This is my latest project. The bench is made from Yakault and Ipil. Both timbers are recycled from old buildings. The seats and backs are carved from 55 mm thick stock. The arm rest supports are steam bent Ipil. Each leg has a slider made from Ebony. There are only 12 screws used in the project and these hold the seat to the frame. This was to allow for easier finishing. The finish is lacquer with 3 wax coats to finish.

So i made this chess board, never made one before and had some extra wood laying around so i thought i’d give it a shot.

I know this is trivial for all of you but these are the #1 and #2 of a large collection, I hope…
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When I purchased my table saw in April 2010, I cut a hole in the extension wing and dropped my router lift in. It worked, but it had problems. It was intended to be a temporary fix until I could build the one I really wanted.

This is a torsion box design with two 1/2” MDF skins and a 1” tall by 5/8” thick grid work in between. The top is replaceable and is screwed on from underneath, before the bottom MDF skin is in place. This version is very flat, I had made one for my old table saw and it was also flat and stayed that way. I added a few details to this one, like the solid wood trim, a switch (which is handy), and a dust collection box underneath, which gathers about 95% of what the router dishes out when combined with the fence dust collection.

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Steven

This project is a egg cup made from a rough Pecan Log. As a beginner this is the fourth egg cup I tryed and the first that I managed to finish. It is made of green pecan and consequently I have noticed a crack in the base. Hopefully I can repair the crack with some epoxy in order to stop it from further cracks.

This is another Osage Orange bowl from the other half of the rough log that I made the former bowl from. This bowl is 2.5” deep and 5” across. It started as a rough log and ended up as a beautiful wood grain bowl. I did not have access to a band saw when I began the project so I cut the radius as well as I could with a chain saw. Needless to say it was a bear to get it rounded to turn.

The posting here started out as a Rolling Pin, however, I used reen wood and the handle on one end was cracked bad, so I changed the use from a rolling pin to a mallet. This is a piece of newly cut pecan.

The original rolling pin was 11” long and 5” in diameter, however cutting the one handle off reduced the size down to a little over 8”. Sometimes the projects change from original uses to alternative uses. Not all was lost.

It was about time for and upgrade for my dust collector, the original collector, pic 1 & 2, did pretty well, it have a small cartridge filter hanging off the side, it did tend to fill up and clog up often.

I followed the plan by Lance but made some modifications. Instead of routing out the bottom to sit on the rim of the can, I cut out the can lid and screwed and puttied it with air duct sealer to the bottom of the separator. I put some foam tape on the edge of the lid to keep it tight. The motor I had fit right on top of the separator. I dumped out what I had in the can and in the filter which was pretty clogged, cleaned out the filter cartridge really good, and started picking it up, did very nicely, only some small mdf dust had entered the filter. Overall I would say it kept my filter 99% cleaner. Very happy with it.

This is a Pecan hollow form. Darn thing took 10 forevers to sand. I drilled out the holes with regular drill bits, then cleaned and shaped them with a dremel. To sand all the edges round, i used strips of old sanding belts, weaving it into two holes and “flossing” it. The next one I carve holes in, will have a different pattern besides alternating them. It creates way too many “Y” shapes to contend with, unnecessarily.

I decided on a 24? by 18? by 18? dovetailed box. The moldings and bottoms were nailed and glued on, while the top has a split piano hinge as its method of movement. Most of the dovetails and dadoes are splined for strength (because I can?t cut a tight dovetail) and I used a L-N low angle block plane to get the pins and tails even. I only used power tools for milling the wood.

Inside. First, a tool tray with a small selection of hammers, nail sets, wrenches, etc. A chisel/gouge/trisquare rack, a saw till, and some places for hand plane storage.

It?s gotten a few facelifts since then. My students painted it with blue and green acrylics. A few kids hand-sanded the tray and outside to get “that” look. I still have to work on getting it to look artistic. We then laid a few coats of glossy Minwax Polycrylic. I added rails on the top to hold an old Woodkraft miterbox. I can move the piece pretty well with the saw on top.

I also added a hammer rack ? 3/4 inch pine rails frame a piece of pegboard, while 1/8th inch bungee cord from R.E.I keeps everything wired in. A clasp on the front lock it in, a chain to keep everything swinging nice.

More pictures of the build at www.woodshopcowboy.com