Category Archive: Padauk

Jan 31 2013

New Wooden Wallet

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Baltic Birch Plywood, Miter Saw, Oscillating Sander, Padauk, Router Table, Table Saw, Thin Rip Jig, Urethane, Wooden Wallet

by benjamen

January 31, 2013

As of the last wooden wallet post, I was waiting for inspiration on how to hold the cards and cash at the same time. Last Fall, inspiration finally did come from the weirdest place: window hardware. I had been looking for some spring steel and I found what are called window controls. Window controls are springs …

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Jul 27 2012

Wooden Wallet

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Baltic Birch Plywood, Block Plane, Miter Saw, Miter Sled, Oscillating Sander, Padauk, Router Table, Table Saw, Thin Rip Jig, Wooden Wallet

by benjamen

July 27, 2012

About a month ago Stuart over at ToolGuyd posted the Slim Timber Wood Wallet. Since the wallet sold for $45 and it looked like a simple thing to create, he wondered what the best way of making a DIY version would be. I thought about it for a while …

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Jul 10 2012

Heart Shaped Necklace Holder

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Drill Press, Jewelry, Orbital Sander, Oscillating Sander, Padauk, Paste Wax, Router Table, Scroll Saw, Urethane

by benjamen

July 10, 2012

Sick of my daughter asking me to unsnarl her tangle of necklaces, I decided to build her a necklace tree. After some thought, I figured the tree would be a bad idea because it would be just one more thing to clutter up the horizontal space in her room. So I changed …

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Jun 18 2012

Turning Some More Glue-Ups

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Cherry, Lathe, Maple, Padauk, Purple Heartwood, Tops

by benjamen

June 18, 2012

I decided it was either time to either throw away part of my growing pile of scrap wood or make something with it. Since I have a hard time parting with toothpicks, my only option was to make something. I’ve had good luck contrasting purple heartwood with maple, so laminating a turning …

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Jun 12 2012

If At First You Do Suceed, Fail, Fail Again

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Bloodwood, Drill Press, Jewelry, Lathe, Padauk, Peruvian Walnut, Table Saw

by benjamen

June 12, 2012

I thought making bracelets was easy, I guess I just got lucky the first time. I made my first bracelet out of Peruvian walnut. I started from a 1/2″ thick square blank, cut out the hole in the middle with a 2-1/2″ hole saw, and cut off the corners to make …

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