My dad, Nevell Maidon, had a passion for building things. He grew up on a farm where he and my granddad constructed everything except the houses. They made all the shelters, barns and animal houses themselves. In the 60s, dad began doing some HVAC work for a...
I built this bench for Sue, a family friend of my son-in-law. She and her late husband, Dan, shared a passion for drag racing with him. Dan passed away in January of 2019. I used KDAT lumber for the bench and planed it to make it smooth and splinter-free. I carved...
I decided to replace my old bluebird houses with new public housing that I had built back in the 90s. They were getting a bit old and outdated, and the bluebirds had started calling me a slum lord. So, I took off to my neighborhood Lowes and purchased some 1x6x8 pine...
Standing over my work bench, my back starts hurting at times. I had been building one of my benches so, I decided to model my chair after the benches. I had enough scrap treated SYP 1 lumber laying around to build the chair. Brenda said she was surprised that she...
Over the past several months, I have created a total of six benches for family. Each bench was a wee bit different from its predecessor. Bench #1 Bench #2 Bench #3 Bench #4 Bench #5 Bench #6 The six benches I've built. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bench #1 This is the first bench I...
I took this strawberry bed that I built but never used and converted it to something that I use nearly every day. The bed was build using 2x6, 2x8 and 2x10 lumber. Everything was resawn into 2x4s and run them through the planer to give the section the same dimensions....
The story behind this bench will come at a later date. The recipient has not received it at this time.
I decided to update the first bench I built. It was getting old anyways. Gosh, it was at least 2 1/2 months old. I had learned so much building the last five benchest, and I wanted to incorporate some of that detail into my first bench. I removed the screws holding...
I didn't have anywhere to sit on my front porch except for a small table I built several years ago. So, I decided to remedy that problem by building a love seat. A day later and here is the result. This is the very first bench that I ever built. For more information...
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