Barrister’s Bookcase
This is my 2008 take on a barrister’s bookcase, built out of solid white ash. This project was an exercise in what turners like to call design opportunities. I think I screwed up every single piece of this project at least twice. Okay I might have managed to put the finish on without incident… The …
Train Play Table
For Christmas of 2007, I gave my nephew a train play table. I had looked at some of the commercial products, and I wasn’t pleased with how sturdy they were for their $300 price tags. I suppose I have to concede that they were designed for flat packing but they just didn’t hold up well …
Kitchen Table
This was my second furniture project, also in 2007 and also done partially in a course at the Living Arts Centre. It’s mostly the same as my first table except that this one has a split top and a removable leaf. In practise, we never use the leaf, but we do have it… This is …
My First Table
This is the first piece of furniture I built back in 2007 as part of an introductory furniture class I took at the Mississauga Living Arts Centre. The instructors were local pros Kelly Couture and Britt Olauson. The main goals of the class were to be comfortable with typical woodworking machinery, learn basic safety and …