Pull dog
This is my first wooden object: a wooden pull dog for my kids. The boy and head is done in Lenga (Nothofagus pumilio), the wheels are made of Viraro (Ruprechtia salicifolia), and the ears and tail of...
View ArticleWooden Combs
This a project I made with some leftovers from the pull dog (cedrillo is the dark one, and lenga). I’ve resawn the 1” lenga to something like 1/4” putting my jigsaw in a homemade table support. I was...
View ArticleSeven stools in a row
This is the first time I make furniture, and in batches! For the kids day (a celebration here in Argentina when you give toys and presents to the kids), I made this stools for my seven nieces/nephews...
View ArticleCoat hanger from unknown recicled wood
The kids found a piece of wood in the backyard, among other stuff that seemed to be used during a construction. Chiseled the slots for the hangers (some unused courtain holders), and cleaned it up a...
View ArticleKitchen shelves
Another project finished this weekend: we need some storage space in the kitchen, and made this shelves with osb veneered with cedrillo (I couldn’t find an accurate translation). It’s a nice but not so...
View ArticleIncense stick holders from scraps
We bought some very nice incense sticks some weeks ago, and we were trying to figure out where to put them since we didn’t have any specific holder for them. I’ve found a piece of 1×4 Lenga that I had...
View ArticleMy first box, for my little princess
My daughter (5) is learning some card games and as expected, Santa gave her a deck of cards. I made her this little box to store her cards, or anything else she wants. This is my very first box, the...
View ArticleGrated cheese box
We were storing our grated cheese in an ugly plastic container, so I decided to make a wooden one. The wood is Lenga (nothofagus pumillo), and it’s the second box I make. I’m pretty happy with the...
View ArticleA mallet from the firewood pile
One good thing about home working is that if you find yourself stuck at something, or with some free time, you can use for whatever you want. This tuesday I had a free afternoon, and inspired by Izzy...
View ArticleDovetailed TP holder
Inspired by Steve Ramsey’s advise on dovetails I decided to make my first project with dovetails: a toilet paper holder. I’ve cut the dovetails by hand using a japanese saw and chisels (my homemade...
View ArticleSecond coat hanger
Coming back after being inactive (on the site) for a while. In a family of five, you need as many coat hangers as clamps in the workshop. This is the second one I made (the other is here). I also used...
View ArticleSet of firewood coasters
During the summer (southern emisphere here) my cousin and family stayed a couple of weeks with us. One morning we were having mate in the backyard and she asked me to make her some coasters with a...
View ArticleFence and gate (tranquera)
There a ton of thing to finish in the house, but one our neighbors will like is having a fence so the dogs are not messing in the whole block (we don’t have much neighborgs yet either… it’s a new...
View ArticleWooden balance bike
I wanted to make one of these for a while, and the kids grow fast, so I decided to finally spent some time on it. It’s made of half inch plywood, construction grade, nothing too nice, but it works, and...
View ArticleLenga wallet / card holder
I’ve finished this project like three years ago and always forget to load it, so here it is. I was tired of having my cards bent and broken, so I made a card holder in Lenga wood. I’ve ripped a piece...
View ArticleMy version of the simple sled
As soon as I saw handymanDmitri’s simple sled I said ‘I have to make one of those, and the winter is almost here’. I took some cutoffs from the gate and fence, a piece of 2×4 that was lying around, and...
View ArticleMy first instrument, a charango
So far I’ve been learning by myself, taking information from internet these days is so simple, and this site was a great source of inspiration, tips, ideas, it helped me build the confidence to start...
View ArticlePull dog
This is my first wooden object: a wooden pull dog for my kids. The boy and head is done in Lenga (Nothofagus pumilio), the wheels are made of Viraro (Ruprechtia salicifolia), and the ears and tail of...
View ArticleWooden Combs
This a project I made with some leftovers from the pull dog (cedrillo is the dark one, and lenga). I’ve resawn the 1” lenga to something like 1/4” putting my jigsaw in a homemade table support. I was...
View ArticleSeven stools in a row
This is the first time I make furniture, and in batches! For the kids day (a celebration here in Argentina when you give toys and presents to the kids), I made this stools for my seven nieces/nephews...
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