This winter I focused on smaller projects. I got into bandsaw boxes.  Here are a couple I made this winter. One was a Valentine’s Day gift for my wife using a piece of unusual wood we brought back from Ghana.

The souvenirs I’m always looking for during international travels are cutting boards made from local wood. I have cutting boards from Ghana, South Africa, Ethiopia, and Russia.  These are usually not found in tourist shops.

The inspiration for doing bandsaw boxes was the video you did a while back making the “yin/yang” box.

I found a piece of spalled wood in my workshop and made a small box.  This inspiration came from your video of making a small box from a two foot piece of scrap.

-Don Gwinn

This is one of my best big projects.

-Susie Marcade

This is a prototype of a table I designed. I wanted to work out any issues before going to the final. This one is made out of Maple. The final one will be African Mahogany. I still finished it as if it were the final, as we will be using it until I get to the mahogany one, and after that, it will move to our camp.

-Joe Sarna

In honor of National Woodworking Month, here are some photos of my latest project – built-in bookshelves and cabinets, complete with a Murphy bed, for my basement. Last fall, the company I work for announced that our temporary work-from-home arrangement would be permanent, so I knew I needed a dedicated work space.

Four months and one big basement renovation later, I have my home office and a family rec room. The rec room features built-in cabinets around a murphy bed for when my parents come to visit, and the office showcases maple built-in bookshelves for my oh-too-many books.

-Brian Sigmon

I wanted an end table that would fit between my recliner and the wall. It had to fit under the drapes, include a shelf for my woodworking catalogs, and a drawer to help manage the clutter on the window sill. A little time with Sketchup and this meets my needs.

-Jim Ryan

This is my latest piece. The box is walnut, the drawer is ash, the drawer handle is walnut, and the sliding dovetail drawer runner is oak. I know that you said to send one picture, but felt that a single photo didn’t really show it off.

-Richard Ross

I just completed this work bench I have been wanting to build. It is heavy duty with 4×6 construction and a1 1/2 inch butcher block top 36 x 72. The bench is fitted with a five drawer insert which provides storage for commonly used tools at your bench. I have been wanting to do this for sometime. I did not have any plans however did view many pictures.

-Dennis Sheehan
Antioch, IL

Recently my wife had to relocate her small business office to a new building. She hired a contractor to do most of the renovation, but she asked me to replace the vanity in the bathroom.

-Allan Knowlden
Evansville, IN

The first project is a live double edge Ash table. It measures 2″ thick, 17″ wide and 47″ long. I finished with high gloss epoxy and 16″ hair pin legs.

The second is a Walnut table with blue epoxy to fill a void. Measures 2″ thick by 11″ wide by 46″ long and 16″ hair pins legs

-Richard Lampe
Ellsworth, IL

Thank you all once again for sharing your latest projects!

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