Some things I've made from Antique Pine Beams...and other wood projects

[Lawg Dawg]

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[hackberry jake]

That is amazing! What was the gateway built for?

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

Lawg Dawg, You ain't just piddeling are you?  :D

Thats some mighty fine work.  (like)

[Glenn1]

These pieces are beautiful.  Is that a mantel (lambrequin) to go around a fireplace?

[Lawg Dawg]

That is amazing! What was the gateway built for?

That's a fireplace mantle, I set it outside for photo purposes

[Lawg Dawg]

Lawg Dawg, You ain't just piddeling are you?  :D

Thats some mighty fine work.  (like)

Peddaling, what my Granddeddy calls it

[Magicman]

Those pieces are nice.....very nice.   

[Lawg Dawg]

These pieces are beautiful.  Is that a mantel (lambrequin) to go around a fireplace?

Yes Sir, that's a mantle.

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

That is amazing! What was the gateway built for?

M A N T L E :D

[yukon cornelius]

Wow! you are very talented!

[beenthere]

Lawg Dawg, You ain't just piddeling are you?  :D

Thats some mighty fine work.  (like)

Like the poem of the Pete, the piddlin pup ?   ;D
http://www.funnypoets.com/poetry/piddlinpete.htm

[thecfarm]

WOW!! mighty WOW!!

[Bruno of NH]

Nice work !!!

[jueston]

that is some beautiful stuff, i really like the fact that the top for the barrel has a slight rounded front instead of square, it really adds to it.

[drobertson]

All are spectacular, but really liking the barrel chest, table top,, that pond in the back ground looked pretty inviting as well ;D I seem strings of pan fish in the near future ;D

[buzywoodliff]

Very nice
Thanks for sharing!!!

[Lud]

Well done and good pics! 8)

[21incher]

They are beautiful. That old growth wood adds so much character to a project.

[dean herring]

WOW X WOW! Lawg Dawg that is simply amazing , where did you learn to do that? That is exactly what I want to do. Keep the pics coming. You are truly gifted

[Lawg Dawg]

I made this box for a guy that is President of a bank.  He donates a lot of money to our high school football programs and various other sports around the state.  He has acquired a few "Championship Rings" from the different schools.  He is a highly valuable customer of mine so I made him a box from Antique Pine Beams I sawed up on my mill, for his ring collection.  Thanks



 
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  I hand dovetail the corners, it's not perfect, but I like it!

[clww]

 
WOW!
Oh MY!
FANTASTIC!

[Slingshot]

   Looks great. I like hand cut dovetails and yours look fine. I've never tried
hand cutting them. I've been using a Craftsman Jig that can only cut evenly spaced dovetails.
I recently bought a Leigh 24inch Jig. It will do variable spaced dovetails
that supposedly resembles hand cut. Going to try it out soon, need to
make another hope chest.

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Charles

[WDH]

Beautiful piece and very special wood. 

[Magicman]

That is superb in every way. 

[buzywoodliff]

Very nice

[Darrel]

An imperfect hand made dovetail always trumps a perfect machine made dovetail!

[dean herring]

X2  Darrel. Lawg  keep the pics coming.

[sandhills]

  I love it all!  You folks never cease to amaze me with your talent.

[whiskers]

great work you've done, thanks for sharing. were the beams from an old cotton mill?

[JohnG28]

That's some great work! I really like the whiskey box!  8)

[rasman57]

Be proud of that work!  The character of the beautiful vintage wood mixed with your talent is a great combination!  Very cool.

[Lawg Dawg]

   Looks great. I like hand cut dovetails and yours look fine. I've never tried
hand cutting them. I've been using a Craftsman Jig that can only cut evenly spaced dovetails.
I recently bought a Leigh 24inch Jig. It will do variable spaced dovetails
that supposedly resembles hand cut. Going to try it out soon, need to
make another hope chest.

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Charles

Good luck with that dovetail jig...I could just not seem to get one setup quite rite.

[Lawg Dawg]

great work you've done, thanks for sharing. were the beams from an old cotton mill?

Those beams came from a house up the road from me.  It was demolished with a track hoe, they where hand hewn and very rough.  See if I can find a pic. 


  

  

  

  

 

[drobertson]

Looks like you are sitting on a gold mine, sitting here speechless,  plus you know how to re-create,  real happy for you Lawg!

[lowpolyjoe]

Beautiful work!

I really love the mantle and the bourbon gift box.

[Lawg Dawg]

 

 
my "fair weather" office


  
dovetail close up

[valley ranch]

Those beams tell a story. Nice looking work you've done.

[Magicman]

my "fair weather" office

Where do you go when you take a break from "work"?  ???

[sandhills]

I hope fishing  ;).

[Lawg Dawg]

my "fair weather" office

Where do you go when you take a break from "work"?  ???

Ha, ha, that's pretty funning, yeah, I go fishing...here's one my "off bearer"  caught last year!


