I don't want to hog the thread but, this is right up my alley. A few things make woodworking more fun that metal working:
1. It's much easier to machine.
2. It won't rust when you store it.
3. You can heat your garage with any left over or mistakes.
Anyway, here are a few of my projects over the years.
This is a rocking horse I built for my nephew. It's all poplar wood that I got direct from the sawmill. The pic doesn't do it justice. In short, you can't see any screws. No they are not plugged. The are literally covered. If you want to know how, PM me. The mane was my favorite. If
you have ever tried to buy them, they are expensive. The best alternative...hair extensions sold at any hair stylist supply store
This next one is a decoration that sat over one of the entrance doors at my church.
This next one is a little craft my wife found in a garden magazine.
Long story short I did one for my Mom for her birthday. I showed to a guy at work and he wanted one. I brought his in and 4 more people at work wanted one. Then within the next 18 months I sold over 200 of them and didn't try. Everyone that saw one wanted it. It got so crazy, I was buy logs from the Amish sawmill and having him cut them down so I could plane them and machine them. It started out as cedar fence boards from Lowes!!!
The next one is pretty bad***. I did this one for a trade show display.
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So at this point some stainless poles were going to come through the top of these bases to mount product on. I needed to cover the hole they came through in a fashion that looked trick. Those pieces that a steering column goes through when it goes through the firewall would be trick however I needed 16 and that was not in the budget. The solution. I'll make my own. I needed approx. 3" diameter balls. Those were pricey also. I found a lamp at Lowes that had 12 hollow balls bolted together as the base. $140.00 later I had 24 balls. Now drilling a hollow ball on a lathe without scratching it. No problem.....Just tighten the bolts snug, chuck it up and drill away.
The next one is a little project my wife also found and it went the same way as the squirrel feeders I sold over 200 of.
The chimney is pea gravel glued to a 2X2 with driveway concrete patch that you buy in a tube
Of course...it's a bird feeder. What else would it be. It has a slide inside it that directs the food down to the porch.