@Big Ry requested some plans for simple puzzles. I have a bunch, but some were copied from books or online sources, and I don't hold the copyright, so I'm probably not really allowed to distribute them. But I do have several that I came up with myself. Anybody who feels like using these is more than welcome to do so.

All of these started out as designs that I doodled on oddly-shaped scraps of wood that seemed too large just to toss out. I put them together into this...

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I have been showing paintings at the Coffee Bar in Bennington

for several years now ... 

 i sold a couple recently and had to add some new ones on Monday ..

which made me think about some artwork that i have had hanging around for

several years that i recently decide to mount and frame. 

I have a million of em ...

 from 2008 ... 

 ink and colored pencil on paper ... 

 more to follow soon  ...

I want to make a shelf with very thin boards, about 20" x 6". I figued I would make a dado or groove and glue the shelf part with two simple supports underneath. How thin can I make the back portion "A" and then also how thin can I make portion "B"? Also, if I use osage orange or a harder wood can I make things thinner than normal while still being structurally sound? Thanks!

I have a chunk of Olive wood that I would like to turn in to a Spoon Rest. Pictured is the chunk of wood, and a store purchased Spoon Rest from many years ago. What tool(s) might you recommend to tackle this project? I do not own any power grinders. Yet! Thanks! Chuck

There is a loft above and I will try to get a completed shot as it will make a lot more sense. There is another level of finish to the top.
@arn wanted to look at this kitchen a little more. When I return home, I will try to get my tablet and collect a few completed photos. I likely even have the basket picture on there.
This is a shot of the countertop I took for my wife and a wide shot of the kitchen.[ATTACH...

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 in the early stage of my retirement now, one of my projects

has been to organize my 60+ sketchbooks from the past 50 years

so, a little history tour here ...

names noted on the covers and spines 

clients and interesting projects.

 

i have been reviewing these sketchbooks off and on now for a while

and i have accidentally created more than one album of photos

of some of the sketchbook  pages ... here's one album

here's another ... 'some of the best' 

there will definitely be some overlap

between the slide shows, but

there are many in each of them that 

aren't in the others ..

. 'good ones' 

 45 years is a long time!

here's another !

and then there's all the slideshows of  

through 2023 ... i need to add one for 2024 ...

sometime ...
i leave you with a few words from the singer James McMurtry ...

he is always worth a listen ! 

 
 

 

It's getting so be time to start my vegetable plants. I start them in the house around the first of March and always run out of room before it's warm enough to move them outside. We don't have enough sunny windows so grow lights are a big help. I would like to build some shelves with grow lights which of course would be a pretty simple task. The hard part is I would like the whole thing to easily be disassembled for storage in the attic. I've got plenty of wide pine boards for shelving, I...

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I am looking for a pattern on creating this wood quilt with individual pieces glued together. I am new to wood quilts and not sure how to go about trying to create this. I know how to make the 3d star pattern but not sure about the "frame" of the tree. Once I get the frame made then I "think" I could create the pieces to fill in but any help or guidance would be great...

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Started here to stop spamming post we were talking in.
@Arn213 and I probably over did it there.
Less critical with time. NO WAY. As a sub contractor, a wall and ceiling contractor i felt we continually had to raise the bar.
If the plumbing did not look perfect but worked as intended nobody cared. Perfect example , my MB bathroom. We just finished re doing it. Plumbing worked great but plumber was an artist at doing bare minimum. Which added considerbly to the work and 4...

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Saw this on Pinterest, and thought it was a great concept that might be useful for someone here. Chuck

In view of other recent discussions regarding tea lights, I saw this on Pinterest, and thought is was innovative yet simple. Chuck

Saw this on Pinterest, and thought it a pretty ingenious idea for simple woodturning. Chuck

@ripjack13 , not sure why but you came immediately to mind when I saw this. Let's see your game making skills!

My son is building a couple of end tables that will have granite tops. For whatever reason, when he dropped the granite slab into the first one, it was proud of the wooden frame. Same with the second one, unfortunately. I suggested to him that he could rout out the plywood that supports the slab, but I’m unclear on how best to do this. He needs to lower the plywood about 1/16”. If you have any suggestions, I would appreciate it! Pics show wooden frame without, and with the granite slab...

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the dorset field club, where i play golf, paddle tennis and tennis is having its first 

one day member art show.  each member/artist was invited to show two paintings,

two drawings, or two photographs representing their artistic leanings ... 

the list of participants is lengthy, and i look forward to seeing the show tomorrow.

i had trouble selecting just two works from the many drawings and paint splashes 

i have made over the years ... there is a slideshow at this link of 

some of the paintings, drawings, pottery, and woodburnings i had to choose from.

  use your arrow keys to click quickly through it.

in the end, i selected a couple of small ones for the show, like 7" x 11" or so ..

over and out ... more after the show

 

6/17/2023

ok ... the show's over, and what a hit it was!

it was a very rainy and dark afternoon, but when i got 

there at 5:00 the place was full!  so full, i couldn't really take any 

pictures of the art til the party ended at 7:00, and folks filtered out.

there were over 30 members contributing, and the outpouring 

of  'hidden talent' most folks found 'pretty amazing' ..

who knew?

below are some photos, without all the people ...

click the photos to enlarge them ...

those are mara and kristian's sheep in the lower left corner

i spoke to the artist and she said it was one of her 'smaller ones'