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Brandon Olin - Team Human @devblackops.io · 23/09/2026

Behold! I have made some white oak pants that also happen to serve as legs to an entry table I’m making. #woodworking

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Brandon Olin - Team Human @devblackops.io · 23/09/2026

Made some super comfy Greene & Greene inspired Adirondack chairs. African mahogany with ebony plugs. #woodworking

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Brandon Olin - Team Human @devblackops.io · 26/08/2026

Who will the next one to go at 80 be?

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Brandon Olin - Team Human @devblackops.io · 25/05/2026

This is what I ended up building. Fits the space perfectly and doesn’t sound too bad either :) #woodworking

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Brandon Olin - Team Human @devblackops.io · 04/03/2026

What it feels like to be in tech and NOT use AI.

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Brandon Olin - Team Human @devblackops.io · 23/12/2025

Finally got some custom leather cushions back from the upholster for these quarter sawn white oak morris chairs I made. Just in time to enjoy some reading over the winter break. #woodworking bsky.app/profile/devb...

Two quarter sawn white oak morris chairs with dark brown leather cushions.

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Brandon Olin - Team Human @devblackops.io · 01/10/2025

Thinking about making another side table like this one that I finished a few months ago, but as a record player stand. The bottom would be semi-enclosed for vinyl records, and the squares below the top would be integrated speakers. I'm no audiophile, but this would be a fun build. #woodworking

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Brandon Olin - Team Human @devblackops.io · 23/08/2025

I made a fancy laundry sorter in a basket weave pattern with quarter sawn sapele. The top panels are sapele pommele veneer. Not so fancy to make sorting laundry fun, but fancier than sorting it on the bed. #woodworking

Wooden laundry sorter in a basket pattern.

The top panel of the laundry sorter. Made out of sapele pommele veneer on a 1/4” plywood substrate.

The inside of the laundry sorter has a dovetailed center divider. Each side then has two canvas bags suspended using metal hooks and 1/2” mahogany dowels.

The top panel uses two 40 lbs torsion hinges from Rockler. These keep the top from slamming shut.

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Brandon Olin - Team Human @devblackops.io · 20/07/2025

I made a little walnut shadow box for some ceramic flowers. The maple splines in the corners form a crisscross pattern. #woodworking

Walnut shadow box with three ceramic flowers in the center. Maple splines in the mitered corners forming a crisscross pattern.

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Brandon Olin - Team Human @devblackops.io · 20/07/2025

I love them too! But I can’t really use the ones I made until the upholsterer finishes the leather cushions. 2-3 months :( They are pretty to look at though.

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Brandon Olin - Team Human @devblackops.io · 19/07/2025

The console table is all finished and in its home next to the morris chairs. #woodworking

White oak console table in a dark mission stain with a clay accent tile of a poppy flower.

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Brandon Olin - Team Human @devblackops.io · 06/07/2025

Making a fancy console table out of white oak with a clay accent tile to go with some morris chairs I recently finished.. #woodworking

Console table made out of quartersawn white oak with a clay accent tile on the face. Dry assembly.

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Brandon Olin - Team Human @devblackops.io · 30/05/2025

Testing out different dye and gel stain combinations for these white oak morris chairs. I think the overly red ones are out, but I’m having trouble narrowing it down further. The left side of each board also has a coat of amber shellac. They don’t have to match and existing piece. #woodworking

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Brandon Olin - Team Human @devblackops.io · 10/05/2025

Still a ton of shaping, sanding, glue-ups, and finishing in my future, but these white oak morris chairs are turning out pretty sweet. #woodworking

A pair of bow arm morris chairs and footstool in quarter sawn white oak. Dry assembly phase.

A bow arm morris chair made from quarter sawn white oak in dry assembly phase.

A quarter sawn white oak foot stool. Dry assembly phase.

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Brandon Olin - Team Human @devblackops.io · 30/03/2025

Rough milling a bunch of quarter sawn white oak for two morris chairs plus a stool. These will probably take me a while to complete, but judging from the rays flecks, they should look awesome. #woodworking

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Brandon Olin - Team Human @devblackops.io · 08/02/2025

Not quite done (still need to make the lower drawers), but this Greene & Greene inspired hall tree is complete enough for the kiddos to start throwing their coats and bags on it. I used quartersawn sapele with ebony plugs. #woodworking

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Brandon Olin - Team Human @devblackops.io · 04/02/2025

We have a real life Governor Le Petomane in the WH.

