Projects

This section collects the rebuilt Plan-to-Build project pages. Some pages are fully rewritten, while older archive pages have been brought over so they can be reviewed and polished inside the new site. If you spot a missing photo, broken link, or project detail that should be cleaned up, use the Contact page and let me know.

Project Pages

Finished single sheet plywood desk with computer setup Single Sheet Plywood Desk When my wife bought a new computer, we needed a desk that could be built quickly, keep the room feeling open, and fit neatly into... Tiny cabin framed in the woods Tiny Cabin In The Woods We wanted a small cabin on our property for a long time. I started with a purchased set of plans, rebuilt the idea in Google... Empty wood storage bin for workshop cutoffs Woodworker's Storage Bin For Cutoffs I needed a better way to store cutoffs from different projects. I had been tossing the pieces worth saving into a plastic tub, but... Outdoor rocking chair on a porch Outdoor Rocking Chair This rocking chair started as a scrap-lumber challenge after a few back porch repairs left me with extra outdoor boards.... Finished removable height tracking tool for kids Height Tracker For Kids Like a lot of families, we tracked our children's height on a door jamb for years. When we moved, those marks had to stay behind,... Large corner plywood desk installed in a bedroom Corner Plywood Desk After building the quick plywood desk for my wife, she suggested I make a desk for the boys. I went with a corner layout so both... Finished 1/6 scale miniature night stand Miniature Night Stand 1/6 Scale This miniature night stand is a playscale prototype built to verify the cut-sheet portion of the plans. Building the first version... Completed 1/6 scale model dry sink 1/6 Scale Furniture - Dry Sink With Plans This playscale dry sink is one of the more detailed 1/6 scale furniture projects. It makes a good conversation piece, but the small... Completed 1/6 scale dining room table and six chairs 1/6 Scale Dining Room Table And Chairs This 1/6 scale dining room table and chair set was built for 12 inch dolls. I expected the project to be fairly simple, but the... Over engineered cornhole board plan preview Over Engineered Cornhole Boards The Over Engineered Cornhole Boards earned their name from the extra mechanisms built into them: latches, a twine measuring system,... Simple dowel making Jig for the Table saw. Made from a small block of wood Simple Dowel Making Jig I spent several hours in the shop yesterday trying to make a dowel making jig similar to the one Mathias Wandell... 3/0 cable with crimped and soldered home made lugs for large battery bank Making Lugs For 3/0 cable from copper pipe I am gearing up to install a solar powered system out at my cabin. I have been trying to mock up the installation at my home where... CNC box joint jig...the beginning CNC box joint jig...the beginning I’ve recently been playing around with the Raspberry Pi and after spending a little time lighting up LED’s and setting up... dry sink built to scale with no finish applied 1/6 Playscale scale hinges for Dry Sink I’ve been working on the set of plans for the 1/6 scale Dry Sink and have gotten to the part where I need to either buy some scale... Restoring my Table Saw Restoring my Table Saw I started this project by removing the extension tables and side rails. Outboard Foot Repaired with JB Weld Outboard Foot Repaired with JB Weld $3.00 in JB Weld and scrap aluminum sure beats the $150.00 price tag of a used foot for my little outboard! Irwin Quick Grip clamp repaired and ready to use Irwin Quick Grip Clamp Repair A quick fix for an Irwin Quick Grip clamp handle that pulled loose from the clamp body. Wooden Computer With Chessboard Top Wooden Computer With Chessboard Top I started out the project by building a temporary case so I could make sure all of my parts worked together and to get an idea of... Simple Wooden Storage Box/Drawers Simple Wooden Storage Box/Drawers I was dying to try out my screw advanced box joint jig, so I decided to make a few storage drawers that would fit the the shelving... Some Rustic Furniture I've Built Some Rustic Furniture I've Built Here is a small collection of rustic furniture I built after returning from a vacation to the Smokey Mountains. This stuff was... Rustic Coffee Table Rustic Coffee Table My wife tried to steal my workbench top to use in the house, but I wouldn’t let her have it. Instead I built her a smaller version... Nesting Chairs Rev 1.0 Nesting Chairs Rev 1.0 I’ve been looking around for a type of chair that would store easily out at my property (http://2daystalk.com/our-cabin-project/)... Medical Bottle Holder Project Medical Bottle Holder Project My next door neighbor, who is a nurse, asked me to build a container that would house medical bottles in order to prevent... End Vise for Bench Dog Holes End Vise for Bench Dog Holes I wanted to add an end vise to my table, but didn’t want to spend big bucks on the traditional ones you see on most benches, so I... Family wearing DIY wooden backpack frames on a hiking trip DIY Wooden Backpack Frames Homemade wooden backpack frames built from construction lumber, thrift-store straps, and salvaged pack parts for a family hiking trip. Craftsman Style Tool Box Craftsman Style Tool Box I was cleaning out the barn the other day and was about to toss an old sewing cabinet out, but couldn’t bring myself to do it. I... Wooden book Coloring Box Wooden book Coloring Box Wesley and I made a coloring box for his color pencils, crayons, etc… and somewhere in the middle of the construction process the... refurbished table saw with plywood side extension added Add side extensions to table saw I finally finished up the extension tables for my Delta Shopmaster Tablesaw. I ended up resurfacing the left extensionextention... using an endvise on the thick workbench top made with lvl plywood 3 Thick Solid Benchtop First real project using the workbench…Is a coffee table for the wife. She wanted my workbench top in the house, but I wouldn’t... Screw Advanced Box Joint Jig Screw Advanced Box Joint Jig I ran across one of the most inspirational websites I have ever seen (woodgears.ca (http://woodgears.ca)) and decided to build a... Vanity Built with live edge Lumber Vanity Built with live edge Lumber I made this bathroom vanity with a collection of rough cut lumber, and salvaged hardwood flooring. The framework is made from pecan... chess board made from end grain firewood A Collection of Chess Sets I have Made It all started one day when I decided to try to carve a fishing lure from a piece of white cedar my Dad cut up on the sawmill. I... Three stall barn with second level loft built with sawmill lumber 32x36 Barn Built with Rough Cut Lumber I built my 32×36 barn with rough cut lumber cut with my dad’s sawmill. The lumber is long leaf yellow pine which is one of the best...

Project Story Hubs

Some older posts are better as supporting notes than as standalone project cards. These hubs keep that context available without turning the site into a dated post archive.

Tiny cabin framed in the woods Tiny Cabin Story Original cabin build, project guide, solar setup, kitchenette notes, camper setup, and related property updates. Map connected to the Bungalow property history Cabin Property History Local-history and property-history notes connected to the old Bungalow property and cabin setting. Modular deer stand concept drawing Deer Stand Ideas Small and large deer stand concepts from the old archive, grouped as design ideas. Ole Blue FJ Cruiser FJ Cruiser Mods A small archive branch for Ole Blue and related FJ Cruiser modification notes. CNC box joint jig test setup Raspberry Pi And CNC Notes Early Raspberry Pi experiments and CNC box joint jig notes collected together.