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On Saturday, August 25th, Patriot Woodworker Fred Hargis hosted a meet and greet in his new shop in Wapakoneta, Ohio. These are pictures from that day. In attendance were Our host Fred Hargis, Ducksoup (Bob Prochak), Michael Thuman, The Bandit (Steve Newman), GrandpaDave (Dave Zimmerman), kmealy (Keith Mealy), Irish Woodcarver and his wife (Bob and Louann Phelan) and Patriot Woodworker Administrator Ron Dudelston. HandyDan (Dan Hunkele) was there in spirit and donated gifts and TPW Administrator John Moody joined via FaceTime. We would like to thank our sponsors Woodcraft, Laguna Tools, and Easy Wood Tools for their generous donations of door prizes and take home gifts.

Made from a stack of Ash for the "show" wood, inside stuff is pine. has a few beads here and there, drawer is half blind dovetailed up front, while the back sit in a dado. Stands 25-1/2" tall Top is 3/4" x 19-1/4" x 32" long. Colour is called Gunstock, by Minwax. finished with 2 coats of clear gloss poly. There is a build-along thread around here, somewhere. Hope you enjoy the pictures!

Seems that in Paul Sellers Master Class W.W. series...he made a Desk Top Organizer....so..I downloaded the plans, and made my version out of Ash....with a few of my own details added in. Dovetailed corners, dovetailed drawer...Roundovers down with a #3 Bench plane. # 78 rebate plane helped out on the lid. Stanley 45 made grooves, where Sellers didn't... Added steel tacks as feet. Stain is Gunstock. One coat of clear gloss poly. Added a handle for the drawer.

My name is Brian Longshore or (BigB) and I am 42 years old and a Verteran (US Navy, Electronics Technician USS CHOSIN CG-65 Pearl Harbor Hawaii 97-03). I found and started this passion that is woodturning by accident four years ago while looking thru youtube videos. Ever since then my families lives have been changed in such a positive way by the wonderful experiences and the very many good and talented people in this hobby. My son enjoys turning pens and my daughter turns the occasional small bowl but she mainly loves to wood burn (Pyrography). In a world where so many of the younger generation no longer use their hands or even have access to a wood working hobby I consider myself very fortunate that my kids are interested in creating things by hand. I also absolutely love to teach woodturning to anyone young or old who is interested in trying something new. Occasionally, when we have friends or family over I will put them on the lathe and open their eyes to the world of woodturning and they usually all love it and want to return for more. This is a small album of some of my recent turnings. I hope you like them.

This is a chest I made based on an American Woodworker issue that contained the plans to build this chest. The chest in the issue is a reproduction of the actual chest made by John Wheeler Geer in the 18th century. To see the actual plan set in the American Woodworker issue go to Connecticut Blanket Chest.

Hello All, I'm posting a few pictures of my wooden flutes to view. I make five, six, and seven hole flutes in the Native American Style fashion. Let me know what you think, and all tips, suggestions, and advice are sincerely welcome.

Here are some of the things I've made this past year as I've stepped into the world of CNC

Hello. I have just joined the Patriot Forum. I hope to spread the art of woodworking and look forward to lending a hand. I will be posting my work on the forum, and I will be sharing the knowledge that I have acquired over the years. Please visit my podcast: woodtalkwithtru@gmail.com. I want to thank Lew for Inviting me in. Tru

Assorted bowls and platters

My steam box build for chair parts bending.

Replaced a basket that was always falling down. 3/8" thick Ash, resawn....was then finger jointed at the corners so the grain would wrap around. Door is a book-matched glue up..with a finger lift..and a"Silver" Key.....inside is an Ash bar with 4 brass cup hooks. Down at the bottom is a box for all them "orphaned" keys nobody remember what they go to.... Hobby Lobby hinges, and a Magnetic latch....mounted to the wall with a pair of screws, with washers. Stained and 2 coats of varnish.... Silver key was scroll sawn from 1/4" thick ash, then given a few coats of rattle-can Silver paint Thanks for looking in..

