Gallery Goodness, 9th January 2019
Alright, so this is a collection of every photo that has been submitted to the community galleries in the past month. There are quite a few of them. Lots of people were spending their time off wisely, or skipping a trip to the shops and making presents from scratch instead. Others finally had time to to show off their latest passion projects. It’s all great to see, so get comfy and let the scrolling commence!
Jewel Box by Jan Skorepa
Inspired by bandsaw boxes on web, but made by hand tools only.. Made of beech, ash and plum wood.
Small Serving Tray by Jesse Terpstra
Maple and walnut serving tray
Bench Stool by Stephen McFadyen
Cafe Stool, legs and stretchers from hoop pine seat from Australian Mountain Ash
Wallclock by John S
Wall clock in basswood with oil and wax finish. I resized the project to fit the clock dial.
Dovetail Box by Jan Skorepa
Dovetail box for my chisels. Made of oak and alder.
Tiered Table by Patrick Sadr
Maple leg and birch Rounds tiered table
Joiner’s Mallet by Daniel Downey
Poplar mallet heads, oak handles, stained or boiled linseed oil finish.
Occasional Table by Mark Miller, Anna, TX
Cypress top on painted poplar base.
Wallclock by Stephen Hillier
Walnut clock, the second claock I have made to the Paul Sellars design (or close to anyway). Finished in French Polished Shellac.
Wooden Tray by Bill Hall
Made from Oak & Poplar
Wooden Plough Plane by Laurentiu Alimpie
Wooden plough plane, made from reclaimed beech from an old table
Coffee Table by Noam Cohen
Maple and Mahagoni small coffee table with mitered tenon and dove tail.
Bench by Phil Guthe
Transition headboard/footboard to bench
Dovetail Boxes by Nenad Jankovic
Made from pine (recycled part of old doors), finish with shellac.
Toolchest by Ian G
Toolchest built from pine and finished with Tung Oil. I treated myself to a Brusso box lid stay.
Workbench by Tim Reuter
Thank you, Paul Sellers, for all your instructions and guidance. Your: “You can do it.” was helping me lot. My bench was made as a hybrid design of your garden and indoor project including a few ideas along the way. The bench is made out of standard construction SPF, 2 by 4’s (top) and 2(1) by 6’s (laminated legs). Aprons, legs and top are glue together permanently using PL400 instead of wood glue to allow for a bit more flexibility. After assembly, the workbench felt somewhat odd standing on my concrete floor, so I glued disks of cork onto the legs which gives the bench a “softer” feel. Bench is finish with Tung Oil and 3 coats of varnish. For the front vise, I recycled my oak kitchen cutting board, which interestingly revealed after plaining a very smooth texture likely from being “soaked” for many years with fat and oils. For the end vice I laminated 1-inch red oak. Thank you, Paul, for sharing so many great lessons and plans! Tim Reuter, Canada
Workbench by Keith Oxby
I made the new workbench and followed the design fairly closely. Made of SPF 2x4s and some eastern white pine for the aprons. It took so long to prepare all of the lumber with a handplane, but once that was done the bench came together fairly quickly. I love it!
Dovetail Box by Keith Oxby
Chisel tray with ash sides (rift sawn) and a white oak bottom (quartersawn). Finished with shellac and wax. This was the first project that I made using my new Paul Sellers workbench!
Saw Till by wtwegner
Saw Till to store my saws
Shaker Stool by Jonathan Rahall
Shaker stool made from reclaimed oak stairs.
Dovetail Boxes by Jonathan Rahall
A couple of dovetail boxes I have made to practice my skills.
Workbench by Richard Homewood
Hybrid design inspired from the workbench videos of Paul Sellers and Matt Estlea. Construction grade pine with purple heart and Wenge bow ties and pegged tenons
Coffee Table by Tarek Ammar
Zebra wood for the top and maple for the frame and oak for the drawers handles are made on the lathe from ebony
Wooden Tray by Adam
Tasmanian Huon Pine and Blackheart Sassafras. Thank you Paul and everyone at WWMC.
Workbench by Scott
Workbench out of pine and something else…
Pine Chisel Tray by Scott
Umbrella Stand by Jon Place
The Oak came from two Stair spindles left over from a previous project and the ply was rescued from a builders tip. I gave the piece three coats of water based varnish. It’s a Christmas present for my Mum who always forgets where she put her walking stick.
Wooden Tray by Roger Walker
Desktop Letter size paper tray. Made from Walnut. Main body is one solid piece. Finished with a Danish oil. Paul Sellers video project.
Keepsake Box by Kalman Grof-Tisza
Walnut box I made for my daughter’s sweet 16.
Wooden Trays by Andrew
Pauls wooden tray design . Maple/walnut and maple/mahogany
Rocking Chair by Brad Turnbull
Mel’s Rocking Chair
Oilstone Box by Benoît Thomoux
Pine. Oil finish.
