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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 03/12/2025

Finished this fireplace feature wall just before Thanksgiving. Ipè sanded to 500 with just a little renaissance wax to finish.

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 16/09/2025

Before/after: They can’t all be sexy original creations. This was a full tear down and refinish job. Hopefully the client will get another 50 years out of this mahogany built-in book case. #woodworking #refinishing #library

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 08/07/2025

Played around the lettering before we locked them down.

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 08/07/2025

My friend recently asked me to create a sign for his cabin. I think this take is a nice revision on the #northwoods tradition. Ambrosia maple. The house is enameled with a spar urethane finish. Jatoba frame and some solar lights will keep the see-thru windows illuminated at night. #upnorth

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 04/05/2025

Custom set of hand plane hangers with a matching block plane pouch. 10 oz harness leather, 1mm ritza tiger thread in black on 6mm spacing. A few brass rivets will match with the brass mounting screws and finish washers. #woodworking #leather #leatherwork #leathercraft #handtools #woodshop #handmade

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 02/04/2025

Midcentury modern coffee table in walnut. I call it the Alvorada, any guesses why? #woodworking #furniture #interiordecorating #midcentury #mcm

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 25/03/2025

Sure! Definitely could be. Same effect on the knob which cleaned up to also be a really nice rosewood, although visibly different than the tote.

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 25/03/2025

Bought a 1910s Stanley No. 8 to restore and the tote was this weird yellow color and the finish was worn off. I figured it was a replacement. But after sanding, I was shocked to find this rosewood underneath. It sanded like oxidation, not a stain or finish. Anyone ever seen something like this?

1910s Stanley Hand plane handle or tote, heavily used, broken on top, and oxidized. It’s sitting on top of a woodworking bench and is the Before picture in the series of this post.

Stanley tool co number 8 handle or tote or their largest plane. Sanded to 320 and waxed. The After picture in the series is similarly situated on a workbench surface.

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 14/03/2025

The electrolysis machine is up and running. Knocking the rust off some older Sampson dividers/calipers. Tool restoration is my other other hobby.

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 13/03/2025

The 10/4 finished out at 2.25”. It’s much richer and browner than steamed/kilned commercial walnut. Now…what to make??

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 11/03/2025

I love this chair & photo. It’s comfortable and adjustable. The lighting here is perfect. It highlights the black Latigo leather and brings the reds out of the padauk legs, while hinting at something stately and adventurous. Available. #woodworking #woodturning #leathercraft #midcenturymodern

Black leather safari or Roorkhee chair with turned padauk legs and stretchers. Natural leather strapping with brass buckles ensure a secure but adjustable means of assembly. Against a black back ground the artful lighting highlights the curves and classic form of the chair.

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 04/03/2025

Mystery rosewood (I suspect cocobolo) cooking spoon. Another scrap project from last week. Projects for this week will include stropping the bejezus out of my carving / whittling knives. #woodworking #woodcarving #kitchentools #handmade

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 03/03/2025

Scrap bin project from this weekend - Osage and purpleheart kids kitchen knives. Walnut and brass dress up the handles a little bit. #woodworking #montessori #kidsinthekitchen #toddlertools

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 24/02/2025

More audiophile/vinyl products in development! This is a vinyl easel or record display stand. Made from marine-grade brass and holding the hottest release of the week. In stock on the website. #vinyl #audiophile #metalworking #kendrick #turntable #maker

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 05/02/2025

Not everything turns out as you envision. This experiment was supposed to be Midcentury/Atomic pattern with brass and steel inlay into walnut. I thought it would be a good study piece for a distinctively-framed wall art but it didn’t stand out. 🤷‍♂️ On to the next one… #woodworking #midcentury #retro

Starburst and Midcentury modern boomerang pattern engraved into a panel of walnut and inlaid with brass and steel. A simple pattern, it was designed as a possible piece of hung art, but the dullness of the metal and the muddy walnut didn’t draw sufficient contrast to justify further development of the idea.