Small crafts from the kitchen table, with assistance from the Basement Modern Electrified Shop and the porch bench / Open Air Timbering Center.

Been working on a wedding cross for our oldest daughter @Cynthia Morris and her fiancé Nathan. What an honor to be a part of this preparation and to have this task assigned to me, so I set to doing a little research and found the appropriate dimensions and acquired some Black Walnut and here we go

Select hand tools from the archives, current projects, and into the future.

Here's something I was not smart enough to leave alone. A 300 lb beam. The charts sat it should weigh less, but it does not. About 6" x 12" x 84", covered with nails. The bottom was hand-tapered to fit a recess. This beam was part of Philadelphia's industrial activity, likely milled 1840-1870. Images will be added as the beam is ripped and split into manageable pieces, and as those pieces in time go from stock to being resawn into planks and such.

Here's a project started a year ago with salvaged c.1900 curb-found (red) spruce drawer bottoms. Interesting about the wood: using a chord::rise formula, we discover the planks were ripped with a 48" circular saw blade!

Here's a small shelf which started out life as two shelves. Featuring an elliptical edge, a matching backing was added. With the scroll saw cutout filled with thin vertical pieces. It's all heartwood of the longleaf pine, and Titebond glue. The slats were cut off an old joist with a circular saw, then hand planed and scraped flat. Sanding blocks were used in three grits to 220 within some intermediary stages. It was finished with a little too much diluted violin varnish, which I softened with 0000 copper wool.

Made this for my new work space where I plan to do all my finish work. Takes it out of the shop environment and into a dust LESS place for a finish to cure. The lazy susan is not attached, just sits on top and can be removed as needed. No wheels at this time, but the design does allow for them to be added in future if needed. Cause ya never know.

This bowel was made out of Hard Maple and Purple heart. As you know Purple Heart is a hard wood but, beautiful when the project is done.

Approximately 10" x 7" x 2". Wipe-on Ploy. Turned exclusively with Easy Wood Tools.

This is a wooded framed butterfly who wants to entertain in the day light and also at night too.

Using up leftovers from another project. Plans for this came from Paul Sellers Masterclasses. Has a drawer, and a compartment under the lid. Made with 1/2" thick Red Oak. Finish is just 2 coats of Amber Shellac. Intend to set this one down on the far end of my workbench...to hold small tools and such.... Lots of dovetails going, and even a way to hide a groove. About a 2 week project. Thanks for looking in!

I needed two trash cans in my finishing room just like I have in my shop. One for stuff I can burn, the other for what I cannot. Another requirement was more counter space next to my parts washer. I also had wanted a drawer for tools and such but the math just was not working out to have all three. Stained with golden oak, a coat of Amber Shellac and 3 coats of polyurethane.

Ringmaster bowls made using an 'end grain chaos pattern cutting board' blank as the starting point. Slowly getting better but not quite where I want them to be. Run #4 will be closer to the desired look. If I ever get around to doing it. Sorry they're out of sequence. My first album posting.

Hope Everyone is doing well. New workshop will be delivered end of the week. Hoping to have it set up by mid summer I have been getting racks and shelving made to get a jump on a few things. The Mrs wanted a new end table I used Hard Maple for this after a light stain I top coated with 4 coats of wipe on poly which was very forgiving. I did use my new Tabletop planer on the legs.Got it done by Mother's day so I slipped by on that one

Decided to use up a bunch of scraps, mainly strips that were ripped off to make a board the right width...cut them to about 12"...anything shorter was tossed into the burn pile can.....Then glue things up into a panel....clean it up, square it up, round the corners and edges....a couple of coats of mineral oilas a finish. Scrap pile is smaller, and have a cutting board for the Kitchen...5/8" x 10-1/4" x 11". No real pattern, just what seemed to look best....Thanks for looking in...

