Community Brag Posts

My mom was looking for a new outdoor table, and asked me to come up with something. I found the link for these plans (http://www.thedesignconfidential.com/2011/04/free-diy-furniture-plans-t…) to knock off Restoration Hardware's $4000 Provence Beam outdoor table. Overall I liked the plan, with the chunkier look of the 4x4's. But there were a lot of errors in the diagrams, and the finished height is 34" which is ridiculously tall for a table. So we took it apart and cut the legs back down to change the finished height to 30". We chose rough-cut cedar for it's look and outdoor properties, not wanting to use treated lumber for a dining table. We couldn't find 2x10's like the plan, so we substituted seven 2x6's just like Ana's plan, but left a 1/2" gap in between so water can drain and not pool on top and rot the wood. Also, since we were working with 4x4's for the legs, we chose heavy duty lag bolts instead of screws to join them together. I love the finished look they give. Overall it's a sturdy, yet lightweight table that my mom loves and has already used for entertaining!

I moved into a new house and needed a new chicken coop. I am retired and not a woodworker but these plans were easy to build. Thanks Ana.

Flip down tray added for computer keyboard.

King size farm bed with storage, modified from queen bed plans. Used 1x10’s instead of a solid sheet of plywood and routed the slates to add some nice depth. Used reclaimed barn wood 1/4” for the border of the drawers.

Took me a week to build but not bad for a one-legged man and no help. Instead of shingles I opted for corrugated pvc. Setting up shelves inside and going to build a bin for scrap lumber with scraps in the corner. I think I made some cutting errors on the doors there is a 1" gap between them. I put white marble stone down to keep it from setting directly on the dirt. - Edd

Made an Adirondack glider out of red cedar and a red oak glider for my Daughter in law. Adirondack for outdoor, the red oak for their living room. I'm a retired corporate jet tech, but love to do wood work as a hobby. - Tim in the Poconos

This was my first project using an Ana White plan....Modified it a bit...quite happy with how it came out...it was very low cost to make and a lot of fun.

I built this Family Picnic Table for my brother and sister in law for their river house for Christmas.

I started this the first week of October this year. Cutting lumber, priming, painting and assembling at my home two hours away. 

I disassembled it, loaded it on a trailer with my tools and drove it to their home. This is where I needed two people to help get everything up on the second floor deck.

The plans were great! I am placing a link to 2 photos of the finished product.

I told their kids to buy an umbrella for them for Christmas - Carlton Lowry

I've done a dozen or more of these letters now. Each letter has to be cut differently, but they are all made from 2x4s and pocket holed together using my Kreg Jig. I have also made some letters with curves (such as R, B, J, etc). I cut the curve out of a 2x10, left over stair stringer and then join it with some 2x4 for the rest of the piece. To make the base plates, I cut small blocks of 1x3 and rounded the edges with a palm sander. I used glue and finish nails to attach them. I have more projects like this on my blog http://pneumaticaddict.blogspot.com .