Ben’s Woodshop

Here’s the game table is it’s natural environment.
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Pantry table with floating shelves made from knotty alder.
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After countless hours, it’s time to disassemble.
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Gracias! I’ve been practicing!

Game table is coming along.

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He’s not walking away defeated, he’s playing the game. “Hey look guys I’m on your side, please buy my cars”

Yes I will. There will be a storage space between the aprons so the dados you see on the legs will fit the trim going in to hide the edge of the bottom of the storage compartment.

A little game table in progress. I’m just getting ready to make the top.
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Good question! The inside corners are the weak spot since these project off the wall 12”. So in the shelves on the right wall and center, I glued in 4” pieces of poplar so each shelf helps support the other. I hope that makes sense!

Excellent, enjoy!!

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No hardware perse, I made poplar cleats and attached to every stud I could using structural screws.

Just installed these sapele floating shelves.

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Another flashback till I’m ready to show what I’ve been working on lately. Walnut floating shelves in a high rise in the Gold Coast.
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Just added some vertical slats between the decorative shelving boxes.
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Thanks! I love tucking away little surprises.

Another blast from the past, a pair of matching side tables made of ribbon striped sapele and walnut.

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One of my favorite leg to apron joints!

Here’s one of my projects from the past. This is a take-away counter I built for Revolution Brewing here in Chicago.
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Here’s what I came up with for face frames for the deco shelving units.
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It really is quite stunning even if this is the worst photo to show it off.

Of all the pub tables I’ve built over the years, this one is my favorite. I built this about 5 years ago for a home bar client. It’s made of quartered sapele and mottled kosipo.
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I’ve always been a fan of the walnut/maple combo.

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Update on the current deco shelving units project. I have a few more pieces to put in then hopefully, if the math all works out, I can assemble for real on move on to the next phase.
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