Small Projects

To make this stunning piece, all you need is some 8/4 stock and a few common hand tools

Joe Scannell collected seedpods from a black locust tree on his honeymoon in 1971.

Marc Ricourt creates vessels out of beech and oak he harvests near his home in Burgundy, France. He begins each piece with chainsaw work before refining the shape at the lathe. He completes the piece with carving, sanding, and finishing.

Matt Monaco creats a bowl with a clean, classical simplicity of shape that he sees as wooden pottery.

When asked to create a simple coat rack, Christian Becksvoort came up with this design, which includes a rod for hangers as well as shelves for shoes and hats.

Seri Robinson, a.k.a. Dr. Spalting, says the best food-safe finish is no finish at all.

Albert Kleine takes classic double-bevel marquetry into another dimension.

After carrying around a stack of yew planks for years, Brian Reid used them to create the first of three tansu, which he calls "the best things I ever made."

Geometric marquetry gives this mitered black-and-white box an optical buzz.

This pair of speakers was included in a larger article by Andrew Gibson in FWW #312 titled, “Build Your Own Speakers.” The main project in the article, however, was a…