Past Projects

To start with, here are a few pictures of some projects that I've done in the past.  Sorry about the lighting in some of these.

Here's a picture of a project that me and my friend completed when I was in high school.  This is a Cherry storage bench.  We finished it for our teacher who had started it a long while before we came along.  We used Cherry wood stock for the outside and finished off the inside with cedar.  

This here is the top.  Our teacher wanted a floral design to be routed out.  We used a stencil to trace it on and then, using a router, cut the design out, finetuning afterward with a wood chisel and some sandpaper.

We decided to add some detail in the front by adding these grooves.  We used a dado setup on the table saw to achieve this.  Again finetuning afterward with a sharp wood chisel and some sandpaper.  We also added some moulding to the front to accent the "box" shaped front. (We did the same on the sides).

Side Profile

Back.  Notice the moulding on the side to accent that "box".

Inside.  Again, we used some tongue and grooved (T&G) cedar boards to finish off the inside also adding small moulding in the corners to give it a finished look.

The other side.  (Boy, do I wish I had a shop like that.)

Here is a checker board that I also made in the high school workshop.  I used two different species of wood for this, Maple and Walnut (maple being the lighter of the two).  These two species of woods compliment each other very well.  (This board is placed in front of my old Oak Chest)

Here's a front shot of my Oak Chest.  This was one of my first major pieces of furniture.  Made with Red Oak wood.

Side Profile

Here's the front view.  (Sorry about the lighting)  I finished this off with just polyurethane but it would look very nice with a dark stain to really make the grain "pop". 

The otherside.

(Click on any of the above pictures to see larger view)

These are just a few projects that I happened to have pictures of on my computer at this time.  Over time I'll add more photos of past projects and updates of new projects and one's that are in the "works".  

Thanks for stopping by again!

-A Custom Carpenter