October 2025 Contest

[Michael Mathews]

For October show us pics of furniture you've made. This can be from a foot stool to a full size dresser!

This contest will end October 29. Voting will run October 30-31.

Rules:
- Must be created within the last 60 months. That's 5 years
- One submission per creator/artist per category (month). Pick one piece. If you have a set and want to show how it matches okay but you are only entering one piece. Hi-light that one piece.
- Members vote for winners so your submittal 'marketing' post should reflect quality. Limited to 3 photos and 500 words. One post per submittal.
- Any Q&A regarding a submittal should be handled by separate post, or DM/PM. Expect questions to be deleted. Separate posts do not clutter the contest thread, avoids vote biasing, and everyone can share How's It Made (Resources forum content).
- Each creator can win a contest no more than once every six months.
- In case of a tie, a judge panel will make the selection. Judges' decision is final. Judges will remain anonymous.
- Each monthly contest will have two winners, novice and experienced/journeyman/veteran/pro. Novice is defined as <3 years woodworking, cumulative. "Experienced" is all others. Submitters must indicate if they are novice; honor system applies. If you don't declare, you're an experienced woodworker.

 

[FredP]

A cradle. Sapele with polyurethane finish

 

[bowman]

End table, white oak with no finish applied.

 

[Gene Turner]

Knee Hole Bureau. Plans were from Al Breed. He even provided some 20 pictures of the museum antique piece from which the drawings were taken.
The wood is mahogany. It took a little over 300 hours to build with a lot of that time being taken up by the carving work. I did the shell carving numerous
times because I was not happy with the quality. I used the rejects as box tops that i gave away as Christmas presents.

 

[CharlieGator]

Jewelry Armoire
Drawer fronts are sweet gum.
Top drawer for rings
Other drawers bowed off for Jewelry
Inside of both doors for hanging necklaces.
Polyurethane finish.

 

[JRedding]

Iroko sofa-style table requested by wife for our back patio to hold plates and such when having people over. Used a teak oil finish.

 

[mpeele]

Pair of stools with a pre-woven caning top. Design is an adaption of a shorter foot stool by the French mid century modern designer Pierre Jeanneret.

This is the original. Mine is a bit taller and wider in Cherry instead of Walnut.

 

[schnable]

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Walnut candle stand. Before/after finishing. Hand cut sliding dovetails. Turned top and post. I think it looks a bit like a fish or a rocket ship.

Finished with BLO/shellac/wax (old school).

 

[jlwest]

Cherry top table with 3-D inlay. 20" w x 30" long x 25" tall. 2" thick. Cherry legs with some walnut banding on crossbars. The picture makes the banding look light for some reason. Experienced woodworker.

 

[Ted P]

My daughter challenged me with a picture of a West Elm entry table which was no longer available. I guessed at dimensions, slighty modified for my equipment capabilities. Built in three assemblies shaped on a bandsaw and glued together. Made from oak and ash harvested from the family farm in Michigan many years ago by my father. Finished with a Zar stain and poly wipe on finish

 

[mark2]

Greene and Greene inspired sofa table - African Mahogany with Katalox splines and plugs

 

[jlwest]

Very nice!!!

 

[JNCarr]

Hallway cabinet - hides a 25 x 25 air return vent that was in plain sight in the main hallway.
The center section is open on the bottom and has louvered vertical slats for airflow. Combined open area is greater than the vent for unrestricted flow.
Center swings open to change the air filter. Book storage on the sides. Floating top. Sapele, maple and painted BB ply doors.

 

[tylarb]

Desk, to remind me that my job helps me to afford my hobbies.

 

[Kelly]

25” round accent table
2 half circle forms made of bending plywood in vacuum press, then veneered with bookmatched Australian Walnut.
The top was made of 12 matched pieces with a solid mahogany and colored epoxy trim. The bottom with solid mahogany trim.
Done with 8 fingers and one eye.

And No Fair putting a baby in the pictures.

 

[Dave Richards]

And No Fair putting a baby in the pictures.

 

[golfdad]

My daughter challenged me with a picture of a West Elm entry table which was no longer available. I guessed at dimensions, slighty modified for my equipment capabilities. Built in three assemblies shaped on a bandsaw and glued together. Made from oak and ash harvested from the family farm in Michigan many years ago by my father. Finished with a Zar stain and poly wipe on finish View attachment 239532View attachment 239534View attachment 239535View attachment 239536View attachment 239537

Great looking table Ted

 

[golfdad]

For October show us pics of furniture you've made. This can be from a foot stool to a full size dresser!

This contest will end October 29. Voting will run October 30-31.

Rules:
- Must be created within the last 60 months. That's 5 years
- One submission per creator/artist per category (month). Pick one piece. If you have a set and want to show how it matches okay but you are only entering one piece. Hi-light that one piece.
- Members vote for winners so your submittal 'marketing' post should reflect quality. Limited to 3 photos and 500 words. One post per submittal.
- Any Q&A regarding a submittal should be handled by separate post, or DM/PM. Expect questions to be deleted. Separate posts do not clutter the contest thread, avoids vote biasing, and everyone can share How's It Made (Resources forum content).
- Each creator can win a contest no more than once every six months.
- In case of a tie, a judge panel will make the selection. Judges' decision is final. Judges will remain anonymous.
- Each monthly contest will have two winners, novice and experienced/journeyman/veteran/pro. Novice is defined as <3 years woodworking, cumulative. "Experienced" is all others. Submitters must indicate if they are novice; honor system applies. If you don't declare, you're an experienced woodworker.

 

[Dovetail]

Entry table for keys, gloves and such. Curly maple with ebony pulls. Clear gloss oil varnish finish. Legs, aprons and drawer fronts are splayed three degrees. Inspired by Shaker style designs.

 

[oldtexasdog]

Some simply stunning workmanship here folks! I am in awe.