My grandfather built his house not far away from his mother's log home. When she died, he converted hers into a wood workshop. I remember going there as a child; the place seemed like another world to me. Inside, there were stacks and stacks of tools, some big, some small, and you could always smell warm and earthy scents. A birch chair in one corner, an almost finished oak table in the other. It was so peaceful.
It had been a while since I immersed myself into these memories, but as soon as I saw the subreddit r/WoodWorking, they all came rushing back to me.
This online community is dedicated to "furniture, toys, tools, wood, glue, and anything else that has to do with woodworking as a hobby or profession," and I have to say, its members are really, really skilled. Not as much as my grandad, of course, but almost. Continue scrolling to check out their best projects and fire up Bored Panda's earlier posts on the subreddit here and here.
#1 Dare I Say... The "Neverending Fence" Is Complete!
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#2 Longship Cradle I Made For My First Grandchild Is Complete
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#3 Owner Wanted To Cut Down The Tree For The Deck, But I Talked Him Into Building A Bench Around It Instead. I Think It Turned Out Nice And Saved The Tree
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#4 My Finished Journeyman's Piece. A Desk Made From Walnut And Ash With A Computer Inside
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#5 Beautiful Project I've Been Working On For A Few Months. Thought Everyone Here Would Like To See!
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#6 Mandalorian Wooden Helmet. Wood Carving. Oak Wood. 6 Days Of Production
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#7 Took A Couple Woodworking Classes 10 Years Ago And Getting Back Into It Now. Of Course I Was Commissioned To Make An Engagement Ring Box For My Bil. Made It Out Of Wenge. What I Lack In Skill I Make Up For With Unearned Confidence
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#8 DIY Pandemic Playhouse W/ Outdoor Movies
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#9 Due To The High Cost Of Wood, I Decided To Make A Play House Entirely Out Of Free Pallets And Free Roofing
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#10 Carved A Rope And Knot From Basswood
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#11 Wait For The Flip! Salvaged Wood, Hollow-Frame 7’2”surfboard
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#12 Finally I Can Show Off My Final Project Of My Apprenticeship
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#13 Rocking Tauntaun. Poplar And Red Oak. It Was A Fun One
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#14 Summer Project - Garden Office
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#15 Me - Carving Epic Fighting Scene: Goku vs. Vegeta - Out Of Wood
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#16 Reflections Of Perspective 150x90cm Complete. An Artdeco Inspired Piece
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#17 New Build Just About Done. Ash Body, Koa Pickgaurd, Ebony Neck And Cocobolo Fretboard
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#18 I Carved This Hellboy & Wolverine Cigar Holder Out Of Padauk And Hornbeam Wood
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#19 Depression And Woodworking: I've Suffered For Years With Depression & Anxiety. My Shop Has Been A Mess For As Long As I've Had A Shop Which Only Made It Worse. The Last Few Days I've Put A Ton Of Work Into Revamping My Shop & Making It A Source Of Joy & Not A Source Of Anxiety. Details In Captions
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#20 What Do Y'all Think Of This Serving Tray I Made?
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#21 How I Open My Beers
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#22 Putting My Precision Woodworking Skills To The Test (Tiny V8 Engine)
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#23 Trust The Process
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#24 Finished My Custom Butcherblock Desk/Floating Wall Design!
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#25 Wayfair Said The Outdoor Sofa Wouldn’t Arrive Until September, So I Took Matters Into My Own Hands. I Found Simple Plans On Youtube. This Was My First Time Ever Using A Saw…
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#26 Turned My TV Into A Nintendo Switch
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#27 I Designed And Built This 4' Plant Shelf Myself; Curly & Hard Maple, With Maple Plywood Parts
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#28 I Carved A Tiny Maple Owl
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#29 It's Far From Perfect And Not Finished Yet, But I'm Really Trying To Make My Parents' Porch Look Better
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#30 Just Had Our Second Kid So I Lost My Office. Made This Murphy Style Desk To Save Space In Our Bedroom. It’s Made From Cherry That I Milled Myself With An Alaskan Mill From A Tree In My Dads Yard That Fell About A Year Ago
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#31 Couldn’t Find One So I Made It
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#32 Just Finished This Jewelry Box For My Grandma. Made Mainly Of Oak From The Stairs Of Her Old House
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#33 I’m A Beginner, This Is My First Time Not Half-Assing Out Of Frustration
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#34 African Mahogany + White Cord Entry Way Bench
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#35 An Inside/Outside Shot Of The Shop Door I Made. It's Poplar, Black Walnut, And Multiple Resin Fills. Natural Light Comes Through The Blue Bits. They Also Glow In The Dark
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#36 Got My First Display In A Local Store!
