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MY PROJECT PAGE (WOOD WORK, RC MODELS ETC.)This is just an attempt to show that I am not a one dimensional car nut. I have, over the years, had many pass times. I thought I would show a few examples of my wood work and radio controlled models. Some of these projects date back as early as grade 7 (I won't say what year that was). |
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The things I make |
I built an addition to my house which included an en-suite bath room. The
problem was that we could not find a vanity that
worked well with the new room so I built this one. It is made of cherry
and there is a matching armoire in the walk in closet. These two items
plus some matching cabinets over the washer and dryer kept me busy for most of
one winter.
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This was my grade 7 woodwork project. Mr. Young did not know what a monster he created. Not to mention an addiction to cherry wood that resulted from his allowing me to use "hard wood" rather than pine. |
My father had built an addition to our house which called for a spiral stair case. This required me to learn how to weld as well as how to use a vertical milling machine. This ended up being an after school grade 12 project. Not a bad deal for a guy that refused to take shop after grade 8. It was nice of the school to give my dad and me the run of the machine shop after hours. |
My girlfriend (now my wife) lived in such a small place at the time that I had to make a breadbox that did double duty as a spice rack . |
After we were married we lived in a house too big for the amount of furniture we had. My wife kept asking for me to make some living room
furniture. This is what I came up with. For over a year this was all we had in our front living room (I still think the room has never been used by guests as much as it was in those days). |
When our first child was due to arrive I thought we could use one of these. I still remember applying the finish coats the day he was borne, right after I had come back from the hospital. The finish must have been dry for at least 4 hours by the time mother and baby arrived home. |
This is the start of a bedroom set. I am under the gun for the dresser and armoire
now (it has only been 10 years since I finished the end tables, what's the rush). |
This started life as a TV stand but the kids used it as a toy box, so I don't know what to call it now. |
 
This 50" model boat has been on ongoing RC project since about 1980.
It started with a broken chain
saw that had an intact engine. It ran well enough but it
was very noisy and a bit of a pain to start. I have since got a new FM radio and
replaced the engine with a weed eater engine. At this
point I have not tested the new configuration. A paint job was added in
the summer of 2007. In water testing, some day! |