Stick Stool

At my sawmill, I picked up a piece of superficially water stained, 1" birch about 5 inches wide and 50" long. I had been wondering what to do with it, I made some cross cuts and edge glued two boards together to make a wider plank. I flattened it and started fitting and wedging pine legs into the birch.  

The lines on the top in the second and third pictures were possible shapes for arcs on the edges, they all looked like hell, so I went without. The top is a bit square to look good with curves on the edges. I think this turned out well for the first stick joined piece I've made, but I wasn't the happiest with the leg joints. I think using a tenon cutter (tapered? taper reamer too then) would help the fit.

The finish is mineral oil (I had linseed upstairs, but only remembered that was my intention when I started soaking the top with the cheap stuff,  cool) after that dries I'll wax the top too.   

Picnic Table for Father's Day

I borrowed some of Schwarz's work from the Autumn 2006 issue of Woodworking Magazine, to build a picnic table version of the American Trestle Table, the cover article. It's made out of mostly clear D. Fir salvaged from the borg's rack of 2x12s. The leg pieces are the wrong size, so I have to use some left overs, to mill more parts, that's been holding me up.

I've gotten a bit farther than the photo's suggest, I've cut the two dadoes that magically turn into a mortise when glued face to face, and glued the feet and top braces together. I still have the longer legs to cut and glue, the joinery for the top braces and stretcher, then I can assemble.  There will be benches too, modeled after 17th century "forms", a hard-to-google bench build by jointers of early American furniture. 

Key Cabinet: Back Mockup

Here is a mockup of the cabinet, with pine frame for the back. I was originally thinking something darker for the back, but I think I will stick with pine, or maybe ash for these components. I will be keeping the Bamboo plywood panel and shelf I think.