My Woodworking. |
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Thanks to my very good friend and
neighbor, Bill McAbee, I have been learning a new skill,
woodworking. Below are some of the pieces I have done in the last 4
years.
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A walnut coffee table I made for a friend in Camden
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I made this kitchen cart/island for an
old friend. Oak and mahogany. The top is maple.
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Below are photos of the tables
that I was commissioned to make for the new country club lounge.
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I made 2 of these
octagonal tables. |
Four of these 3 ft.
sq. tables done. |
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This 10 ft.
by 3 ft table is to be the the centerpiece of the lounge.
The photo to the right shows the grain of the wood. The
white spots are reflections of the lights. All table were
made from cherry and have a light red mahogany stain then
finished with 4 coast of semi-gloss polyurethane and finally
Johnson's paste wax. |
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Desk for Asa. Made of oak and
finished in walnut stain and polyurethane. The top 2 drawers were
scavenged from an old table. My first time of really doing
half-blind dovetail joints on the drawers. |
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Asa's Bed. It is a
standard double made from oak with a dark walnut stain and waxed.
There are 42 pieces of wood in the bed. I guess a matching chest
of drawers and dresser are next up. |
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I used the last of my walnut to make |
a TV stand for our new TV. I put
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walnut stain and the just Johnson's |
wax and buffed to a dull finish. It
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42" wide, 25" tall and 14"
deep. |
The bottom is crammit space. |
Eureka! I found some more walnut, not much
but enough to do a small project or two. |
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A bowl made from a single piece of log.
Notice the knot hole. Kim uses this as a bread
bowl. |

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A 5 ft dresser
and mirror that matches Kim's bed and night stand/chest of
drawers. This is almost the last of my walnut... I'm depressed. |
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Red cedar coffee table for my next
door neighbor who provided two cedar trees. |
Queen size bed for Kim and
Clayton. Black walnut. |
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Tigerwood with cherry bottom |
Tigerwood with walnut bottom |

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This is the centerpiece of our cherry
table. A cherry bowl. |
The centerpiece of Lindy and Joe's
table, an oak bowl. |
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Lindy's (daughter-in-law) 9 ft. oak table.
There is a matching bench.
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Walnut table and bench in Kim's
Ole Kentucky Home. |

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Walnut night stand to match Kim's bed. Those
white places are not cracks, just white sap wood. |
9 ft. Cherry table for and matching 12 in.
bowl for us. I have less than $200 in these two pieces. |
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An experiment, a cedar bowl made from a
log. Unfortunately the log was green and several cracks
formed while drying. |
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A coat rack made of oak for the laundry room. |
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A rustic 4' by 4' black walnut kitchen
island, serves many purposes. I cut the walnut from nearby
woods. |
A walnut shoe bench for the sun room. |
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