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#37 I Build Tiny Houses And This Is My Latest. 24ft Trailer With Lots Of Custom Details
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#38 The House Isn't Much But I Am Pretty Proud Of This Porch I Built. Red Cedar And More Than A Couple Grks
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#39 A Nintendo 64 Coffee Table I Made For My Game Room
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#40 Finished Two Of These Bad Oscars A Couple Weeks Ago. Floating Bedside Tables In Walnut With New Guinea Walnut Pulls. Finished With Osmo
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#41 My Magnum Opus / Quarantine Project: Custom Game Table, In Walnut And Cherry
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#42 Nightlight I Made For My Wife. Why Buy One For $3.99 When You Can Make One For 30 Bucks And 10 Hours In The Shop?
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#43 We Just Finished Up Rapunzels Tower And Cottage Playhouse. Next Up A Bit Of Landscaping
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#44 Solid Walnut Dining Table I Made
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#45 I Made This For My Girlfriend And I'm Really Proud, Not Gonna Lie. 24"X48" With Rings For Holding Potted Plants
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#46 Finally Chopped A Monkey Pod Slab That’s Been Sitting In The Rafters For A While
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#47 First Project! Sofa Arm Tray With A Slot For The Phone And A Little Gap For A Glass/Cup. Made Of Laminated Bamboo Wood And A Strip Of Recycled Beech Wood In The Miter Joint. Looks Simple But Has Some Complex Details
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#48 Thanks To You All, And Your Massive Love For My First Piece, I’ve Stuck With It. I’ve Refined My Process,so I Bit The Bullet And Built One Out Of Walnut
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#49 I've Been Wanting To Do A Two Tier Pergola Design For A While, Finally Had A Homeowner That Let Me Run With It
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#50 I Carved A Trefoil Knot Out Of A Solid Piece Of Cherry
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#51 I Don't Do Many Out Door Showers As A Cabinet Maker, But When One Of Your Good Customers Says Cost Is No Issue, I Try My Best
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#52 It's Not My Finest Work, But I Like It Anyway! I Was Looking For A Fun Way To Hang My Extinguisher In My Shop!
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#53 I Rebuilt An Outdoor Shower
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#54 Little Folding Table
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#55 Finished Oak Desk Area For A Local School Library
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#56 Me (2nd Year Apprenticeship) And My Father (40+ Years Experience As Woodworker) Made This Vintage TV Stand Together ! I Draw It My Self And He Helped Me Make It Real
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#57 A Bowl I Made In School 40 Years Ago. I Was Very Proud Then And Tbh I’m Still Pretty Happy About It, Flaws And All
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#58 Staff Of Destruction vs. Dragon Priest Staff. My Recent Projects Inspired From The Video Game Skyrim
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#59 I Built A Screened In Porch On The Backside Of My Cabin
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#60 Career Change! Wish I Would Of Done It Sooner. After A Year Of Being An Apprentice In A Cabinet Shop, This Is My Big Project On My Own. From Design To Build To Finishing
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#61 'piggy'-Bank I Made For My Son
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#62 Coffee Infused Serving Tray (Made With Walnut, Coffee Beans, And Epoxy Resin)
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#63 Amateur’s Attempt At A Birdhouse Modeled After My House
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#64 First House, First Piece Of Furniture (Cherry TV Console)
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#65 My PC Is Now Protected From My Cats
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#66 You've Seen My New Workbench, Now Here's The Mini Replica I Made For My 2yo Son!
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#67 Saw It On Amazon, Decided I Could Do It Better
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#68 Box I Finished A Few Weeks Ago. First Time Actually Getting Good Joinery (Not My First Try)!
