What are you making?

[Mike Davis]

I am near the end of my gate project and thinking about the next several designs I want to build.
So, I was wondering what everybody else is working on.
Even if you are not ready to show it to the world can you please just give us a hint?

One of the things I have worked on and built several times were shave horses.
Still not happy with any I have, so thinking about ways to improve work holding, comfort for long work hours, portability,
storage, and unique design features.

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[ScottM]

I am working on making another eagle like the one in my avatar. It is all cut out. I am in the shaping phase.

 

[Dovetail]

Been making plant stands. Here's a pic of one in progress.

 

[Jack A.]

Spending all my free time trying to get the shop insulated and conditioned in time for summer.

 

[beloitdavisja]

Working on a Mountain Dulcimer at the moment. Got the plans from Folkcraft.

 

[Henry W]

Working on a Mountain Dulcimer at the moment. Got the plans from Folkcraft.

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COOL. I have always thought that might be the gateway project to making musical instruments - which 'sounds' very enticing.

My issue is that while luthiery (sp?) would challenge my woodworking skills, my muscial ear is so 'deaf' that I couldn't tell a mediocre tone from a terrible one. I could only judge success by how the thiing looks and not how it sounds.

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In response to Mike's question about what I am working on - for me it finishing touches on a bathroom renovation. I still need drawer fronts for the vanity, and I need to finish an inset open-shelving unit; the latter is in process and the former can wait until last.

 

[Dee2]

Been making plant stands. Here's a pic of one in progress.

How-to Resource material for sure.

 

[Dee2]

Working on a Mountain Dulcimer at the moment. Got the plans from Folkcraft.

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How-to Resource material for sure.

 

[beloitdavisja]

COOL. I have always thought that might be the gateway project to making musical instruments - which 'sounds' very enticing.

My issue is that while luthery (sp?) would challenge my woodworking skills, my muscial ear is so 'deaf' that I couldn't tell a mediocre tone from a terrible one. I could only judge success by how the thiing looks and not how it sounds.

This is my first luthier project. I'm not sure I'll be able to play it, as I gave up learning guitar long ago. But, they say that the dulcimer is one of the easiest instrument to learn. So it's partly a skills challenge, and partly a challenge to learn it. I also have a son (9) that is musically gifted, so he might (read: probably) end up with it.

As for tone - I wont' be able to tell either! I read a lot of dulcimer builders use spruce or redwood on the top, paired with hardwood for the sides/bottom. But I see others use a variety of hardwoods as well, so I just went with an amazing piece of curly cherry I picked up from Kluttz Lumber.

The progress is going slowly. I'm probably about a month in. The plans from Folkcraft are decent, but it's more of a schematic than step-by-step plans. It does help that they're full-scale.

 

[Rwe2156]

A jewelry armoire, or what I would more accurately call a woman's accessory chest.
It will look something like this. It will have columns and a curved front, cabriole legs and a queen anne style apron.

I'm working on a full scale mock up and will post something soon.

I've got several challenges on this one: cabriole legs, fluted columns and pilasters. I've never turned anything in my life, so I've been practicing and practicing. I bought a very expensive 12/4 slab of cherry I don't want to mess up!! Yes, my legs will look a lot better than this.

 

[mquan01]

wedding tray and card gift box for my nephew

 

[areevesnc]

Just in case I needed another hobby that isn’t cheap, I’ll start keeping bees later this spring. I’ve been building hive boxes and other equipment out of locally sourced Ponderosa pine. I’ll post photos once I have a complete box or two.

 

[JNCarr]

Pillar for a previous project, prototype stand for the NCWW lathes (along with @pop-pop), garden enclosure for better half, acrylic portrait of my son and his dog. Two 4' x 6' oak frames for bulletin boards left the shop this morning. If I angle just right, I can barely walk through my shop

 

[Berta]

I am still working on finishing half done projects. I still have a whirligig and at least 3 clocks. There is a few more in the stack. I get sidetracked. OH! LOOK! Squirrel!

 

[JRedding]

I’ve started work on my first miniature house with a mansard roof (roof panels are sitting on top). I plan to do full interiors to include moulding, wainscoating, stairs, etc., as well as building the miniature furniture, but have decided not to electrify this first one. Got started just before we took a vacation (got home last night) so looking forward to getting back into the shop and moving this forward. It’s sitting on a scrap assembly table that’s only 18” or so tall and sits on a plywood lazy Susan so I can sit and work on it.

 

[demondeacon]

I have been mainly working on boxes. Just finished this jewelry box for a granddaughter. This one is walnut with zebrawood top, base and dividers. I bought the zebrawood at GPS. It is not easy to work as very brittle and difficult to smooth with the confused grain but it is beautiful once done.

My next project is rather macabre as it will be matching burial urns for my wife and I. Hope they are not needed anytime soon. But we will be prepared when God calls us home.

 

[CatBike]

Remodeling our bathroom (new subfloor and everything) which should finish all of the home repairs from Helene. Really looking forward to getting to know the shaper attachment on my RAS during the project.

 

[Dee2]

A jewelry armoire, or what I would more accurately call a woman's accessory chest.

I'm working on a full scale mock up and will post something soon.


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How-to Resource material for sure

 

[Dee2]

I was told by a "friend" that I bought a ductless mini-split for the s'hanger last night. Guess I'll be building out conduit, wire, and line-set soon. Need to build some filter houses for the two evaporators. What a friend.

Also running compressed air lines around inside. I'm thinking/hoping the Quincy 325 will be online later this week.

And there's two commissioned oak bowls that need to be roughed.

 

[Mike Davis]

And there's two commissioned oak bowls that need to be roughed.

That reminds me, I have two more fish bowls to carve.