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 31/01/2025

One of the best parts of being a craftsman is using your skills & tools to create something unique for your situation. I needed a kids table, but not a Fancy Kids Table. With cedar fencing, a 4x4 and an afternoon, you can have a (quick) custom solution for your problem. #woodworking #maker #diy

Preschool age child having lunch on a custom kids table and chair set outside on a deck. The oiled cedar gives the scene a warm and inviting tone, as does the small empty seat opposite the child, angled toward the camera.

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 27/01/2025

Based on the classic Klein bag, this utility bag is made from 12 oz. harness leather. Saddle stitched and hand set rivets throughout. 1/4” backing board sewn to the bottom. This thing is built to last through your grandkids retirement. 2 available. #leatherwork #leathercraft #electrician #plumber

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 23/01/2025

Getting settled back in the shop after the holidays, various illnesses and general malaise. To get these leatherworking tools off my bench I have to finish the project. Baby steps through all (gestures broadly) this. #crafting #leatherwork #diy #toolsandtheownersthatlovethem

Interior shot of a leather bag currently being assembled. Burgundy exterior leather and undyed bottom and side panels hold black thread while a stitching punch continues to make holes to finish the stitching of the bottom panel.

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 19/01/2025

Was late to tiktok but enjoyed peeking in a bit while there was time. My own videos never hit the big time and I only had so much time to devote. The politics of the ban are messed up, as we all know. Anyway, welcome refugees. Here’s a chair I make and sell. #woodworking #furniture #tiktokrefugee

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 02/01/2025

Does anyone in art or printmaking have the inside track on Marushka prints from the 70s? Been trying to find more info on this 5 piece print for a while. It’s huge! (48”+) but outside of what I’ve found re: the company online. #retro #marüshka #printmaking

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 30/12/2024

I love these flat files for organizing small parts. I’ve gone through #diy divider systems, Schaller boxes, and found containers but the best so far are these Milwaukee low packout organizers with custom 3D printed dividers. #organization #woodworking #electronics #maker

Several open metal flat file drawers displaying an array of hardware and small electrical parts, all placed into red Milwaukee packout organized containers with custom dividers.

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 26/12/2024

Edge grain wall-mounted desk made with 1950s-era reclaimed solid core plywood. I don’t think it would work with modern plywood but it was great to find a use for this salvaged material. #woodworking #maker #homeoffice

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 21/12/2024

There’s an elegance to this Midcentury modern-styled coat rack that I really enjoy. I made it because once I thought of it I couldn’t not make it. It’s a shame that no one wanted to buy one lol. #woodworking #furniture #maker #midcentury

Midcentury modern inspired wall mounted coat rack. Made with walnut and an oak dowel top shelf. Tastefully staged with a yellow patterned blouse, grey and black striped sweater and some period appropriate costume jewelry.

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 16/12/2024

What do you look for in a menorah? With Xmas and Hanukkah overlapping this year I couldn’t pass up trying out another design. Minimalist menorah. 11” long. Square steel bar and brass tubing press fit. #woodworking #metalwork #chagsameach

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 12/12/2024

Material choice can elevate the look of something that is fundamentally simple and straightforward. It’s easy to forget sometimes. #turntable #vinyl #audiophile #woodworker

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 11/12/2024

Pretty minimal restoration aside from structural stuff. Clients were fine with it continuing to show its age and wear. Brushed about 5 coats of amber shellac from flake. #woodworking #antiques #restoration #finishing

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 10/12/2024

Glow up time! 19th century Stanley No. 45 combination plane. Befores & afters 🪚 #woodworking #antique #tools #restoration

Stanley No. 45 combination plane, restored. Late 19th century model.

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 10/12/2024

Romanian pew restoration - it’s come apart easily. Managed to repro the back panel but keep the spindles. I think I did the end contours quite well. 🪚 #woodworking #maker #antiques #restoration

Picture of the end curves and details of a replicated back board of a Romanian church pew. The original back is placed on top for comparison.

