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HEY EVERYONE!! Do you like sewing/quilting/cool stuff??!!! Go give our sister page a like and check out what they have ...
02/07/2026

HEY EVERYONE!! Do you like sewing/quilting/cool stuff??!!!
Go give our sister page a like and check out what they have to offer!!
Spread the word and THANK YALL VERY MUCH❤️❤️

A fairly large and heavy storage space I made for Bamfers Zilly sewing page. Made from birch plywood and some BEAUTIFUL...
02/05/2026

A fairly large and heavy storage space I made for Bamfers Zilly sewing page. Made from birch plywood and some BEAUTIFUL hickory slabs I have had here for a few years.
However, beautiful Hickory may be. It is a bear to work with. Once dried it is a very hard, hardwood. Tough to plane, sand, router, drill. Lol, all of it!
The end result, though is totally worth it!!

I was contacted by a friend of my parents. They all had went to school together here in town. She now lives in a differe...
12/04/2025

I was contacted by a friend of my parents. They all had went to school together here in town. She now lives in a different state but wanted me to make this keepsake box for her family Bible. She gave me a brief description of what she wanted and the dimensions. We went over some details of the build and came up with this simple box made from black walnut with a maple cross on top.
My dad, James Turner, has done a few of this style, so I got with him for a collaboration. He has the equipment, jigs, specialized tooling, etc that makes this style box a breeze when it comes to hinging it and having everything work out in a very smooth way.
I built the box all enclosed, just a walnut box. Brought it to him and we cut it along the top to make the lid. He then sets his equipment up to the specifics of this box and within 20 minutes we had a hinged lid. Having the right tooling makes a big difference in most cases when woodworking…. Or metal working….. or, or……...anything for that matter!!!!
I gave him some dimensions for the size I needed the cross to be and he made a program on his computer and let his CNC router do the rest. I believe he did a test run and we liked that so we ran with the real thing and it came out great!! Some sanding with a few different grits on both the box and the cross and I then applied the finish.
After that came the flocking. You use a colored glue, in this case white. Brush it on and then spray this fine powder out of this special device across the glue and the white powder sticks to the glue. Let all that dry for 24 hours and then knock the excess out and you have a nice, soft, velvety feel. It will help protect the Bible for years to come.

Thank you all for reading through all this and learning the process somewhat. Hanging in there this year while I have posted anything.
I’ll do better about that as I am still making things and doing projects.

Little project I was recently commissioned to do.
02/18/2024

Little project I was recently commissioned to do.

I know we’ve probably all just about seen these chess boards on the FB videos or any other social media outlets of some ...
01/19/2024

I know we’ve probably all just about seen these chess boards on the FB videos or any other social media outlets of some guy making these. I figured it was only a matter of time until I had an order come through for one.
I was graced with that order a couple of weeks ago and here is the final product.
The main wood that makes up the board is an exotic wood that originates from South America region of Brazil called Lacewood. For the epoxy I mixed a few different blues along with some white micro pearl. Then I wrapped the whole thing in black walnut for a form for the epoxy for say. The final results speak for themselves I believe. Once everything dried good I was able to get everything squared up, flattened then sanded down. After that I was able pour the final coat of clear epoxy on the top.
The final dimensions are roughly 25”x25”.

A couple of bowls made from walnut, maple, cherry and yellow heart. No finish applied just a range of sanding grits to...
01/18/2024

A couple of bowls made from walnut, maple, cherry and yellow heart. No finish applied just a range of sanding grits to get them smooth as a baby’s butt!!

Here is a cutting board I recently was able to revitalize, for say. The center darker part is originally from when our l...
01/18/2024

Here is a cutting board I recently was able to revitalize, for say.
The center darker part is originally from when our local bowling ally was built, October of 1959, not in operation now.
I was asked to “fix” the original cutting board. It was broke in a few pieces from years and years of use and who knows, probably being dropped a couple to many times. I inevitably had to separate it into individual pieces to be able to rebuild it. Which in turn made it smaller as I had to cut and square each piece back up and remove the previous glue. It was a cool process, as I added some more maple to make it longer then wrapped it in some black walnut and again with another layer of maple with some beautiful figuring showing on the edges. Added my typical juice groove and handles then a few coats of oil to finish it off.
I’ve added some of the process pictures so be sure and check those out also.
One can never have to many clamps. Lol.

Wishing everyone a beautiful day even though it’s is cold yet it had warmed up from the beginning of the week.

01/02/2024

🎉🎉HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE 🎉🎉

May you all have a safe, blessed and prosperous year!!!!
Thank you to everyone who ordered in 2023❣️.
I look forward to an exciting year of all the new projects yall have for me!!!

