Spalted Maple Stand Glue-up

I had some spalted maple left over from the valet so I used it to make a small stand similar to the plant stands. The spalted wood got used on the shelves themselves and the rest is maple scraps from other projects.

I still need to get the legs cleaned up and glued to the supports, then it's off to finishing.

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Mobile Work Table Frame

I've had these Douglas fir 4x4's sitting for half the year. I milled them up this past week and framed out the base for a mobile work/outfeed/assembly table that I can use at Technocopia . The plan is to fill it with four cabinets (two with drawers, one with trays and one for a dust cyclone) so I can bring everything into the workshop with me.

Hickory Dining Table Rough Dimensioning

I started on my biggest project to date, a hickory dining table. It'll be 4×6' without its leaf, and 7.5' with it.

Weathered Pine Tray

A friend asked me to flatten some wide pine boards that were from a basement door of her childhood home. The plan was to take the cup out of them and clean them up so they could be made into signs for her wedding. I ended up with one extra that she said to keep, but I ended up making this and giving it back to her. Weathered Pine Tray I got the idea from the New Yankee Workshop's serving trays episode, finding a compound angle calculator online to tell me how to set up the table saw and miter gauge. Once it was glued up, I put some cherry splines in to reinforce the miters. Weathered Pine Tray The hole in the side is from a doorknob, I assume. I tried to leave the rest of the flaws alone and put some of the aging back into it after the milling cleaned it up too much. I used an iron buff solution (steel wool pad and apple cider vinegar) and after one coat it darkened up like crazy. After that I just hit it with a few coats of danish oil and

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