The Woodshop Shed

Mid-century modern firewood stand

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I need to practice cutting dovetails, and we need a respectable firewood stand going into colder weather. Plus, I recently got a lathe to play with. As you can see, I still need practice with dovetails.There weren't any MCM firewood stands made from wood that I could find, so I borrowed design details from various coffee tables.Made from local Rocky Mountain Juniper, some from a local mill but the legs and arms from a large windfall. Minor note about this species: a large old tree in a valley bottom will yield riveable pieces. No finish, so it can easily become firewood someday.This is my third firewood stand. My plan is to live with it for at least one winter, and identify its flaws like I did with the previous ones. Prototyping is a good thing?

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Popular Woodworking Turns 40

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Things were happening in 1981. Ronald Reagan had just started his first term in office, the Space Shuttle took its maiden voyage, and MTV appeared on the airways for the first time. It was also the year a new woodworking …Source

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Stable / Dutch doors for the workshop - post

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Stable / Dutch doors for the workshop
and a wonderful visit from a LJ friend.Another project from the allotment house, this time it was the workshop door, that were screaming my name.The old doors were worn out, the top half rotten and really old, perhaps older than the house, lower half badly made from cheap fast grown treated wood, so both needed replacement.New doors were made from old floor boards, found in the streets of Copenhagen.Our LJ buddy Ty Kaerlighedsbamsen , came by the allotment and helped me mount the doors, thank you Ty.This post is from the blog: https://www.lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/132926 where you can see much more.
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1. The workshop with the new door.
2. Old floor boards being planned.
3. Making parts.
4. Doors are born.
5. Friendship.
6. The workshop two years ago.

Hope it can be to some inspiration, well, or a stable door…Best thoughts,MaFe

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Wooden Wishing Wells

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Back in 2011 I got into building wishing wells and ended up designing several different styles and sizes. Apparently I had more time on my hands back then…The 6 ft. wishing well with a staggered octagon base has always been the most popular. Like most of the other wishing wells I've built, I made it out of pressure treated lumber. For the roof I used cedar roofing shingles from Lowes. I just cut them down to scale and fastened them to some exterior plywood. For the ridge on top I took a vinyl siding corner piece and cut the channels off of it.I purchased the bucket though, didn't build that.Most of the wishing well had an octagon base, but I think I'm going to build a similar size one with a square base when I have time…. I didn't realize there were so many folks out there that like square base wishing wells. Lots of ideas, just never enough time…

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