This project was submitted by Mathew and comes in two parts, first a question and then the finished project. For a first project, it is awesome. I don’t think I even attempted raised panels until my tenth project or so! Mathew first asks: This is my first ever project and your video on raised panels [...]

I hope you folks remember my good buddy Duane from the Steamer Trunk Series. Many of you have been asking for an update on “Big D” so I am excited to post these pictures. Duane is doing very well and he’s apparently been busy cranking out steamer trunks like a mad man! And I don’t [...]

Gerald tries his hand at doll furniture!

I built this for my girlfriend to use as a tack trunk to keep at the barn where she boards her horse. It is made from walnut with a aromatic cedar bottom for both the trunk and sliding tray. I went with a no fuss finish using Watco Danish oil.