❣️❣️❣️THANK YOU VERY MUCH❣️❣️❣️

This box here is from a good sized maple tree that was cut down by a local tree service, hauled to the local tree dump w...
12/30/2023

This box here is from a good sized maple tree that was cut down by a local tree service, hauled to the local tree dump where they set it afire from time to time to burn it all up. This one had been through the burn and wasn’t totally burned up. I noticed the burl on it and knew I had to see what beauty it held inside.
Granted this tree was cut into sections about 16-20” long but the diameter of this thing was close to 30”!!
Way more than I could load by myself into the back of the truck. I called for help from one of the guys from work(I work at the local airport full time) to help me load 3 of the monster chunks into the back of my truck.
Got them home and cut one into chunks to dry out to make boxes one day. Well over a year later I have made a couple boxes out of them. This being one of them.
I initially get it into box form, squared up and a somewhat decently smoothed outer edges. I then use a wire brush to get most of the loose burned are off. I will add epoxy to it and swirl around to achieve the desired look.
On this particular box I had a customer get ahold of me wanting some engraving in the top of a box. I showed them a few different box blanks I had and this is the one they chose, they picked the color and went over some specifics they would like to have in the color.
After the epoxy had set, I cut the drawers out and did my normal process in making the box. As I had said the customer was somewhat specific in the color combo they wanted in the box.
I had a few handle blanks I turn the handles from and between them and I we picked out one that thought may look the best. I made them and they fit ok, as far as the look. It matched the box and really looked good. We both thought they just weren’t made for that box. As I was going to my local supply store the next day we decided to wait and see if they had any other blanks that may fit it better. I found one blank that day that I thought may fit. Got it home and made the handles, put them in and BAM!! You could def tell it was a match and just made for that box!!
Everything works out, as usual. I was happy, the customers were happy so I sent it to my engravers at to do the word engraving in the top. Filled that with epoxy did a final sand down and did the final rounds of spray satin finish.
Waited until after Christmas to get this shipped out from it being so hectic during that time.
These were returning customers as well and I literally can not thank y’all enough for entrusting me with your keepsake item❣️❣️
I would like to thank all my customers, new customers and returning customers very much for letting me be the one to get you that specific one of a kind gift❣️❣️❣️

‼️‼️THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH‼️‼️

This pretty bowl is heading to its new home today. It is made from black walnut, cherry, maple and yellow heart and has ...
12/26/2023

This pretty bowl is heading to its new home today. It is made from black walnut, cherry, maple and yellow heart and has a finish of Rubio Mono coat. It measures 10-1/4” in diameter and 3-1/4” tall. The sanding process of these bowls are really what make them look as good as they do and take close to the same amount of time as it does to actually turn the bowl shape. I have to sharpen each tool that is used multiple times during the turning to keep the tear out to a minimum and to make it easier on myself as well as the equipment. Once I am happy with the over all design of the bowl and how it looks I begin the sanding process.
I start with an 80 grit sanding pad. I sand I. All the grooves and edges and make sure to get any ugly tear out spots out from the tooling with the initial sanding. From there it is a step down each time from 80, to 120, then 150, then 180, 220, 320, 400 and finally 600 grit. Each grit is used with the lathe spinning in forward and then reverse to take care of the fibers wanting to lay in only one direction. Each grit is removing the previous grits marks.
Once the sanding is complete I use some of the sawdust from making the bowl the burnish/Polish the inner and outer surfaces. After that it is ready for the finish to be applied.
The Rubio is a one coat oil finish. I will rub the bowl down with a generous amount to let the oil soak in. Let it sit for an hour or so, rub it down again. I’ll do this step probably 4-5 times. Once I feel/see it has soaked up enough I will wipe off any excess oil and let it sit for 24 hours to dry.
And that my friends is half of what it takes to get the bowl you see today. The other half is getting the rough lumber dimensioned down and all glued together 2-3 times to get a bowl blank.

Thank you to everyone and happy day after Christmas Day 🎄🎄

🎄☃️Merry Christmas☃️🎄 🎄🎄🎄SOLD🎄🎄🎄Another cutting board that could save ya tomorrow!! If some of tho...
12/24/2023

🎄☃️Merry Christmas☃️🎄

🎄🎄🎄SOLD🎄🎄🎄

Another cutting board that could save ya tomorrow!!

If some of those last minute guys such as myself would like a Christmas win your other half……. I have your winning number right here.
Not cheap yet they are one of those lifetime items that she will love you forever the moment she opens it tomorrow morning!

This one measures in at a tad under 20” long, right at 15” wide and 1-3/8” thick.
This is an end grain hickory and black walnut board soaked in mineral oil with a juice groove and handles incorporated into the board for easy handling.

Shell love ya forever fellas🤷🏼‍♂️. JS.

Most say they’re to pretty to use but these endgrain boards will literally last more than one lifetime when taken care of properly.

This one also is Christmas priced today at $250.

🎄❣️THANK YOU❣️🎄 all and wishing everyone a 🎄🎅🏻☃️ VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS☃️🎅🏻🎄

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