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Brandon Olin - Team Human @devblackops.io · 30/12/2024

The top cubby section of this Greene & Greene style hall tree is finally done! I used sapele with 1/4” ebony plugs. The middle rail will have some heavy duty iron hooks. The bottom bench section is still being assembled and will have two drawers with the same tapered stiles, and plugs. #woodworking

The top coat storage and cubby section of a Greene & Greene style hall tree made out of sapele.

Cubby ends with tapered stiles, cloud lifts on the rails, and 1/4” ebony plugs.

Inside of the cubby section with the same tapered stiles and cloud lift rails.

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Brandon Olin - Team Human @devblackops.io · 20/12/2024

What grits do you use? All of them. Plus some polishing compound.

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Brandon Olin - Team Human @devblackops.io · 19/12/2024

Practicing some Greene & Greene style ebony plugs on a scrap of sapele for a hall tree I’m building. Not too difficult, but I think I can polish that ebony up some more. #woodworking

1/4” square ebony plugs in a scrap of sapele.

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Brandon Olin - Team Human @devblackops.io · 16/12/2024

Trying to make a dent in these strips of offcuts. So…… coaster time!

Strips of sapele, maple, and walnut that will be glued up and cut into 4” coasters.

The remaining 7’ to 8’ strips of mostly sapele and maple offcuts from my workbench and hall tree builds.

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Brandon Olin - Team Human @devblackops.io · 15/12/2024

My neighbor asked for an extra large cribbage board as a gift for a friend. Asked and delivered :) Made from some quarter sawn white oak and walnut cutoffs I had. Finished with Waterlox and Renaissance wax. It pivots on a dowel in the center and the magnets hold the top in place. #woodworking

Large cribbage board made from quarter sawn white oak and walnut. Finished with Waterlox and Renaissance wax.

Large cribbage board made from quarter sawn white oak for the top and walnut for the base. The top pivots at the center using a dowel. Pockets have been routed in the base to hold the playing cards and metal pegs.

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Brandon Olin - Team Human @devblackops.io · 05/12/2024

Cute little bar top sized cutting board. Perfect for making drinks.🍹 Made out of maple, paduk, walnut, and wenge. #woodworking

Small cutting board made out of strips of maple, paduk, walnut, and wenge.

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Brandon Olin - Team Human @devblackops.io · 05/12/2024

How it started and how it ended, with a bunch of sawdust in between. My split top roubo bench I completed a few months ago. #woodworking

A couple dozen board feet of hard maple.

Finished split top Roubo-style workbench using hard maple with Benchcrafted leg and tail vices. Sapele accent wood.

“Condor” tails for the tail vice end cap

Flattening the workbench top with a router sled and flattening bit to ensure the front and back sections are flat and in plane with each other

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Brandon Olin - Team Human @devblackops.io · 03/12/2024

A cutting board I made for my mother LAST Christmas, which she has refused to use for actually cutting stuff. #woodworking

Large cutting board made from strips of Cherry, Maple, Sapele, and Walnut.

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Brandon Olin - Team Human @devblackops.io · 26/11/2024

Ah. So the scourge of violent migrant crime and fentanyl is coming from… Canada eh?

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Brandon Olin - Team Human @devblackops.io · 25/11/2024

Ya, I was surprised at that too. Here is another sapele frame that came out lighter and more in line with other sapele stuff I've done. Must have just been a really dark board.

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Brandon Olin - Team Human @devblackops.io · 25/11/2024

A couple of picture frames I made earlier this year using birds eye maple, white oak, sapele, and walnut. #woodworking

Picture frame using bird eye maple with sapele splines

Picture frame using white oak with walnut splines

Picture frame using sapele with blackwood splines

Picture frame using walnut with maple splines

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Brandon Olin - Team Human @devblackops.io · 25/11/2024

Well…. SHIT! Time to make another piece. #woodworking

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Brandon Olin - Team Human @devblackops.io · 20/11/2024

Finished up my bed frame last month. I used quarter sawn sapele for the frame and pommelle sapele veneer for the panels. Finished with some rubio monocoat. Credit goes to @thewoodwhisperer.bsky.social for the design! #woodworking