Coat rack made from vintage doorknobs
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Furniture
Live Edge Mesquite Mirror
Mirror made from a board of live edge mesquite.
(Excuse the mess in my trunk... Its the only pic of the whole board I took.)
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Classroom Shelves
I made some shelves for my wife's classroom, i begrudgingly used melamine so they would match existing furniture:
I first cut the 4'x8' melamine sheets down to 4'x4' so they were easier to work with in my small workshop
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Chair repair
Most mass manufactured chairs will begin to separate at the joints over time. While in great condition otherwise, these chairs have done just that. This was a complete tear-down and re-glue.
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Craftsman Morris style Dog bed
I wanted to build a bed for my dog that would match my Morris chair (That he thinks is his personal recliner), I had a matching cushion from an old couch, and used the process to practice my hand cut and chiseled mortise and tenon joinery. I used only joinery and glue to assemble this chair.
My dog is apparently very skeptical
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Snare Drum table
I needed a side table between 2 chairs in my office/theater room. I decided to dig out an old snare drum from my days as a musician. I stripped it down, cleaned and polished it, then reassembled it adding LED strip lights and a dimmer to control the brightness. Unfortunately I didn't take many pictures of the process as it was fairly quick. But here is one of the LED's and a few of the finished product.
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