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 09/12/2024

Restoration time! This early 1900s Romanian church pew arrived with a lot of issues. Missing spindles, joint gaps, dry rot, and structurally unsound knots. It needs A Lot. #woodworking #antiques #restoration #glowup

Angled photo of an early 1900s Romanian church pew. Made of softwood with curved arms and decorative spindles on the back and sides.

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 08/12/2024

Bathroom break! Custom vanity and medicine cabinet I did. Qtr sawn white oak, brass-inlaid doors, and these tapered walnut legs. Pretty satisfied with the results. I need to further explore the tapers and MCM stretcher idea, it was a fun challenge. 🪚 #woodworking #maker #interiordesign

Marble-topped custom white oak vanity and medicine cabinet for a recent small bathroom remodel.

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 06/12/2024

This has to be the fanciest joiners mallet on Bluesky. Modeled after the one in the Studley tool chest, the bronze head is sand cast and the end user customizes the faces and handle. I’ve used beech and morado here and it’s one of the coolest tools in my shop! 🪚 #woodworking #maker #tools

Reproduction of the mallet found in the studley tool chest. Bronze, each and morado wood

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 02/12/2024

I took up leatherwork to support a couple of furniture ideas, but it has since become more of a relaxing hobby (after turning my last hobby into a job). Making custom cases, holders and folios scratches a very specific itch I didn’t know I had until just recently. #leathercrafting #maker #handmade

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 28/11/2024

All cleaned up and ready to test! Thanks for the suggestions and encouragement. #audiophile #recordplayer #retro

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 27/11/2024

Alright, contact cleaner and alcohol flushed out the volume potentiometer, checked the board solder, visually checked the caps, and tested out the 16 ohm 1.5 watt speaker.

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 27/11/2024

Pulled this retainer clip to release the platter and expose some gnarly 45 year old grease in the platter shaft. Idler wheel and motor shaft look good.

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 27/11/2024

Case is removed. Soft underbelly exposed. Transformer and motor are on a metal mount in the upper right. Small cir. board with volume pot, a couple caps, and the little IC amp lower right. Speaker on left, under the orange thing that ties the speed select switch to the idler wheel up top.

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 27/11/2024

Success! For posterity’s sake, the bit is called a tri-groove or Holt-head bit. They’re $27 plus shipping on eBay. 🎩

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 27/11/2024

Next, I found a set of security hex bits and a dremel and got to work

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 27/11/2024

Initially, I turned to thingiverse, the home of Rocktopus and DIY dads who don’t want to run to the hardware store. Alas, my printed adapter lasted .2 seconds before layers separated and I got to dig PLA out of the screw recesses.

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 27/11/2024

Ride along with me as I DIY repair my kids 1970s Fisher Price turntable… Step 1: what the hell are these screws!? #vinyl #maker #electronics

Old orange and tan suitcase style portable record player. Made by fisher price in the 1970s and 80s.

Weird screw with 3 indentations. They hold the bottom case to the top of the kids turntable.

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 26/11/2024

This was one of those pieces that wouldn’t leave my head until I made it. Solid walnut coffee table with brass edges and standoffs. #Midcentury materials and design smooshed together with a surprisingly clean result. Available for purchase. #woodworking #midcenturymodern #furniture #art 🪚

Angle view of a custom walnut coffee table with brass accents

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 25/11/2024

Here’s a little drive by… And seriously, this was as far as I got in planning, so help me out with your suggestions on where to go from here! #woodworking #maker 🪚

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Panel/Board Design & Assembly @panelboardshop.com · 25/11/2024

All cleaned up! Sanded to 400 with a chamfer and first coat of PolyX. I keep stopping to look in on all the little details, shapes, and depths. Now the question is what should we do with the scrap slab? It’s 2x4 & 7/8” thick. Check the video and help me brainstorm below! #woodworking #maker 🪚

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