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#69 After Some Very Appreciated Angle Math From Another Redditer I Final Finished The Curved Path!
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#70 A Little Key Holder I Made Recently Just For Fun. Used 15 Degree Compound Bevel Cuts To Hold The Keys In Place. Fun Little Project With A Lot Of Trial And Error To Get It “Right”
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#71 Covid Project
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#72 This Was My Everest. After 2.5 Months Of Work, Yesterday I Finished And Installed This
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#73 My First Table. What Do You Think?
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#74 Fence I Made. 450 Feet Long. Took 3 Months To Build And Put Up
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#75 My Two Hobbies Are Dnd And Woodworking. Here's My Prototype For A Spiral Staircase Dice Tower
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#76 Working On A Folding Chair Design, Sometimes You Get Too Confident In The Prototype...
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#77 First Time Building Drawers, Lesson Learnt, Always Account For The Undermount Slides
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#78 Had The Final Exam Of My 3 Year Carpentry Apprenticeship Today. We Built This In 6,5 Hours… I‘Ve Never Had To Work So Fast Yet Precise Before
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#79 My Zebrawood Countertops I Fitted In My Kitchen Last Year
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#80 Update After 6 Months: The Tray Still Fits Nicely
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#81 2nd One Complete. This One Is For My Daughters Birthday. What Do You All Think?
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#82 My First Attempt At A Bed
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#83 Floating Dock. Not Sure If This Counts
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#84 My Wife Said Absolutely No To The Slabs When I Was Picking Them, I Present The Georgia O’keefe Spalted Maple Dining Table
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#85 My Latest Hub-Less Wooden Geodesic Dome Design!
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#86 Made A Fashion Mirror For My Daughter... Critiques Welcome!
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#87 Using A Few Chisels And A Knife I Carved This Little Bust Of Luca
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#88 I Made It Sturdy Enough To Hold Baby Books, I Didn’t Anticipate His Desire To Immediately Rip It From The Wall
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#89 I Made This Orca Music Box
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#90 The Board Is Complete!! Walnut, Resin, Resin Printed Pieces. Was A Lot Of Fun. First Resin Project For Wood, And First Print Job Off My Resin Printer
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#91 Took Some Feedback From My First Build And Made A Few More Fallout Nuka Cola Clocks
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#92 Another Patterned Serving Tray. At Least 1,000 Pieces I Would Guess
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#93 My New Workbench! Made From 100 Year Old Reclaimed Australian Hardwood
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#94 Made This Spider-Man Bentwood Ring Using African Padauk And Inlayed It With Campo Del Cielo Meteorite. Yes, I Lined The Inside With A Comic Book Page. I Call These "Secret Identity" Rings. Thoughts?
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#95 300 Knife Holder
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#96 My Daughter Wasn't So Happy About The Bike, But I Turned That $60 Bike Into A $900 Commission
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#97 Had Fun Making This TV Unit This Week
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#98 Solar System Wall Art
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#99 My Dad And I Built This Stuff Years Ago. I’m Housesitting Now For My Parents While My Dad Awaits A New Liver, So Naturally I’m Sitting On The Floor, In Tears, Photographing Everything More Chairs To Make, Dad
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#100 Bay Window Seating Area
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#101 First Piece Of Furniture I Made, My Dad Was Very Proud
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#102 First Build My Wife Allowed Me To Put Inside Our Living Room. Changing Table For Our First Born!
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#103 I Became Legally Blind Almost 2 Years Ago I Started Woodworking A Year Ago Here Is My Latest Masterpiece
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#104 Starred Making Pipes To Sell, This Is My First Batch, I Use Scrap Wood Mostly And Some Skateboards
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#105 Finally Finished Up An Enclosed Shoe Bench For The Front Entry
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#106 I Don’t Pretend To Understand My Wife’s Hobby. But Mine Is Woodworking, And When She Asks Me To Make A Windowsill Box To “Charge And Cleanse” Her Crystals, That’s What I Do
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#107 My Toolboxes, Thought I’d Share!
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#108 When You Can't Decide On A Bookcase So You And Your Husband Just Make One
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#109 A Few End Grain Cutting Boards I Made From Walnut, Cherry And Maple
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