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Here's a few pictures (when I remembered my camera) of some of my favorite projects made at our custom shop

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LA of Central City, IA says: Received my large order of pattern sets today (12) and am pleased with the variety, instructions and related information.

July 4th Yard Art - 3 feet tall - Printer pages fit together to create FULL SIZE pattern - only $5.50

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Custom woodworking is an enjoyable, but sometimes frustrating business. Many woodcraft projects fight creation, but some seem to fall together perfectly and I hate to see them leave the shop! At least I have pictures of some favorites...

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Tall Ship Scrolling - All 3 patterns only $5.25

There's birds, animals, landscapes, sports and more!
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	This entertainment center is topped with a 9 foot x 26" wide pine slab that was from a tree that was growing in the customer's yard since he was a child. He wanted to keep a piece of the tree for sentimental reasons!
	These portable drawers were made to fit in a salesman's car to hold his samples, papers, snacks, etc.
	Here's two of our best sellers at the shop, at home craft parties and we even sold them in Yankee Magazine for a while. The first is a stool with the child's name simple carved in the top. The second has the name cut from 1" stock, the letters are separated and colored and the stool is routed out so the letters are removable. We called this one the Puzzle Stool and it was extremely popular. Pro Tip: Society is a more litigious nowdays so if you plan to sell children's items, you must be sure you understand the child safety standards and are extrremely careful about construction, sharp edges, part sizes, safety hinge standards, etc. to avoid lawsuits. (We no longer make our popular Puzzle Stool because there is a slim chance that smaller letters (like i) could be swallowed!)
	Something I enjoyed making because it used up scraps of hardwood was wooden jewelry. Here is a display of Black Walnut jewelry (my favorite next to Bloodwood) although the wood type varied with whatever we had for scraps. Money Making & Saving Tip: We tried to use every bit of wood that we could by taking scraps from big projects to make smaller projects, using those scraps for cut out small animals, shapes, and figures that we threw in a bin and sold by the piece or handfull and then bagged those scraps and sold them as kindling wood for a 'buck a grocery bag'! There's more money and time saving tips plus ALL of our woodcraft patterns on the Pattern Bin CD
	This bathroom sink vanity just seemed to flow together. Wish it was in our bathroom...I have been supposed to make one for our own home for almost fifteen years, but haven't found the time!
	Here's a woodworking project that wasn't difficult, but it was something different. A man ordered it as a Christmas gift for his wheelchair bound brother who enjoyed doing jigsaw puzzles. This way he didn't have to use the dining table so he could leave the puzzles set up while working on them and it was difficult finding a compact table that could fit a wheelchair between the legs. Pro Tip: We found that most custom projects did not have to be in the genre of 'fine' woodworking and a great many people were simply looking for someone to create a project that they could not. Don't overlook custom work even if you consider your skill less than 'cabinet-maker' quality! There's more tips for the pro plus ALL of our woodcraft patterns on the Pattern Bin CD
	Our custom woodworking shop was right on US Rt 1 so there was a lot people heading up to their camps on weekends. This made our Adirondack Chair and Double Chair very popular. I built them from 1-1/2" stock so they took a beating and lasted forever!

Scrolling Tip - We are often asked what blades we recommend when starting out:
- A package of #2/0 Double Tooth (37 TPI) blades for very fine detailing, veining and fretwork.
- A package of #2 Skip Tooth (20 TPI) for doing detailing and fretwork in hardwoods such as oak, maple, walnut, etc.
- Two packages of #5, #6 Skip Tooth blades for most cutting and fretwork. (These will be the blades that you use the most often.)
- A package of #6 spiral blades if you wish to give them a try (I like them for detail scrolling - many don't).
- A package of #9 Skip Tooth (11.5 TPI) for cutting thicker stock and coarse cutting.
You can learn more scrolling and enjoy all of our scroll saw patterns on our Scroll Bin CD or access more ALL 750+ of our woodworking patterns on our jam-packed Pattern Bin CD.

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BM of Troy, NY says: My husband wants me out of his shop, but I love woodworking with your patterns! ...thanks for all the fun

Halloween Scrolling - All 3 fun patterns -$5.50

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CF at hotmail.com says: My family looks forward to the unveiling of a new scroll plaque at each holiday.