Having won a second one of these Combination Planes, thought it only fitting to build a case to store it in. 1/2" thick Pine boards were cobbled up into a box and a lid. Some brass hardware was added to the lid. had to print out a set of labels, even had to hand colour one. Stain is by Minwax, called "Gunstock" there are 2 coats of clear gloss poly. Corner joints are 1/4" box/finger joints, hand cut. Stands 7" tall, by 11" long, by 6" wide.

Small enough for just normal household repairs, storage for small tools under the lift-out tray.. 3/8" thick Ash, resawn for scraps. Hand cut finger/box joints. tray is a simple butt-joint glue up, no fasteners Stain is called "Early American" by Minwax. 2 coats of clear gloss poly. handle and latches from Hobby Lobby, hinges from the "spares" box.

I have taken an interest in green woodworking lately, and among many other facets of woodworking, and I am trying my hand at carving spoons, join me in the fun!

Stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else.

Ash scraps, resawn down....will be a "Tool Chest" at a catch-all spot in the Dining room....sitting on the sideboard. Finger/Box joints used everywhere. About the only "Store-bought" items for the build were some hinges, and the small knobs Stands 6-1/2" tall, 1/4" thick lid is 8" x 12-1/2" over the bread board ends. Thanks for looking in!

Made from leftover Ash boards. Tried to line up the grain in the top, drawer front, sides so they wrap around, legs are tapered on two inside faces. Keeping with the "Leftovers", the handle was also a leftover. Top is 3/4" x 14" x 25" counting bread board ends. Table stands 23" tall. Drawer used half blind dovetails in the front, and dados for the back. Stain is called Gunstock, seems to go nicely with the Ash.

When the weather gets nice in Pa, I try to do something a bit different instead of being cooped up inside. Here is some things I have either done or started on .1 hr so far.

Greenhouse the wife and I built this summer (2018)

Projects from the near and distant past

A selection of recent projects to keep me busy.

prototype Challenge coin holder......

Here are a few of the military items that I make. 6 branches and counting.

A collection of turnings, some bowls and small vessels.

Turning a few favorite emblems into something that'd look cool hanging on the wall. Here's a few so far. I've shared each of these in more detail over on this topic/thread:

Hello everyone. I just turned the largest bowl I have done to date last night. This bowl is 13" in diameter and 4.5" deep. The wood is Arizona Ash from what I can tell by the bark.

Imagine a box, that looks like it is hinged at each corner....and the wood looks like someone had merely folded a plank into the shape of a box. And looks like it could also be unfolded, and laid out flat.... What looks like the barrels of hinges in the mitered corners, is really just a fancy spline...A thin, book-matched lid (1/4") tops things off. And, yes the grain from that single board does go all the way around...matching up at each corner... Mini "Shaker Pegs" were modified to make small "bun" feet. A stain to bring out the grain of the Ash a little better...and a couple coats of clear gloss poly....Long sides are 3/4" x 4" x 12"...ends are 3/4" x 4" x 6".....cut in order from a single 1x6 Ash plank. There IS a latch....a small magnet in the lid latches onto a steel square mortised into the top edge of the front.

Hope all Patriots are doing well. New shop has been delivered!! Just about have it ready. Underground electric and wiring have been done a while now. AC installed thank goodness. Our heat index hit 113 most of last week. Got it insulated and drywall up. Hoping to get a project started very soon

My Neighbor knows I like the old rusty tools that need a home He picked up 2saws for $5 This one might be kind of rare Sold by HSB and Co. which in early 60's became True value The Ovb(Our very best) logo was likely stamped on by Disston It is cast metal blade guessing 1930's or so Might have been a "Nest Saw" with interchangeable blades Not sure the species of handle Glad this one made it my way

Various religious articles done by saw.

An album I created for my scrollin of patriotic projects. Some will be patterns from books net etc. Others will be of my design. Stay tuned.

Making a wooden truck for my grandson

This album will sort of act as a scrapbook for anything I make.

pruty fun

these pictures there is a part of my studio and the first lathe I turned on my new lathe. This bowl weighed 42 kg at the start and it is still 11kgs and with 3 bonus chips wheelbarrows