Category: Small Projects
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Small Display Case | A Dad & Son Project!
I absolutely love that my son Ian came to me with a project idea that he wanted to build with me. While the negative is that he broke his wrist a few months ago, after getting signatures from us, the kids at school and his teachers, it turned into a bit of a badge of…
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Sushi Cutting Board from David Picciuto’s ‘Make Your Own Cutting Boards’
As a wedding gift, I recently made the Sushi cutting board from David Picciuto’s book Make Your Own Cutting Boards: Smart Projects and Stylish Designs for a Hands-On Kitchen. This cutting board really has an elegant design with an Eastern feel. The hard maple and walnut contrast nicely on a smaller project like this. Sometimes,…
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Accordion Style Christmas Tree Decoration
Shop time has been a bit in short supply lately. I had a couple of days off this week where I was able to spend some quality time there finally. Sometimes a small, easy project is great to get back into the groove and get a feeling of accomplishment that you got to finish something.…
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Waffle Trivets – Last Minute Elf 2013
I was thinking about what sort of Christmas gifts I might make this year, especially since I did not get time to do any last year. Then, when Tom over at Tom’s Workbench introduced The Last Minute Elf, I thought it was a great way to generate some ideas for folks on what they could…
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Before “The Beginning”… The Woodworking Bug That Bit
When looking at what gets people interested in woodworking, it’s probably a true statement that many of us get “bit by the bug” with DIY projects around the house. I’m not an exception here. One of the bigger projects thus far in our house was when we had to get the other upstairs bedroom ready…