 

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

You make the old Goat SICK Lawg Dawg!  :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[Lawg Dawg]

I made these good old fashioned "plantation" style porch swings from 1/4 sawn WO.
I also installed them for my customer.



  

  

  

 

[WDH]

Those are very well made.  Love the curved seat. 

[Lawg Dawg]

Those are very well made.  Love the curved seat.

Thanks, and if you like curves, check out these, Adirondacks, made from 1/4 sawn WO...once a fixture in a Kentucky distillery.


  

 

[Magicman]

  A QS White Oak swing under a Sweetgum tree. Surely a crime was committed.   :D

[Lawg Dawg]

A QS White Oak swing under a Sweetgum tree. Surely a crime was committed.   :D

That's a shame, I know, but you give the customer what they want...and this one is a pretty good one.  One of the swings is under the porch of this tree house.   

 

[Lawg Dawg]

Those are very well made.  Love the curved seat.

It's sits pretty good too!

[Lawg Dawg]

How about these cedar bench legs?



  

  

 

[Magicman]

Very nice, but tread softly when you are horning in on da Goat.   :D

[Lawg Dawg]

I made these pine slab benches about 3 yrs ago.  I just made the leg tenons with my draw knife.  Works pretty good for some pine limbs and a few old slabs!


  

  

  

 

[dean herring]

Impressive  X2. You have been a busy Dawg. I  like.

[Magicman]

I like the creative nature of your work. 

[Lawg Dawg]

Thanks Guys!, I made this little Colonial Williamsburg Style Garden Shed for a client a few years ago.  I drew the plans, cut the trees down, sawed the logs, and built the shed over a period of about 6 weeks.  I even handmade the windows.



 



  



 



 



 



  



 



 

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

WOW!

[Magicman]

Someone was happy.   

[lowpolyjoe]

Love this thread.

The charred barrel chair is really unique

[Lawg Dawg]

Here's a few Spalted Maple Benches I made from Spalted Maple Slabs and a couple 2x4s for the legs.  Just draw knife tenons for the legs, gives them a nice "handcrafted" look, don't you think?



 



 



 




  



 

These things sold like hotcakes!  Even shipped one to Florida!

[Magicman]

Very nice.  I don't see any wedges in the tenons.  You glued um in?

[E fan]

I have a bunch of spalted pine logs thing I'll try a few of these

[Lawg Dawg]

Very nice.  I don't see any wedges in the tendons.  You glued um in?

Yes Sir, I slathered them down real good, then I used my 8lb. sledge hammer to drive em on in before I sawed them off level.  and I really beat the pith out of them, almost to the point I think the slab is gonna split!

[WDH]

Wait.  You do have a log deck!

[thecfarm]

I think your thinking looks mighty nice.

[Peter Drouin]

Nice, I do like the walking path you made next to the mill.

[Lawg Dawg]

Yes l do have a log deck...now I'm trying to speed air dry some lumber for a "personal project"...sorry about the sloppy stickering



 

[beenthere]

What is the "personal" project... if I may ask a "personal" question??  You brought it up.  ;D

[Lawg Dawg]

What is the "personal" project... if I may ask a "personal" question??  You brought it up.  ;D

Sorry bout that Mr. Been,  I'm building a good old fashioned, South Carolina square dance barn!  similar to this sketch I made...



 

but it's pretty slow go

[thecfarm]

That sure will look good when you get it done. My projects take some time too.

[Lawg Dawg]

red oak mantle slabs



  

 

I cut these mantles out of pretty much "junk" red oak logs...I can get two per log, and sell them for a $100 bill each.  Not bad for firewood, and I cant keep them on the yard!

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

Most of my Mantles come out of junk logs......there is a market for every log on your yard. 

[Magicman]

Those mantels will make someone happy.   

[Lawg Dawg]

Here's a craftsman style door I made a few years ago out of some old poplar and pine boards.  Ive since installed it and add the glass.



 

The dogs seem to like it

[Peter Drouin]

I like it too. ;)

[Texas Ranger]

 

 

One I made out of mahogany

[Magicman]

Nice TR.  Very unique.

[Lambee10]

That is amazing! What was the gateway built for?

M A N T L E :D

I am with Jake on this.  That thing looked huge out there!   

great stuff- love the pictures.  Nice work

[WDH]

Nice TR.  You are a door making animal. 

[Lawg Dawg]

Then one time I made this huge cupola thing to go on top of a customers hang out shed...



 



  

[WDH]

If I had a shed like that, I would put a sawmill under it  . 

[thecfarm]

That's funny. But true!

[Magicman]

Instead there is probably only lies under it.   :D

[Lawg Dawg]

Here's another cupola I built one time, one that you can actually go inside..



 

[johnnyllama]

Nice job!

[Lawg Dawg]

poplar  and pine mantle



 

[Texas Ranger]

Great job.

[Lawg Dawg]

Here's some Poplar swings



  

  

 

feels good to just kick your heels up on some wood you sawed a while back

[WDH]

Yes, a fellow could relax in one of those swings. 

[Magicman]

That is also a very comfortable swing design.