About Me

Welcome to my sawdust-filled corner of the internet. As a life-long tinkerer and DIYer, I found a true passion for woodworking during the pandemic. Every project is unique, offering me a chance to be creative, a designer, an engineer and a problem-solver. Nearly every cut or joinery can be accomplished multiple ways so I can learn a new technique, new skill or use a new tool with almost every build. I feel tremendous pride and accomplishment with each item I make, no matter the size, and a real personal connection to a handcrafted item that will last for years to come.

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Router Table (Part 1 of 2) One of the reasons I bought the larger contractor table saw is that it has rooms in the extension wings for a router table. Given my small garage shop, floor space is at a premium so I made my own router table mounted int
Spalted Curly Maple Desk (Part 4 of 4) My biggest project to date, I made a custom desktop with an incredible spalted and curly maple slab. Utilized the natural edge of the wood and solid black tinted epoxy to create an amazing desk for my office.
Spalted Curly Maple Desk (Part 3 of 4) After a letting the epoxy cure for over a week, I took the new desk out of the mold and flattened the top and bottom with a router sled. The final thing before sanding and finishing was adding some c-channel to
Spalted Curly Maple Desk (Part 2 of 4) With the slab cut, reinforced and cleaned up, I made a melamine form for the epoxy pour. Due to the nature of spalted maple, having soft porous and punky wood, I first used penetrating epoxy to saturate the wo
Spalted Curly Maple Desk (Part 1 of 4) Bought an amazing Maple slab, the slab was heavily spalted and had curly figure across the entire surface. Never seen so much curl and spalting on a single slab so I decided to use it for a new desktop on my s
Epoxy Color Sample Board In preparation for my biggest project up to that point, I took a scrap piece of the wood and tested epoxy colors to see how they looked in combination with the wood. I made extra holes for future colors and can keep the boa
Console Table with Jake Jake and I each bought amazing Spalted Curly Maple Slabs. For our first project using the slabs, we used a cut-off to make a console table with epoxy. Jake removed the bark, cleaned the edges and planed the slabs flat befor
New Workbench/Assembly Table (Part 3 of 3) Workbench build photos part 2 - Attached the worktop to the base. Added Red Oak edge banding along the edges of the MDF top. Routed the Dados for the T-Track and finished the top with Shellac before install
New Workbench/Assembly Table (Part 2 of 3) Workbench build photos part 1 - milling the legs, laminating the legs and cutting half-laps, cross-laps and worktop parts. Assembling the base.
New Workbench/Assembly Table (Part 1 of 3) After upgrading to new table saw, I needed a new workbench. I designed it to have a wide open lower area for drawers, dust collection and storage cubbies and T-track. Using a combination of 2x4s, MDF and Re
New Table Saw!! Upgraded to the Delta T2 contractor table saw. After two and a half years using the 8-1/4” Dewalt jobsite saw I decided to upgrade to the 10” Delta. The larger saw will allow me to breakdown larger lumber, use a dado sta
Floating Wrap-Around Corner Shelf (Part 1 of 2) Made a floating shelf for wrapping around a corner. Weirdly this was the most challenging build up that point due to all the angles. Every corner is beveled and the center joints are mitered creating