Hobbies, anyone?

[Big D]

Lots of folks here have serious skills... bike building, hot rodding, fabrications, and so on. Me? I like to make sawdust.

Here's a Arts and Crafts lamp table I designed and built, material quartersawn oak. (shot myself in the foot with this design- it has way too many mortises and tenons...)



Here's a Shaker style bedtable I built two of for a wedding present. Again, quartersawn white oak.



I built a Arts and Crafts influenced mantle clock, again for a wedding present. (I don't have a pic of the completed clock) I did not design this.





I built the tool box too (behind)



Close-up of ebony accent buttons

[stoney]

Very nice work!! Where did you learn to do it?

[Big D]

I've always been fascinated with the Adirondack chair. These are quite comfortable... Most of these I make (ans sell) are made of Western red cedar.





These are the double units, and the planter box to match. The adirondack chairs above were made from a set plans out of WOOD magazine.



I monkeyed with the planter design, and came up with this one. Again shot myself in the foot- these have 50 pieces to them, and are quite hard to build...



Well, I monkeyed with the chair design over the years, and turned it into a glider...

[Big D]

Originally Posted by stoney

Very nice work!! Where did you learn to do it?

I can't tell you that Stoney... really. 10 years or so ago, my father-in-law (who dabbled) had lung problems so bad he had to quit. He gave me stacks upon stacks of WOOD magazine, his clamps, a few tools... I always watched Norm on the New Yankee Workshop, and thought I'd give it a try.

I AM and will ALWAYS BE a beginner...

One leg up I have is I'm a tool designer. So I can read a print, and monkey with ideas.

[Big D]

Here's a child's picnic table I built for a guy... the price of cedar nowadays, this cost a fortune.



I've built a ton of these Lang calendar holders... this one I inlayed with ebony.

[Bonehead9]

My bike builds are my biggest hobby. I do a few clocks here and there, mostly out of odd ball stuff, bike parts and such. Also like doing model cars, got a Mercedes gullwing coupe I been working on for a while.

[kgdb]

Wow, Biggy D, Thats some serious nice work! Me and wood do not get along, its too unforgiving! lol Now give me a metal project and I can whip it up no problem.

[jerseymutt]

Nice work Big D. At one time I think I had promise with wood working but I am starting to think I don't have enough patients. Once I get a coupe of other projects out of the way I'm going to give it another shot cause I have the perfect spot for a pair of those chairs (thanks for the idea).

Mutt

[tcspannerwrench]

I'm a big fan of Big D's wood skills, i make some things but cant get the finnished product to look good enough

[LouEvo XL]

big D your skills rock, the gliders are really cool. Very nice work.