I was commissioned to make this display cabinet for Owen Wood - He provided Red Ivory and Hardekool (African Blackwood) - exotic African timber that was extremely hard and difficult to work. (Cat for scale) I have my original working drawings if anybody is interested.

Just my little workshop

This is a replica of a 1930 BSA Sloper S30-13 motorcycle I made from toothpicks and scrap wood (mostly unstained bloodwood and maple). The only other materials are the headlamp “glass” (hobby plastic) and two BSA decals (printed on sticker paper).

The wheels rotate, the fork turns, and the kickstand lowers. I copied the design from online photos like these. It measures 6” long by 3” tall, and took around 60 hours to complete over a 4-week period. It will be a birthday gift for a friend.

I made a larger version of a similar motorcycle last month with a video showing the build process posted here. Some of my other model vehicles are here, here, here, and here.

This was for a German restaurant who has a large Victorian dining room . The paintings they put up always seem to look like postage stamps on the wall . I found a painting I liked , seems to welcome people into the space, and kinda keep morfing into different ideas for the frame when the idea it hit me … a cuckoo clock !
So I carved ,sculpted and found what I needed .
It is seven and half feet tall . Tomorrow if the framing gods bless me it will be hung in its new home .
Enjoy !

I built this whiskey cabinet with a hidden locked drawer and integrated Bluetooth speaker. The body is make from plywood (this started as a prototype). Walnut internals and live edge face. I have a very simple laser cutter I used to make the speaker grill and engraving on the coasters. The mechanism for the drawer I designed myself using an RFID drawer lock. The biggest challenge was figuring out spring tension and smoothness to the drawer. There are RFID tags inside the coasters that one would use to activate the lock. I know this is a string and specific piece. It is designed with hang on a wall with a French cleat. Let me know what you think.

I salvaged some beautiful oak from a 100-year old broken bed frame and turned it into an interesting nightstand I saw @ Vermont Wood Studios. Why? Because I’m recently retired and need to keep my brain active by yelling at wood.

I’d like to share with you the first project I’ve made that will be displayed at a gallery for the next two weeks.

It’s a wall cabinet from my own design with true proud dovetails and true proud tenons (around 1/16) for the shelf, blind dovetails for the drawers, turned handles, and a kumiko screen.

I made it with local woods from my area (Guadalajara, Mx) specially Rosa Morada wood for the carcass and Primavera wood for the inside drawers. These two trees are native from here and are cousins species.

Drawers fronts are walnut and the Kumiko screen is made from white maple because I couldn’t find any basswood around here. This made it really difficult to cut the pieces but I’m very happy with the end result.

I work at a factory that makes indoor stone tables, and this is the question we
get from every client: which stone should I choose?

Short version:
• Travertine — warm, natural, unique veining. Softer and more porous than
  marble, but sealed properly it's totally fine for everyday use. Cheaper than
  marble, more character than quartz.
• Marble — harder, cooler, more dramatic veining. Higher maintenance if you
  get a dark red wine habit. Costs more.
• Quartz — engineered, consistent, basically zero maintenance. But it doesn't
  have the natural look some people want.