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SolidWood Built Hi everyone! Just some pics of some of the things that I've built. Would like to build some more on a per order basis to help pay for my Home Depot habit.

This is a tough one. I built this deck rocker for my dad probably 15 yrs. Ago. Redwood with pine inserts. I DID NOT PAIN...
08/22/2026

This is a tough one. I built this deck rocker for my dad probably 15 yrs. Ago. Redwood with pine inserts. I DID NOT PAINT THIS. Not sure what my dad was thinking when he did. I don't paint nice wood.
Last winter my dad asked me to take it home and rebuild it, so I did. Got about 3/4 of the way through it and lost my dad, not to mention my cancer. Progress was slow. Just don't have the gas in the tank.
It's done now. Redwood with Cedar inserts. Raised the backrest about 3 inches. Changed the armrest to include cup holders.
Now it looks good again. All that is left to do is haul it to the coast and give it to Sue. My dad asked me to fix it, so I did.

Had to save this until after my Dad's 90th birthday party.
03/22/2026

Had to save this until after my Dad's 90th birthday party.

Just now finished this. I built this potting bench for my mother 15+ years ago. Someone along the line decided to refini...
01/01/2026

Just now finished this. I built this potting bench for my mother 15+ years ago. Someone along the line decided to refinish it for her and covered up the beautiful western red cedar that I've bought specially for this.
I brought it back home a couple of months ago. I stripped it down to just parts, planned and resawed everything, sanded and put a durable semi-gloss log home finished on it.
It's in my office now. Probably be more of a shelf now, but it will be inside a warm house out of the weather. I've ordered a desk lamp for it since my office has very little light.

Finally finished for the second or third time. I originally built this table in high school, @1980. Clear heart redwood....
04/26/2025

Finally finished for the second or third time. I originally built this table in high school, @1980. Clear heart redwood. Probably cost an arm and a leg to get now days if you can even find it. I know my dad had no business buying this nice of wood for a 15 yr old woodshop student!
All of the hardware is either stainless steel or weather resistant. Filled the "dog damage " with a marine grade clear penetrating epoxy. The finish is a very expensive ($120/gal) exterior log home finish.

So when everything is expensive, you use your wood scrap. I built this tablet holder from a rough, redwood deck board ...
05/19/2024

So when everything is expensive, you use your wood scrap. I built this tablet holder from a rough, redwood deck board from my dad's house in Bodega Bay. Had to remove nails, and lots of trips through the planer to get rid of old saw cuts to get to the good wood. I guess you can polish a turd!

Look at what I found in a dumpster. Black walnut slabs 2"+ thick and 6'-8' long. Looks like they were cut with a 48" ci...
04/23/2023

Look at what I found in a dumpster. Black walnut slabs 2"+ thick and 6'-8' long. Looks like they were cut with a 48" circular saw long ago. Not sure why someone would throw away this beautiful species of wood. I'm thinking a river table.

So I've had these offcuts from the redwood burl table I built awhile back. Hated to just throw them away. I think I came...
09/01/2022

So I've had these offcuts from the redwood burl table I built awhile back. Hated to just throw them away. I think I came up with a good use for them. Picture holder or book end.

Not too much of a woodworking project but it's still cool. This is a Rival No 2 commercial apple peeler. It's patent is ...
06/26/2022

Not too much of a woodworking project but it's still cool. This is a Rival No 2 commercial apple peeler. It's patent is in 1889 so I figure it's at least 100 yrs old and has been in the Ohlson family just as long and was used at the family apple dryer at Annapolis.
Cleaned it up with oven cleaner and a pressure washer and then painted it. Made a base for it out of some of my red cedar scrap.
Yes it still works!

My driftwood clock is finished. A piece of redwood that floated in the ocean for God knows how long, and then in several...
06/05/2022

My driftwood clock is finished. A piece of redwood that floated in the ocean for God knows how long, and then in several barns for decades. Lots of character in the grain.

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