on hand (There's virtue in saving those little off-cuts - no matter how insignificant they seem) Strips & stripes...

A simple cabinet of drawers to sit on a benchtop (exactly where, I have yet to determine). Plywood & Sycamore. Drawer bottoms/slides from 1/4" ply, drawer fronts sourced from miscellaneous scrap bits lying around the shop. There are more photos posted to both my Flickr page...

Some time back, I spotted this little shelf at a garage sale, and bought it for $1. Thinking it would be perfect as a shot glass rack, I discovered that the spacing between the shelves was about 1/8" too narrow for standard-sized shot glasses. Flipping it over & looking at the back, I saw...

I have several old spreadsheets - various inventories - that were created using Lotus 123. Is there an easy way, or ANY way, to convert those file to something that can be opened with either MS Office, or OpenOffice? :huh::dunno: -Kevin in Indy (hoping someone can point him in the right...

The ongoing evolution of my Shop has achieved another milestone. Quite some time back, like I dunno, a year and a half or something, I posted some pics of a stand/cabinet I built for my little Ryobi benchtop Table Saw. This past January, I finally upgraded that toy to a "Real" table saw...

A while back I posted a gloat about salvaging some rough-cut cedar boards. This thread: http://familywoodworking.org/forums/showthread.php?p=168370#post168370 Here are some pics of the first completed project using those salvaged boards. A friend of mine was wanting a display rack for shot...

Ok, gang - Y'all tell me how good a gloat this is: The other day I noticed, sitting out behind a local liquor store, a couple of wood wine bottle display racks, so I popped in & asked them what was up with those rack out behind their back door, and was told that they were being disposed of...

It's interesting to me, that as I come in here to post this, Stephan is posting about his new 3HP Steel City Granite Saw - this is it's Little Brother. :D There has been a lot of talk going around about this new saw - and I have been lusting after one almost since I heard about them. With the...

Alex's "Little Shop Upgrade", up there in Flatwork, reminded me that I have yet to post piccys of my latest addition. In the never ending quest for additional shop space/storage/organization, I have added a set of drawers under a bench in my shop. Here's the bench & it's attendant mess before...

C10LA 10" Left Tilt 1.5HP cabinet Saw. I have been kinda quietly looking for a table saw...gotta upgrade from this tiny Ryobi benchtop. I had been kinda looking at one of the Craftsman 22124 cabinet saws...but the price on this Hitachi is MUCH better....and with all the talk of tool prices...

This is a Birthday Present for a "Turning 10" li'l girl who is a Pirates of the Caribbean FREAK. :D The base, or "Flag" portion is simply 1/4" ply, covered in black Felt. The Skull & Crossbones, or "Jolly Roger" section is scrollsawed from 3/4" Purpleheart - and man, lemme tell ya, that stuff...

What would you recomend? Obviously, I don't want anything to mess with that gorgeous purple tone - but I want the wood protected. If it helps any, this will just be something decorative, hanging on a wall. If anybody has suggestions, I'm all ears. :dunno::huh: -Kevin in Indy

First off - I have a fixed base, in a table - came as a combo, this particular Ryobi: Actually, the Ryobi combo I have is a bit older than this one shown, it has a slightly different guard/dust chute arrangement, and the router that came with it has only a fixed base, not a plunge like this...

..or, as I call 'em, "Saw Oxen" :rofl: Uprights on each end are 2x8's - the cross braces are 2x6's, the feet are 2x4's, and the removeable, re-positionable long stringers are 2x3's. Makes a nice moveable (I hate to say portable - they are kinda heavy) work table, easily big enough for a 4x8...