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Here are just a few things I have made over the past 4 years in my woods class at school. A lot of the projects were made in under 2 hours. Unfortunately, our school uses very old machines that don't work so well so I spend most of my time on the lathe. Since its the end of school for me (graduation June 7th, 08) I have just been making whistles =]

There are about 8 or 9 other small projects that I gave out as gifts but I don't have pictures of those, sorry.

Also, most of the projects shown are made from wood I retrieved from the scrap box.

17 comments

Nov 10, 2011. 12:09 PMlogans says:

thats really impressive

Oct 21, 2011. 12:30 PM

nanosec12 says:

Wow, years later and you get featured...Grats and Nice looking work. Have you been able to use your skills since graduation?

Nano

Oct 16, 2009. 3:59 PMturtleshane says:

did u use a lathe for all of these? im making a lantern in my art class but its a little different and i saw ur deisgn its more simplistic. Howd u do it?

Jun 16, 2009. 4:49 PM

porcupinemamma says:

Well done! Have you thought about doing an instructable for a basic project? You'd be a great teacher

Aug 3, 2008. 8:36 AMcarpespasm says:

The dvd case and sandals are neat. Did the sandals wind up getting much use?

Sep 6, 2008. 6:50 PMMadMechanicMike (author) says:

actually yes. for about a month. i wore them as a novelty at first. then i wore them around when i didnt want to put shoes on

Aug 6, 2008. 11:35 PMDIYerr says:

On the oak goblet with the natural finish, I think the wobble makes the whole piece more interesting, because it gives it a better than perfect, handmade look.

May 9, 2008. 12:25 PM

Stanislaw says:

Wow, nicely done! I loved shop class when I was in school, I even went out and bought myself an old Powermatic Lathe, unfortunately I just don't find the time to turn anything any more. Keep up the good work!

May 8, 2008. 7:16 PM

peguiono says:

I wish we still had shop it was recently removed because some kids stole a lot of tools from the shop and the school didn't want to buy all of the tools again nice projects by the way I love wood working

May 5, 2008. 2:09 PMMikey D says:

Great job! I teach HS Industrial Technology (Shop!) and it is great to see someone with a love for it. Excellent work!

May 4, 2008. 12:11 PMPatrik says:

Those are some lovely pieces, Mike! The goblets look really nice - did you find it hard to hollow out the inside nice and evenly? That's the part I had most trouble with on my bowls, although perhaps using a drier wood with a much more consistent grain might help wit that. How did you do that base on the pagoda lantern box? By the way - you may want to consider carving a bit of a profile in the top of those sandals, for arch support etc. I used to have a Swedish-made pair of sandals like that, and they were very comfortable.

May 4, 2008. 7:11 PMMadMechanicMike (author) says:

The goblets were relatively easy to hollow out. The only problem is getting a nice curve at the bottom with out chipping from the tool being so far out from the tool rest.

The base on the padoga lantern box was first turned into a bowl shape then I used a dove tail saw to cut the arches (which was very difficult and stressing after turning the whole thing). Then I used a drum sander to even the edges out and give them the proper curve.

I was considering making the sandals fit to the form of my foot but it was just a small project that I made as a novelty, although I did walk around with them for a while just for fun. Maybe if I get into wood working after I get out of the Navy I will try it again because I do like the idea of making my own foot wear =]