My “shop” which requires me to drag in and out of my garage daily. 
A planter I made out of cedar fence posts for my wife. 
Glue up looks a lot better without the bags on the cauls. 
My first build and that sold. 
The black burnt marks from the veneer blade can be seen on the cut edges of the legs. 
I now prefer to not use a hot glue gun for epoxy. 
Jameson’s first ride in the Osprey Poco Plus 
My Grandpa, Dad, and me. 
The first jig I made in order to cut cedar fence posts for my wife’s planter.
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- First Commission Project: Couch Table Days 9 and 10
The removal of the epoxy seemed pretty straight forward using a router sled…in my mind. Like everything else, I was wrong. From hot glue coming back to life, to a router sled that needed to be redone; I had my fair share of problems. Did I mention another epoxy pour?… - First Commission Project: Couch Table Days 6, 7, and 8
This was my first time working with epoxy, and it sure didn’t go down the way I thought it would! My intentions were to get a lot further than I actually did this week. I wanted to get the legs and table top cut to their final dimensions as well… - First Commission Project: Couch Table Days 4 and 5
After replacing the Gorilla Hot Glue Gun with an Arrow Single Temp Glue Gun and a pack of glue sticks, it was once again time to roll out the shop, setup, and get the ball rolling. Now, even though my new “tool” was only a hot glue gun, I was… - First Commission Project: Couch Table Day 3
Walking into my garage and seeing that mess of a glue up from Day 2 kind of hurt my feelings! It made me think that I had created the wooden version of Forrest Gump when he was a kid. Although it looked like chaos, I was hopeful that Vern’s table… - First Commission Project: Couch Table Day 2
First, keeping track of my time as I did on Day 1 was a lot easier than what actually happened on Day 2…and for that reason, I will no longer be keeping track of my time because I constantly kept forgetting to stop and start the timer. So, you’ll just… - Building A Jointer Sled/Straight Cut Jig: First of Many Jigs
Why Would I or You Need One? Like most beginning woodworkers, one of the first things I wanted to build in the spring time was a planter. That being said, this post isn’t actually about building a planter at all. Instead, this is about building a wood jointer/straight cut jig… - First Commissioned Project: Couch Table Day 1
Minding My Business In The Driveway At this point I had been working in my “shop” aka (garage/driveway) for about four or five months now. I was restoring the mail organizer below and I saw a guy running on the other side of the road. Five minutes later, I saw… - How I Began Woodworking: My First Build
Ya’ Gotta Start Somewhere After realizing my flying days were over, I had to figure out what to do with my life. I wanted to do something that had minimal contact with other people. One day, I just randomly came across some YouTube video of a guy making something out…
