Update 7/5/2017 - Just shy of the sixth anniversary of this project. Like some cathedrals, I suspect the world will have changed and the original design will have gone out of fashion so far that it's back in fashion once more.  Finally attached the top to the undercarriage. This past weekend was the big effort to cut the recesses...

2/20/2016 -- Started designing the aviary. Ordered the cage material.2/25/2016 -- Received the cage material. 2/27/2016 -- Went out and bought construction-grade untreated lumber, southern yellow pine. Started cutting it down to 1 3/4" by 1 1/2"posts. (The Sketchup design shows 2"x2", but I need to maximize the lumber, so I just...

I've had a project on my wish list for about 10 years now . . . to replicate the rolling board, or baking board, that my mother used when making Christmas pastries. Hers was made by her father, George. We kids called him Jeje. (My sister spells it Djedje . . . whatever, it's just Slovak for Grandpa.)  My sister Holly has the one my...

Wall hanging tool cabinet based on a design in issue #188 of Fine Woodworking magazine by Jan Zoltowski.The outer case has been finished since January 2012, but as is not often mentioned, 90% of the work on one of these cabinets is the time required to mount all of the tools inside. I suspect it will take me several years to get it...

This was a quick project I took on just after Christmas. My sister-in-law bought her parents a picture in a frame at the local Goodwill shop. (She's a bargain hunter.) But after giving it to them, they discovered that the frame itself was broken. I tried to repair it, but it turned out to be a form of dense foam, veneered with wood-like...

Since we're going to be moving again next Summer, although I've done some work to set up my shop, I've decided not to go overboard on that. Another shop in the basement means hauling tools up and down stairs or a very steep hill to the back door. And anything I set up in terms of tools storage or wiring will only be useful for another...

I had no router table in my workshop, and only a single 1 3/4hp fixed speed Porter Cable router to work with at the time.  So I decided to build one. This was one of my 'Quick and Dirty' projects. I didn't want anything fancy, just something sturdy.  In the woodworking world, there is almost nothing written about more when it...

My wife Adriana has a lot of costume jewelry as well as some nice fine jewelry. She asked me last year to make her a jewelry box that's big enough for everything. I, of course, went overboard. I've designed it and redesigned it about four times now. But I'm sort of committed to the latest design. This will be, by far, the most...

My son Liam is now seven. He just joined the Cub Scouts this past August, and we've been going through the rituals of father-son bonding. Most of this has been driven by my wife, who recently read a book about how son's need their father to guide them at this critical age, taking them "across the bridge" to manhood. I've welcomed this...

As I mentioned in the Arduino timer project page, I've built a track so that my son Liam can test his Pinewood derby cars. Despite how obnoxious that sounds, I really did just want to do this to support his 2nd grade science fair project.  The idea here was to take lumber I had on hand and build something that could serve as a...