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Maybe a touch of overkill

Maybe a touch of overkill

So … I finished my first project since the shoulder surgery. I’m not by any means all the way back to full strength, especially in certain shoulder-heavy moves (like lifting my arm?), but I have enough two-handed ability to be...
Piano-key Coat Rack

Piano-key Coat Rack

I wanted to do something for my physical therapists, because they’ve been really good to me this year. (And, though they don’t know it yet, we’re not as done as they think. More on that later.) They often play classical...
Belt Rack

Belt Rack

This is a quick project I did with some scrap wood, just for myself. Belt rack, finished and in place I didn’t even realize this would work, so there are no in-progress photos. It’s made of two pieces of scrap — one...
More Bathroom Accessories

More Bathroom Accessories

Yep, I still have two more things to do: we need a new toilet paper holder and a new towel rack. And in the process I need to solve the problems we have with the current ones. The toilet paper holder is something I did on the CNC a few...
Walnut Trash Can

Walnut Trash Can

I know — the first two questions on some people’s minds would be why make a trash can, and why use walnut for something utilitarian? And I admit I don’t really have a good answer, other than the other accessories...
Matthew & Jenny’s End Table

Matthew & Jenny’s End Ta...

It started with this One day in October a neighbor came over with a request: he had a cookie (ie, a radial segment cut from a log) from a hickory tree, and he wondered if I could make it into and end table. The idea was to make it a...