Old School Tool Box

This piece was made for a friend who wanted an old fashion looking tool box to put baby books in for her new addition to her family. I hope it brings them many years of joy. I had a great time making it.

The box is 3ft long, 1ft wide and almost 2ft high. It is made of popluar and staind golden pecan, which is a natrual looking stain.

Enjoy and stay tuned for whats next.

NEVER FORGET!!!!

Never forget......9/11

  Ten years ago today the events of Sept. 11, 2001 changed the world and it is something that we should never forget. Remember the people who died, the rescue workers who died trying to save other peoples' lives, our military who even as I write this are still at war.....never forget one moment of that day!!! The events of that day changed each and every one of our lives forever.

REMEMBER!!! REBUILD!!!! RISE!!!

  I woke up this past Sat. morning knowing that I wanted to make something in honor of that day. I went onto Steve Good's website and found exactly what I was looking for. Steve is a scroll saw artist who makes patterns and puts them on the web for everyone to use. Steve is a great artist and a great person for putting his patterns out for all to use.

  Again I give Steve Good thanks and credit for this amazing pattern. I cut the pattern out of quarter inch thick poplar and red oak. The back pieces are stained rosewood, the towers are red oak, the fire fighters are natural stain and the words are painted black.  NEVER FORGET!!

My Fiance' and I have fallen in love with NYC. We go there at least once a year. We just love the people, the energy, food, sites, sounds, smells, just everything about the city. NYC is where we took our first vacation together, its where this past May we got engaged over looking the Statue of Liberty, on that same trip was also when we got osoma. Needless to say NYC has a special place in our hearts.

  When we go we stay in Jersey City which is just across the river from NYC, actually the hotel we stay at is right at the entrance of the Holland Tunnel. We take the path from Jersey City into the city and the stop that we come up into the city is at Ground Zero. This past May when we were there was when we got osoma. We popped out of the path into the crazy media from all over the world at Ground Zero, military was everywhere you looked.  One of the first things we did was find a street vendor selling American flags, we found one pretty quickly and we both put the flags in our backpacks to show our support and to show that we are proud Americans. We were interviewed a couple of times and had our photo taken more times that we know. One question I got asked more than once was "Are you afraid?" My answer was the same every time.....No I am not one bit scared, look around you, there is military everywhere and you can not be scared, if you are scared they win. You have to live your life to show them that they did not win.

  Every time we are at Ground Zero families are there leaving flowers, letters, photos, etc.. at the now construction site. These people will never forget.

Here are some photos of our last trip to NYC.

While cutting this piece, thinking about the events of 9/11 and knowing that we are going to NYC in a few weeks I have decided that I am going to place this piece at Ground Zero, it doesn't matter if its on a fence, on the ground, if it only lasts one day. If one person is reminded to never forget it was well worth it.

Enjoy and stay tuned for whats next.

Next show

DSH Woodworks will be at the South Side Works with imadeitmarket.com at the South Side Works Exposed event. This event will be all weekend, July 15-17. There will be bands, food, and lots of local artists selling there wares. For more info, see the flyer below and for even more info go to http://www.imadeitmarket.com/



  So please come on down and stop by the DSH Woodworks booth.

Les Paul

Here is a Les Paul guitar cutout perfect for the guitar player in your family, or yourself. Each guitar is about 18inches high. I am making other style guitar styles also, Strats, flying V, Acoustic, etc...

  Any style you can think of just let me know and I will cut it for you.

Enjoy and stay tuned for whats next.

Desk Bikes(in progress)

    These pieces are cut but not finished/stained yet. There are six different bike designs, road bike, mountain bike, etc... These bikes are perfect for the biker who wants to take a mini version of their bike to the office for their desk, to display in their home, etc... Each bike is about 5-6inches tall and about 8-9inches long.

   I will post more photos after I finish these pieces.

Enjoy and stay tuned for whats next!

Bike work stand

  In between the fifty other projects I have going on right now I decided to make something for one of my other obsessions......A bicycle work stand. I saw this idea on a bike site that I belong to called Rat Rod Bikes(http://www.ratrodbikes.com/) This site is all about classic, custom, handmade, etc...bicycles. This idea came from someone who needed a cheap bike work stand to work on his bikes and this is what he came up with. I changed the design a little bit to make it stronger for my needs.

  It is made completely from 2x4's which I screwed together and came out with this........... Pardon the mess, like I said its been very busy in the shop.

The bike in the stand is a 59' J.C. Higgins that i am restoring.

The stand also comes apart so it can stand along the wall to save space, which as you can see space in my shop is limited.

Enjoy and stay tuned for whats next.

Above microwave cabinet

  Its been a while since I have posted. I've been very busy in the shop, kitchen cabinets, getting pieces ready for the big show in July and this above microwave cabinet for a customer.

  This cabinet is three foot wide and one foot deep. The microwave is attached to the bottom of the cabinet and to the wall. Matching the existing cabinet stain was not easy. The existing color is more than likely an old color being that the house is a beautiful old house. So after many different samples the stain color the customer finally went with is called "cinnamon toast". They felt it matched the existing cabinets best. So here it is.......

Enjoy, and stay tuned for whats next.