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Jareth:
First couple of attempts at a wood lantern. First one, you can see my complete and utter cockup in the design, where I figured the staples wouldn't hit each other. But they did, and when they came out of the wood, they hit my finger that was holding the pieces together. After putting the frames together, I sanded down the edges, and stained it before putting the paper panels on.

First try.



On the second attempt, I screwed up on how much space I had to doodle (that side not shown), and some panels got placed upside down and inside out.

Second attempt.



That being said, I'm happy with how I built the second one, but I'm happier about the doodles on the first. They're about 10" tall, 8" square. I used wax paper and sharpies for the sides, except for the last pic, where I used some paint I had around and dry brushed it on.

Now go! I'm sure you guys are handy and can design and build some things!

jhocking:
I suck at woodworking, but I'm getting better.  For example, I built the pedestals in this pic:


God they sucked.  The only bit I actually pulled off well was designing the top of one pedestal to have an LCD mounted in it.  I smashed two immediately after this show, and the third got worked over massively by a more talented friend (basically, he spackled over the entire thing) before going in another show.

Jareth:
Pedestals...



Sweet mercy this was really annoying to finish. Built it for a festival last summer, and took it afterwards. It's survived in my backyard through fall and winter, which explains why it looks like pretty beat up. It would've done better indoors as a coffee table, but I didn't have space for it.

mberan42:
Should I get the obligitory "I got wood" joke out of the way right now?

calenlass:
I should make my mum take photos of the bookshelf I did with my granddad a long time ago. It is really purdy.

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