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	This woodworking project may just be my all time favorite. A customer had an old mahogany TV cabinet (real wood!) that was in his family when he was a child. We turned it into a wine bar with glass door, wine racks where the speakers were, a serving top and a glass rack inside.
	This plant stand (another all time favorite) is carved and shaped at the edges and has a root-like base to resemble a tree trunk. One of my more bizarre experiments, but I liked it! Most of my experiment ended up in my own home, but actually, I sold quite a few of these. A more traditional plant stand is also shown - not as much fun, but much more popular.
	This is a very popular TV stand that I really enjoyed making..One person came in and we worked out the design and then every time I had one drying someone else would see it and order another! It seems like I always had one in the works. Design Tip: A great part of designing your own projects is to listen to others for the basic idea and then use your woodworking expertise to to work out the technical aspects while keeping the common goal in mind. There are a lot of creative people out there...take advantage of that!
	This corner table has a sliding shelf for a stereo/VCR, side shelves for speakers and the top was for the TV. It was custom made to fit the components and stained to match the rest of the furniture.
	This 4 foot wide wall plaque/sign was made with layers of 3/4 and 1 1/2" stock. It was for a butcher's birthday present when he was setting up an old-fashioned looking butcher shop. The photo doesn't do it justice.
	I sold a lot of these magazine rack tables because they were compact, but very useful as a combination magazine rack and a small end table. The second photo is of a more traditional and very popular traditional magazine rack.We offer the woodworking patterns for both designs in our Project Assortments.
	A customer had found a broken antique mirror at a yard sale for $10 and wanted a coat hanger/shoe shelf for the hall. Strange looking but nice project - which is what I was looking for when I started doing custom work rather than simply crank out production items. Finishing Tip: Trying to match finishes on repairs and rebuilds is easier if you make sample 'stain-sticks' with assorted stains and finishes. (Easier pick out stain colors for new projects too!) You can even mix some stains to get in between shades and thin them for lighter versions. The stain sticks are also a great way to test compatibilty between finishes and stains before using on a valuable project. There's plenty of finishing tips plus ALL of our woodcraft patterns on the Pattern Bin CD
	Since we were on the coast, whale, fish and seashell tables were very popular and fun to make because every one had it's own personality. These were popular unfinished so people and other crafters* could woodburn or decoupage the top or drill Cribbage Board holes.As you can see, My 'shaded edge' technique was very popular with these rustic designs and even the more standard oval as shown in the lower pic. Money Making Tip: Don't overlook supplying other crafters with unfinished or partially assembled pieces as a steady source of income. (About 30% of our custom business was along these lines.) Many crafters would be thrilled with a reliable source for base projects for their tole, decopage, woodburning, country and folk art and other specialties. There's more money and time saving tips plus ALL of our woodcraft patterns on the Pattern Bin CD
	Not exactly woodworking, but we sold a lot of these macrame hanging planters to restaurants. there was a gro-light in the top so plants could thrive in otherwise dark corners. (I learned to macrame back in the hippie days)

Clean Hands Tip -I don't know about you, but mixing adhesives like two part epoxy, powdered glues, dry putty, etc. are just another opportunity to ruin my clothes and generally make a mess of my workbench. Thanks to a simple tip from one of you (submitted without a name) mixing is easy!. Put the ingredients in a plastic sandwich bad, "squish" it until well mixed, snip off a corner of the bag and squeeze out what you need. Different materials may require a larger or smaller 'snip', but the technique definitely works!
I discovered that some 'thick' materials are difficult to squeeze from the bag. I solved this by placing a 1" diameter dowel near the top of the bag and rolling up the bag on the dowel to gain some leverage.
Access more handy tips all of our woodcraft patterns on our jam-packed Pattern Bin CD.

Now they're stuck to my hands!

DR of Tampa FL says: I'm having a ball with your projects...I don't usually order on the net, but I'm glad I took the chance.

Stork Yard Poke patterns, painting details and mounting options - Only $5.50

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LJ of Norfolk, VA says: Wow, I just ordered this morning, already printed the patterns and am heading down to the workshop.

Bandsaw Boxes - 12 FULL SIZE patterns to teach this fun, profitable techniques - only $5.25

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This rustic cribbage table was the first in a long line of cribbage tables of all shapes and sizes. Its pretty well banged up now, but it's seen many a hand of cribbage!

This small collection of shelf, jewelry bureau, sconces and book caddy are heirlooms now! I made this set for my wife over 30 years ago. (I must be getting old!)

An heirloom of a different type...This is a marble ramp where the marble goes in the top tower rolls back and forth and lands in the scoring area. I am saving the one I gave my kids for the grandchildren (if there ever are any).

This antique reproduction has authentic period hardware, has been lightly distressed to match the aged look of the real antique furniture in the room.
Finishing Tip: Making a project look antique is NOT a matter of distressing it by hitting it with chains, etc. as shown on many TV shows. The edges should be carefully rounded over (not necessarily evenly), a well placed nick or two in heavy use areas, such as by handles, edges, corners and along the base. The final step is to simulate the wear and soiling of age by taking some flat black paint and rubbing it lightly near handles, on corners and other wear areas to discolor the painted finish. This takes some practice on scraps, but it's well worth the trouble!

We made a lot of garden benches, but this was our favorite! I had to lay out the design from a magazine picture and the back is all notched and slot assembly. It went together like a dream! We show two other less dramatic, but still nice benches below.

We experiment with a lot of bridge designs and this is a rugged one in a well traveled area. A larger bridge (for the garden tractor) may be seen in the background. We offer three Arched Bridge woodworking plans and patterns in our Watergarden Accessories & Decorations , but not this one because I made it of 2" and 4" pressure treated stock and it ended up weighing close to 800 pounds (a bit heavy to jockey into place) and the materials cost about four times more than I cared to spend.

Not exactly great craftsmanship, but loved using all kinds of scraps to make these candle holder centerpieces. No two ever turned out the same, but they were all fun.

I enjoyed making and using these simple boxes using 1 x 12 pine (as long as desired, but 18" was average). I would assemble all the sides, top and bottom and then cut the top off on my table saw, slap on some hinges and put a block handle on each end. I sold a lot of these boxes with people's names on them for all kinds of collections, guns, toys, tools and more. I still have all my hole saws, chisels and drill bits in some of these boxes that I made back in the seventies!
Build Tip: These boxes are assembled with what I call 'False Dowel Cconstruction". Basically, drywall screws set in 3/8" dia. x 1/4" deep holes and dowel plugs are tapped into the holes after assembly so it looks like the old-fashioned dowel construction. There's more woodworking techniques plus ALL of our woodcraft patterns on the Pattern Bin CD

I am working on posting more of my favoritewoodworking projects, but most of them are custom work and the pictures are faded Polaroids that are a nightmare scanning and trying to improve the quality, BUT when I get the chance...