Planter Stands by Ian Hemphill
I built these two planter stands as a housewarming gift for my elder daughter, to celebrate their purchase of their first apartment. Here in Vancouver, that’s quite an accomplishment. Needed something small but personal. These are cherry, mortise and tenon legs and a half-lap in the crosspiece. Thanks for teaching me how to do these things, Paul!
Gift Box by Ian Hemphill
After setting up my bandsaw for recutting, I ended up with a large stack of nice thin maple blanks just right for some small-box dovetailing practice. So I thought I’d combine that with the Christmas season and make some gift boxes to hold our homemade jams and dried herbs from our garden. Made seven boxes, with dovetailed corners, a shaped front and an inset bottom. Got lot of practice with some useful techniques from Paul’s videos, and some nice prezzies as a bonus. Thanks for all the inspiration, Paul!
Wooden Tray by Kurt Schultz
Cut-offs maple, meranti.
Coasters by Einar Tveter
Three sets of coaster made for X-mas. Made for daughter daughter in law and mother in law
Book Shelves by Richard Homewood
Book shelf for my son who is 5 months old. Ash construction with wedged mortises with padauk accents.
Wooden Tray by Kevin Pickup
Slight variation on Paul’s tray
Cam Clamp by michael hötti
I dont know what is the wood I would like to know aswell it was a narrow tree we fell. I finished this one with tung oil.
Wooden Tray by Stephen Steiner
I made this wooden tray as Christmas gift for my sister’s knitting needles and rings. The base is mahogany and the sides are maple. I finished with a coat of boiled linseed oil.
Chair-side Table by Jim Light
Made this for my wife for Christmas. Wood is Black Walnut from her brother’s woods, Tiger Striped Maple from our place, Mahogany from South America given to me by a friend, and Lyptus that I purchased to finish it off.
Foot Stool by Brian Belcher
Foot stool made using Paul seller’s design and technique, quarter-sawn white oak from Kentucky with ebony wedges from Africa.
Wooden Tray by Brian Belcher
Wooden tray. Locust tree from my back yard in Kentucky. Ebony from Africa. Paul Sellers’ design and construction methods.
Workbench by Chris Harglerode
Laminated 2×3 for top and aprons, 4×4 and 2×6 for the legs, laminated 1×6 for the well board, and 3/4 pine for drawers.
Wooden Trays by Harold
Walnut & Poplar, other 2 Pine
Workbench and Tool Cabinet by Giorgio
Workbench in fir and a simple tool cabinet
Workbench by Giorgio
Workbench in fir finished with oil
Burial Urn by Michael Campbell
Walnut and (either cherry or birch, other?, not sure) with basswood kumiko pattern inset on top.
Occasional Table by Jonathan Rahall
First table. I used the design from the occasional table for the skirt, and then I took a design off of another piece of antique furniture for the table top design. Completely hand tooled in cherry.
Workbench by floren
Workbench Customization – Drawer
Keepsake Box by jdkatz
Keepsake Box in Cherry
Workbench by Alex
After much contemplation I finally got it done. Benchtop is vertical grain doug fir. Wellboard is pine. The rest of the bench is kiln-dried construction grade douglas fir. I still need to add the jaw liners and apply a finish but its mostly done.
Wallclock by Stephen Hillier
Oak Wall Clock. Number 5 of 5 now produced, this in American WHite Oak for the frame and English Oak for the panel. Stained in Georgian Dark Oak and finished with Pale Shellac and polished with Beeswax and Turpentine
Wallclock by Stephen Hillier
Wall Clock in Cherry. Number 3 of 5 made. This one made from Cherry but stained with Aged Yew stain before finishing in Shellac and polishing with Beeswax and Turpentine
Clock by Stephen Hillier
Three in one built on the Paul Sellars plan. This holds a Clock, Thermometer and Barometer. Made from American Black Walnut with Maple inlays on the uprights. FInished with standard French Polish and a final polish with Liberon Bison Wax
Shoe Rack by Kaleb
A spin on a self standing spine shelf for my brothers shoe collection. Everything is pine except the western red cedar post, put on two coats of wipe-on poly for a quick finish. Used only hand tools, except to cut all shelves to length which I used a radial arm saw for. Fun project and could be used for many other things other than shoes!
Dovetail Box by mercified
box for watercolor brushes; cherry, wipe-on poly, wax
Workbench by Einar Tveter
Used some X-mas holidays to build a new workbench of pine. A real “Paul Sellers” design. I am happy with it.
Three-Legged Stool by Luca Taylor age 12
Ash three legged stool
Wooden Tray by Luca Taylor
Ash and spalted Beech tray
Hand-Carved Bowl and Spoon by Luca Taylor age 12
hand carved bowl in lime and spoon in oak
Walking Cane by Harold
Pine Walking cane, with through tenon
Walking Can by Harold
Pine cane with Apple handle and through tenon
Walking Canes by Harold
Pine prototype and mahogony cane
Blanket Chest by SP
Blanket Chest in Maple with shellac.
Thank you to everyone who has sent a picture in!
If you would like to submit a picture to the gallery, please use the submissions form, and remember, there are plenty more projects to see in the galleries, so do have a look at the menu at the top of the website.