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Rapidan Door Dutchman
2026 Rapidan Camp is a historic site within Shenandoah National Park and is famously known as a vacation home for Herbert Hoover. The historic door at the rear of the Brown House was rotting from moisture, and the exterior of the bottom rail and stiles required a complex dutchman repair. The rotting material was routed…
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Violin Making
2026 In September of 2026, I began working with Alexander Leyvand of the Violin Shop of Old Carmel. The project is ongoing, and I will spend the next several months crafting a violin from scratch using a variety of traditional techniques. The process began using tiger maple for the ribs. Pieces are planed and sanded…
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Boulder Cabin Project
2026 I had the privilege of working for 6 months at Shenandoah National Park, working on a preservation project for Boulder Cabin. The aim of the project was to preserve existing historical fabric and update facilities where applicable for modern usage as the Artist in Residence program housing. After stabilizing the building, rebuilding the chimney,…
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Barstool Design
2026 I had the opportunity during my position at Boulder Cabin to design a barstool as furniture for the updated home. Due to time limits, I was unable to start the building process, but I did complete the CAD model and drawings for it. The design is based on Bob Schmidt’s Sapele Mahogany Barstool. And…
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Shenandoah Archeology
2025 Phase I During my first half of my year at Shenandoah National Park, I oversaw the archeological program at the park, mostly working to do onsite advising for subsurface disturbance, though I had the wonderful opportunity to plan and perform a Phase I survey for the Dark Hollow Falls Trail that is scheduled to…
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Trailer Organization and Table
2026 During the Boulder Cabin project we found ourselves needing to migrate the tools to a new space as the building got closer to finished. I worked on mounting boxes in the trailer and built a small table around the front curved section.
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Simple Table Top
2026 I purchased an IKEA wire basket organizer as a gift, but it came without a top surface. I used extra Poplar to do my first large edge to edge glue up and added a simple chamfer.
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Book Page Holder
2025 This thumb page holder is Mahogany and Maple inlays. This was my first project and experience doing inlay work.
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Display Case
2022 This display case was used in the Anthropology club recruiting table. The base was foam and the display was plexiglass. I discovered how difficult it is to cleanly connect thin pieces of plastic. I named the project Epoxy Fumes.
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Headstones
2023-24 Over the years I’ve had 5 pet rats, and as they passed, I made headstones when I buried them. I started with conglomerate paving stones, which proved difficult to manage smooth lettering, and finished the last stone with proper limestone.
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Tea Box
2024 This is a tea box made from Poplar. It was my first big project as I was starting to get into woodworking. I opted for an easy to work hardwood so that I could learn basic joinery. The partitions are modular and the hardware is inlayed for a flush fit.
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Rabbet Plane
2024 Before I had found and learned to use antique rabbet planes, I made one to fit a small chisel from Poplar and Red Oak. The plane features an adjustable fence, though I quickly found the plane to be too small for many uses and the head on 90 degree angle by the chisel made…
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Workbench and Leg Vise
2025 This English style apron workbench is a build of Rex Krueger’s Minimum Timber Workbench and Big Leg Vise plans. I appreciate Rex’s pragmatic and accessible approach to woodworking. His videos offer common solutions to everyday woodworking problems, and this build was an easy way to get into the activity. One unique element of the…
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Mallet
2025 The main head of the mallet is made out of cherry, and the handle is a laminate of maple between mahogany. The handle was originally smooth, however I opted to use a carving knife to create texture for aesthetics, better grip, and because the grain directions in the handle differed wildly, causing frequent chipping…