Apr 13

Covered Wood Rack – Daniel D. Brown, 2018

Finally finished our firewood/lumber drying bin! I’ve been working on this on and off for the past week in the garage. It’s mostly for all the random logs and rough lumber I’ve been collecting. I have an alert set up on Craigslist for whenever someone cuts down a tree and is giving it away as firewood. Last week I acquired a bunch of fresh black walnut logs and desperately need an outdoor place to store them (our garage is a nightmare right now). And we needed a place to store the wood for our fire pit is that it’s “sit outside” weather. Made from construction pine and cheap cedar fence planks. It’s mostly based on a random plan I found online.

The white logs are a recent black walnut I got for free. The rest is for the firepit:) some elm in there too. And the big logs are locust. Not sure if I’ll do anything with them yet.

 

Apr 10

Cheeseboard #3 – Daniel D. Brown, 2018

Here’s a simple little serving board/cheeseboard I made last week as an engagement/early wedding gift for @leelihort and @jmhmsw. The shape was intended to be sorta reminiscent of cat’s ears (for their two cats). Made from an old elm log in a neighbor’s firewood pile, after it had been cut down standing dead (probably from Dutch elm’s disease). I milled it with my cheap electric chainsaw, flattened it with a router/jig, cut the shape on my little bandsaw, and finished it with filtered walnut oil. Note: this piece bookmatches with our coat hanger I made from the same log.

Apr 10

Pittsburgh/London Name Plaque – Daniel D. Brown, 2018

A few weeks ago some labmates asked me to make a name placard for their adviser/boss (my colleague and future boss) on his 50th birthday. I finally got around to trimming up some of the video I took (below). These are just quickly edited on my phone and will be incredibly boring for other woodworkers. It’s more for Adrian and others who don’t know what goes into this sort of thing. Happy birthday, Dr. Lee!
At the end you can briefly see another small one I did for a graduating PhD student, Dr. Ahmed Basudan (congrats @amab424!).