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Upstanding Shell
1 commentI found this shell on the beach on a vacation to FL with the family. I was taken with its simple beauty – the lines were so sinuous and flowing – so I picked it up. When I...
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Stacking Bowls
These stacking bowls were made from a walnut cutoff and some scrap aluminum bar stock.
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fence line illumination
this is my bedside lamp. it was shaped and carved to enhance its already natural beauty. its a piece of a fence post that is antique southern heart pine. its around 400 to 600 years old and came from...
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Banding from tenon cutoffs
This is the ultimate use of scrap. I collect the cutoffs from doing the tenons and made banding from it. One day I was making tenons and notice all of the pieces and a light bulb went off. Why not...
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Walnut Box
This box was made from a length of black walnut firewood, which came from a huge old tree in my parents' backyard in Western Pennsylvania. It sustained some storm damage a few years back and as a...
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A Classic with a Twist
The top of this desk was made of 61 individual pieces of walnut salvaged from a set of chairs being thrown out. Maple accents were added to tie the top to the base which features maple legs...
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candy land coffe table
After running out of fire wood i had to make something out of my small scraps before they all went up in shop warming smoke. Maple,cherry and walnut
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Patchwork Coffee Table
Coffee table made from claro walnut offcuts with black walnut inlays and butterflies. Black walnut legs turned from scrap wood. Finished with Danish oil and polyurethane.
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Desk name plate
Marguetry scraps; Birdseye maple for background, walnut and cherry inlay. Walnut frame.
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Congratulations to our winners!
Congratulations to our three winners! Argyllshire for Eye Candy, larrysak3 for Dulcimer; and Triumph1 for "Home is where the hearth is".
Three prize packages were awarded.
First Prize
Fine WoodworkingMagazine Archive DVD-ROM
Second Prize
(1) copy of The Complete Illustrated Guide to Furniture and Cabinet Construction
(1) copy of The Complete Illustrated Guide to Joinery
Third Prize
(1) copy of The Complete Illustrated Guide to Joinery
Contest ended March 11, 2010
Winners were selected by the community and announced on March 22, 2010.











