The Woodshop Shed

Wood Tongs

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I had the pleasure of sending my swap submission to Dave P from Santa Fe NM. I had been wanting to make myself some new tongs so it was a great choice.
There's not a lot to them really, 2 sides and a wedge. The wedge angle took some trial and error though!
Once I rough cut the blanks for the sides I put them together with carpet tape and cut them to shape then refined them with a combination of belt, spindle and edge sanders plus some hand finessing.
The longer ones are about 16” long and the small ones are perfect for appetizers/garnishes. They're figured maple and black walnut.

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Small Greene & Greene style box

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Here's a small G&G box with proud finger joints I made for a night light stand. It's intended to match the style of the dresser. The finger joints on the front act as a pull for a small drawer. Wonder what my wife will put in there, maybe more jewelry? :)

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Chair for GK3

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The third grand kid gets the third child's rocker. There a few 'firsts' here. It's my first project made out of white ash.
My first project working with raw leather. And the first with the type of joinery I used to connect the legs to the rockers. The joinery is certainly not perfect, but I'm not either, so that's okay. It's pretty solid and I think it will last a long time. Ash is still plentiful, but I don't know for how much longer as the Emerald Ash Borer continues to spread across the country. The finish is Arm-R-Seal—no stain.
I was recently gifted a 6''x 72'' edge belt sander that I definitely took advantage of here.
I like the way it turned out and hopefully my grandson will enjoy it also.

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