Woodworking Projects

To surprise my dad on Christmas morning, I built him a custom electric guitar using an off-the-shelf electric guitar kit and a piece of curly maple which I had previously filled with epoxy resin.

My first real foray into woodworking was a large river table, made from a slab of locally sourced curly maple and epoxy resin.

Throughout my woodworking career, I have made a number of cutting boards in my woodshop. Recently, I finished two boards which I plan on selling. One board is a piece of cherry with a walnut bow-tie to prevent any cracking, and the other is an end-grain cutting board made from a series of spalted maple blanks.

A client requested I build her a custom set of cornhole boards with the letter "G" engraved in the front. I ordered a pallet of Ipe (an exotic hardwood typically used for decking) and arranged the boards in a herringbone pattern. I cut out the large "G" using a palm router and filled it with blue-dyed epoxy. The boards each have multiple coats of spar-urethane to protect the pieces from the elements.

A client requested a set of custom bookcases to fit into a recess in her loft. The project posed several challenges as there were many difficult geometries to work around (two differently sloped roofs, a back wall that slanted inwards, and a canted window sill in the middle of it all).

A neighbor requested I make her two raised planter boxes for her patio. I made the boxes from pressure-treated lengths of 4x4 and 2x4 lumber. After completing the boxes, I received a number of requests for similar planters. In the end, I built six planters for four different clients.