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Wagon Wheel Picnic Table
Before we sell new plans in our store Jim likes to build a prototype just to ensure all parts are the correct size and also to create a booklet to go with the plan to help describe the steps in building the project.
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Shipping Container: The Strapping
We had this 40 foot shipping container delivered two years ago and are finally getting around to covering up the ugly.
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More Maritime Projects
We had a little fun this weekend creating new Maritime themed projects.
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Wood slice dehydrator
wood slices cooking The ultimate in woodworking and baking… birch cookies 🙂 I converted the solar panel to see if this would work.
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Scrolling the Labrador coast
Labrador in the palm of my hand 🙂 Working on some new projects coming soon. The other day I was working on the map of Labrador.
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Plywood lamp base
Our newly finished plywood lamp. This was our first time building a wooden lamp base and it turned out better than we imagined. If you would like to make your own follow along and see how easy it is to build.
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Barkley the Bulldog bench dog
Bench dogs Something new in the workshop today, a new bench dog. This little guy showed up from the scrap wood pile. A couple layers of 3/4 inch plywood and a few nails. Would look fun just about any place, outdoors in the garden or on the desk as a paper weight. We’ve named him Barkley. 🙂
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Protected: Small wood maps of Nova Scotia
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Small 3D Moose plywood project
Today I started on designing another of our 3D moose projects. When we do these types of projects, I typically like to make a small prototype first, to get an overall feel for the design.
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Rustic tree carvings
Arbortech® rustic tree carvings
As recently seen on Arbortech® Youtube channel, they featured a video on carving a small tree. So I thought I’d have a crack at it. I learned pretty soon that a dry piece of pine may not be the best material for the desired effect.
