How long was your longest project?

[danmart77]

Here's one I built a few years back. It took over 200 hours of work to complete. At the time I built it, the customer wanted it build entirely with hand tooling. He was warned about the cost and agreed to the deal. With several factors thrown in the equation I finished it 9 months later and the person who ordered it walked away from the final installment. It sits in my house now.

 

[wfuuna]

Here's one I built a few years back. It took over 200 hours of work to complete. At the time I built it, the customer wanted it build entirely with hand tooling. He was warned about the cost and agreed to the deal. With several factors thrown in the equation I finished it 9 months later and the person who ordered it walked away from the final installment. It sits in my house now.

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That looks really well done. I'm always curious with these pieces- what cool secret compartments did you include?

 

[wfuuna]

and speaking of unfinished projects, I have a Thomas White desk repro (this one: https://mesda.org/item/collections/desk/1626/), without the middle foot, that I started about 10 years ago that is still sitting in my shop half done waiting for me to get back to it.

 

[Hmerkle]

Here's one I built a few years back. It took over 200 hours of work to complete. At the time I built it, the customer wanted it build entirely with hand tooling. He was warned about the cost and agreed to the deal. With several factors thrown in the equation I finished it 9 months later and the person who ordered it walked away from the final installment. It sits in my house now.

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I have seen it and it is BEAUTIFUL!!!

 

[TIDE500]

Does an 18 foot garvey clam boat count. I built it during the summer after my freshman year in college after I broke my arm at school doing something stupid. Unfortunately I have no pictures, but when we fiberglassed the bottom I think my neighbors were not fond of me!!!

 

[BSevier]

It took me 9 years to purchase the mirror - I had the frame done, just didn't get to buying the mirror - finished in 2017!

 

[NOTW]

I built my dining room table top in 2015 and never liked the base I built for it. This year it finally got a permanent base