Most of my projects are gifts, and I seldom take pictures. But here are a few projects

A walnut/cherry hope chest.

Oak Barrister Bookcase.

Maple Shaker desk. (the shelf in the right pigeon hole looks out,
but it is just the distortion of the camera! ... really!)

Here's a Mission style bed,  matching night stands, dressers, and mirror ... all  made out of local Alder.



 

 

  Although you can barely see the mirror!

Here is a morris chair. Note the bent arms. Not very happy with the cushion though, I wanted a softer look.
A chair like this just makes you want to think!  I built the bookcase behind it many years ago. At the time money was tight, and so my goal was to minimize costs. Using various
bits of scrap, the total cost came to about $70.



Here are some little boxes and some mirrors I've made for gifts. All woodwork is a matter of boxes and frames with variations.
A little box with inlays like this is actually harder to make than any of the above furniture.

 

 

Here's a kitchen cabinet made of alder.

and here's a hallway shoe bench made and stained the same way:




I made the above for my daughter-in-law. I also made her the following tv cabinet and bookcase:

 

This cabinet was built from several alder trees that I had cut down and milled the year before. I'd become attached
to the precious wood, and so I was a little crushed at the request to paint(!) the solid wood cabinet.  At least the top
was stained and shows the beautiful grain. When it came time to build the matching bookcase below, I opted for
purchased alder. One day, a grandchild is going to strip the paint and wonder why anyone would cover
the beautiful wood. That's Tom approving.


I ended up making a matching dining room cabinet. This thing was huge: 8 feet long and high.

I made it in too parts, and my daughter-in-law wanted it to fill the space. So I made it tight on

the top. Too tight, it did not fit and I had to redo the top!



Carving is the opposite of woodwork in many ways. No plans, no measurements, just a knife.  Here's an archer, abe, Thor, a preacher, and Pirate I did.

 

Here are some more. The T-rex is one of my favorites. The ax man is modeled after one of my macro colleagues.





When I was a boy my neighbor had a little sandbox "digger" that I liked.  Once my own grandchildren came along I built a sandbox and started looking for
digger plans.  None could be found that I liked, or that reminded me of the one I'd used as a boy.  Then I was told that my dad had built a replica in 1980 and
given it to some friends.  I tracked the people down in 2019, and low and behold the digger still existed ... although it was no longer functional.

I took the digger home, and tried to take it apart to make copies of the pieces. Unfortunately, it literally disintergrated under the force, and looked like a pile of junk:



I was still able to get measurements, however, and ended up building many diggers: