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My father has always had a wood shop in the basement... or at least as long as I can remember. I'm just the kind of creative geek that would latch on to that kind of opportunity. I've taken a couple of wood shop classes, but most of what I know, I learned from my father. Would that all the kids in my classes could be as lucky to have such a great teacher. Anyway, here are some of my woodworking projects, finished, unfinished, and plans. Enjoy.
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This is a sketch of a coffee table design that I made. I intend to make this someday. The top of the table is glass and lifts up so that the decorations under the glass can be changed periodically. For instance: dried leaves and twigs for autumn, pressed flowers for spring. The lower section has a long, shallow drawer on each side and a narrow, deep drawer on each end. The corners are turned and then hand carved. Each of the sides and drawer fronts are also carved. Finished January 1998. Back to Top
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When I lived above the King & I Restaurant with Stef, Jim, and Tobi. Since it was a loft apartment, in order to give us some privacy I built these doors to separate the areas. They were made out of simple pine with a light oil finish. The doors themselves were 2x4's with double panes of glass separated by handmade rice paper. They were unbelievably heavy and I had to hang them with a garage door track and wheels. I was originally going to put a piece of rice paper between the two sections at the top (yes I hand carved that TWICE) but in the end decided that it would be too delicate. It looked quite good as it was and I didn't think that the rice paper would add that much to it. You can see a copy of the original drawing that I used for the top here or in my design section. I no longer have the doors as I gave them away when I moved out. Finished March 1997. Back to Top
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This was a project for 4-H. I'd always loved turning wood, so I decided to make a lamp. I used walnut and rock birch for wildly contrasting colors. The base makes an interesting mushroom shape because of the contrasting wood. I won a blue at the Walworth County Fair... did not manage to make best overall, though. Finished August 1990. Back to Top
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