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Charcuterie and Cutting Boards

I made some Charcuterie and Cutting boards with various hard woods. Quit serving your charcuterie on paper plates. Get some class.

Sep 26, 20240 min read

Some Bowls. English Walnut, Big Leaf Maple Burl, and a few Green American Chestnut from the trees behind my house. Living American Chestnut trees are amazing. But sometimes they die.

Sep 26, 20240 min read

Some Recent Woodwork. Cutting Board, some Black Palm, Big Leaf Maple Burl, some furniture and other bowls.

Sep 25, 20240 min read

I finished the inside of my tree house. It's Amish Knotty Pine with Reclaimed Redwood trim. This is where I write my books. Mostly on the deck in the summer.

The Redwood Pines tree house.

Apr 16, 20210 min read

I added screened windows and the walls and door - with help from my girls

Apr 16, 20211 min read

I put a metal roof on the extended rafters

Because I added the beds that came out 2 feet on either side, I extended the rafters by more than 2 feet. Then I put a metal roof on top...

Apr 16, 20210 min read

This is the making of the bones of the tree house on the old bones

Apr 16, 20211 min read

Building the deck off the old tree-house bones and connecting it to trees

The deck off the tree house is connected to two locust trees with a 20 foot 2 by 8. The deck is 12 by 8.

Apr 16, 20211 min read

Lifting the roof on the tree-house skeleton

The tree house was made on the bones of an old raised and unfinished building for the kids who lived here before us. The roof was too...

Apr 16, 20210 min read

My Granddaughter's Name in wood and her new door at our house

Apr 16, 20210 min read

The making of a two piece Chicken Tractor

Apr 9, 20211 min read

2 Green Am. Chestnut bowls on reclaimed Am. Chestnut desk

I am one of the few living people to ever get to turn green American Chestnut. Most of the trees have died due to the Chinese blight,...

Apr 9, 20210 min read

Two Big Leaf Maple Burl bowls - a lot of figure

Apr 9, 20210 min read

Wormy and Spaulted English Walnut bowl on American Chestnut desk - raw and interesting

Apr 9, 20210 min read

4-person Chess board with 3-person chessboard and chess table in the chess nook

Apr 9, 20210 min read

Bathroom Cabinet with sheets folded by the girls - the doors aren't yet painted

Apr 9, 20210 min read

My wife's Kitchen cabinet of American Chestnut and Birch

Apr 7, 20210 min read

A couple of junk bowls turned from some green Elm cut down in my buddy's back yard- useful for tools

Apr 3, 20210 min read

The making of a three layer bowl

Apr 3, 20210 min read

The Feed

Charcuterie and Cutting Boards

Some Bowls. English Walnut, Big Leaf Maple Burl, and a few Green American Chestnut from the trees behind my house. Living American Chestnut trees are amazing. But sometimes they die.

Some Recent Woodwork. Cutting Board, some Black Palm, Big Leaf Maple Burl, some furniture and other bowls.

I finished the inside of my tree house. It's Amish Knotty Pine with Reclaimed Redwood trim. This is where I write my books. Mostly on the deck in the summer.

I added screened windows and the walls and door - with help from my girls

I put a metal roof on the extended rafters

This is the making of the bones of the tree house on the old bones

Building the deck off the old tree-house bones and connecting it to trees

Lifting the roof on the tree-house skeleton

My Granddaughter's Name in wood and her new door at our house

The making of a two piece Chicken Tractor

2 Green Am. Chestnut bowls on reclaimed Am. Chestnut desk

Two Big Leaf Maple Burl bowls - a lot of figure

Wormy and Spaulted English Walnut bowl on American Chestnut desk - raw and interesting

4-person Chess board with 3-person chessboard and chess table in the chess nook

Bathroom Cabinet with sheets folded by the girls - the doors aren't yet painted

My wife's Kitchen cabinet of American Chestnut and Birch

A couple of junk bowls turned from some green Elm cut down in my buddy's back yard- useful for tools

The making of a three layer bowl

The making of the Crusader's Goblet

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