Pat Germain's Albums

Pat Germain's Albums

  1. I made several cutting boards for Christmas gifts two years ago. I saw these boards in a tutorial on SMC when I first found the forum. At that moment, I wanted to make these cutting boards. After one botched prototype, the rest turned out great. What's nice about a botched cutting board is it's still completely functional.

    Cutting Boards

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    1
    Last Photo
    04-06-2009, 10:56 PM
  2. I made this band saw box from some leftover maple, hickory and walnut I had in my shop. It was intended to be a prototype. I thought it turned out pretty nice. I gave it to my mom as a Christmas gift. Of course, Mom loved it. :-)

    Band Saw Box

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    04-06-2009, 10:51 PM
  3. This is the first real project I made after getting into woodworking. It's a low, wide bookcase for my daughter. It turned out to be very practical. She uses it for everything and it takes a lot of abuse. This project was no grand accomplishment. But I learned a lot from it and it was fun to build. It's made from birch plywood and oak which made it very inexpensive.

    Under the Window Bookcase

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    5
    Last Photo
    04-06-2009, 10:47 PM
  4. This is a French Style workbench I built from the example in Christopher Schwarz's Workbenches book. The base is made from douglas fir from my local home center. The top is hickory and it's really hard! The finish is a coat of boiled linseed oil with just a bit of varnish.

    Workbench

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    Last Photo
    04-06-2009, 10:40 PM
  5. This is a shadow box I made for a coworker. He's an Air Force Technical Sergeant retiring.

    Shadow Box

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    6
    Last Photo
    04-06-2009, 10:35 PM