A Brief Portfolio

Keyboard Stand

  • Side table in cherry for holding a keyboard.
  • Two board top with mortise and tenon legs.
  • Finished with hardwax oil.
Shaker style side table made from cherry positioned below a window.
Shaker style side table made from cherry positioned below a window.
Shaker style side table made from cherry positioned below a window.
Shaker style side table made from cherry with a keyboard sitting upon it.

Side Table

Walnut Table

  • Made for a small kitchen
  • Seats four
  • Wall mounted and folds down
  • Dual support arms are spring loaded; they push into place as the table is lifted

Mission Mirror

  • Quartersawn white oak
  • Pocket-screw "joinery" :-(

Rebuilt Four Panel Door

  • Resized antique door with wedged through-mortise and tenons
  • Disassembled, narrowed, and reconfigured the top
  • The angled top rail creates interesting geometry for clearance when opening
One of these shapes is not like the other
Completed door
Careful disassembly
Pieces and parts
Narrowing the door
Fitting a new top rail

Walnut Display Shelf

  • Walnut with a walnut stain made from walnut husks
  • Topped with shellac and wax

Clay Studio Tray Jacks

  • Seven tray jacks sized for the pottery wheels they paired with.
  • Ash legs with an oak center stretcher, wedged and pinned.
Tray Jacks
Tray Jacks
Tray Jacks
Tray Jacks
Tray Jacks
Tray Jacks

Small Projects

  • Small miscellaneous projects
Dovetailed box
Book rack with blackened hardware
Shiplap or Painted Boards?
Shiplap or Painted Boards?

Panelled Bathroom Walls

  • Not a purely handtool project
  • With tile removed, 1/8" hardboard covered the base drywall
  • Poplar rails, stiles, and cap complete the frame
Before - 1960's pink
Finished wall (cabinet is not my work)