before you hate on the idea of a carpenters thread,
im not sure where to put this thread
im sure there is some real nice work out there....heres mine...
(aprentice level, lol)
bird house condominium and a wooden name board for my daughter

 

this thread gives me wood!

 

looking good rick!!

 

Cool idea for a thread! I'll see if my dad has some pics of the stuff we used to do back in the day. I grew up working with my dad as a carpenter until I was about 21. We did some pretty cool stuff.

 

Wish I could contribute... But the only carpenters in my family were my Grandfather and my Uncle...
I'll see if I can get a pic or two of their stuff.
Most I ever did was make a sarcophagus for a barbie in Gr. 7 (school project)

 

Wish I could contribute... But the only carpenters in my family were my Grandfather and my Uncle...
I'll see if I can get a pic or two of their stuff.
Most I ever did was make a sarcophagus for a barbie in Gr. 7 (school project)

 

not sure if this counts, lol..just some random pics..

some lows for the computer set-up..2 8"s..







finals set-up..

 

me and wood dont get along, but i did build a killer prefab play palace for the kids.
this was at 80% completion:

 

Heres my most recent project. Ill see if I can find any pics of my smaller projects that I've recently done. Im glad to see Im not the only one on here that enjoys carpentry.

https://honda-tech.com/forums/welding-fabrication-53/my-new-garage-2663844/

 

way to go and make everyone else look bad.


"sweet birdhouse, heres the garage i just built"

 

Here is my contribution....

First project was a jewlrey box. Came out pretty good. Oak sides w/ black walnut for a lid. I didn't spend more than 2-3 hours on it total.






Then I made a few cutting boards as gifts. I used an african wood, oak and black walnut. I then treat them with mineral oil so they last and it's safe on food. Spent about 2 hours on 3 boards.



Then I said why not make something pretty complicated.... so I made a machinist tool box from black walnut. This took about 10-12 hours to make.










I've got more, but I don't want to flood this thread with my ****. lol

 

^good stuffs

 

great stuffs^^

 

Wow! Nice work guys!

I have never, EVER worked with wood in my entire life. I guess it's a lot like machining, but with really soft metal! I've always had an interest in it, but I feel bad for the trees! hehehe ...

 

I guess I just never really invested in tooling for wood, only metal. I always figured wood would come later cause old guys really get into it...lol.

 

I have only ever made a few sub box's and random **** that is meaningless.

I have tons of respect for someone who can make nice things with wood, with metal you can always just add a weld or add more metal to something if the gap is off. but not with wood.

 

wood is so sketchy. I avoid it. nice work fellas.

 

Made my mom a candle holder for christmas:


The seven parts pivot around a single axis:


The bottom of the pivot is threaded in to a tee nut and can be loosened to position the arms any way you want:


Also a christmas present. It's so my brother can stand his laptop up on end (he has it hooked up to a monitor and keyboard). Made from oak:


Also added this cavity to the bottom. I cast a lead slug to fit flush inside it. This keeps the computer from tipping over:


It's probably considered cheating since I did it in a CNC mill.

 

thats art.

 

Same here. I have done little stuff like finishing a gun stock, making a cargo cover and such, but nothing too major.

 

@karl buchka nice work and great design on the candle holder

 

i carved this for my moms for Christmas. i widdled it and stained it

 

guitar i built a couple years ago. 2nd one i built, turned out pretty nice. still try to play it every day i can.

 

hahahaha!!!!!!

 

mother in-law cried when she seen the bird house. lol
prolly cuz it sucked so bad