Charcuterie Board

I recently made this walnut charcuterie board for my friends Alesha and Ben, who are moving to British Columbia in September.  I wish them all the best!!

Side Table - Magazine Rack - Book Shelf

For the longest time, my mom had this antique table at the front entrance of her home.  It was the ugliest table, all scratched up, water stains all over it, and in much need of repair.  Twenty years later, I decided to do something with it.

I stripped it down as much as I could, without causing any further damage. I need to find the hardware that will allow the table to open up.

Transformed Farmhouse Kitchen Table

My sister-in-law has an excellent eye for finding absolute gems. This one is no exception.  While she and my wife were out shopping, she found this pedestal table for my daughter’s new place. 

Surprisingly, the table was in decent shape, but was due for a makeover. So I bought it. If I told you how much I paid for it, you wouldn’t believe me.

I took it apart and completely stripped down the tabletop, while the base only required some sanding.  I used a combination of olive oil and vinegar to remove all the scuffs and scratches.

The table has three coats of stain and two coats of satin topcoat.   It turned out awesome!  Thank you Janis!!

Cube Storage for Vinyl Collection

My good friends Linda and Pierre recently purchased a new sound system, including a turntable for their vinyl collection!  They asked me to make some storage cubes for their albums.  They chose Oak.  

Pierre and I went to Lowe's and bought a 4x8x3/4" sheet of oak veneer.  I stained it black to match their speakers.  I also put a 3/4" Oak frame around the face of the cubes.  After 3 coats of stain and 2 coats of top coat, the cubes turned out awesome!

Cordless Tool Station

One of my favourite online resources for woodworking instruction, videos, DVDs, ideas and information is Woodworkers Guild of America. As a member, I have access to a ton of awesome woodworking literature, classes, plans, etc.  While browsing the website, I came across this Cordless Tool Station class, and needed to build one for my shop.

This project has it all: jigs, dadoes, rabbets, face frames, edge banding, pocket hole joinery, mechanical drawer slides, 1/2" overlay euro style face mount hinges (Blum Compact 38N355B.08), and drawer boxes made with lock rabbet joints on the table saw!  Tons of learning opportunities!!

I started by bucking down the 3/4" plywood into manageable chunks and removed all the factory edges.

This project should be a lot of fun!  I'll be posting pictures as I go along.

Jigs

More jigs

Edge Banding

Euro face-mount hinges