CUSTOM WOODWORKING
(THINGS I HAVE MADE OVER THE YEARS)
Call me for that custom woodworking project you have been wanting--tables, log beds, boxes, chests, mantels, caskets and furniture. I do lots of live edge furniture and I love new challenges. Having a sawmill Provides plenty of wood for these projects. I can also saw your log, dry it and build your furniture from it. In this process patience is required because it will normally take about one year per inch of thickness to dry the wood before I can begin to build your furniture.
 Pecan river table_955195 |  Walnut bench_5187 |  Pecan river table_955193 |
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 Pecan river table_955182 |  Pecan river table_5192 |  Pecan river table and benches_955181 |
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 pecan cross_5179 |  Pecan Crosses_5148 |  Pecan river table and benches_5180 |
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 kneeling bench, Bible stand and crosses_ |  Pecan bench_5185 |  Pecan bench_5184 |
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 Willow Table Top_171837 |  Willow Table Top_171853 |  log bench_173944by Mike Burgess |
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 Log Bench_173953by Mike Burgess |  Live oak bench_092205by Mike Burgess |  Pecan Charcuterie Boards_165148 |
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 Pecan Charcuterie Boards_165136 |  Pecan _165122 |  Pecan Charcuterie Boards_165131 |
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 Pecan River Table, D. Almond 39' Pecan river table, bookmatched but one flipped end for end, about 52" ± wide |  Pecan River Table, D. Almond 2 |  Pecan River Table, D |
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 Walnut Urn 20200806_221754 |  Walnut Urn 20200806_221703 |  Walnut Urn 20200806_221713 |
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 Mesquite top, 10', customer's base_1824. |  Pecan Dough Bowl_141359 |  Walnut Urn 20200215_191058 |
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 Walnut Urn 20200215_190831 |  Walnut Urn 20200215_191117 |  Walnut Urn 20200215_190925 |
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 Hackberry Cutting Board1 |  Hackberry Cutting Board2 |  Hackberry Cutting Board 20200210_203431 |
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 Hackberry Cutting Board 20200210_203447 |  Hican Dinette table with customer furnis |  Live Oak, McCarty 20190425_095053 |
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 Live oak, McCarty 20190425_100828 |  Live Oak, McCarty 20190425_100858 |  Live Oak, McCarty 20190425_100941 |
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 Live oak coffee table 4170 |  Live oak end table 4163 |  Live Oak Mantel 2496 |
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 Range hood made fron old ornate headboar |  Door remodel from panel to glass |  live oak slab coffee table1676 |
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 Walnut men's valet box 3566 |  Walnut men's valet box 3568 |  Mesquite Valet_0845 |
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 Mesquite Valet_0844 |  Mesquite Valet _0846 |  Pecan, lake table M. Burgess |
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 Pecan coffee table_1995 |  Alter, Dan Mccomas 254 |  Alter, Dan Mccomas 261 |
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 Alter, Dan Mccomas 257 |  Alter, Dan Mccomas 259 |  Pecan Conference Table, Darrell Heald1 |
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 Pecan Conference Table, Darrell Heald4 |  Hican 4165Pecan is a hickory and when cross-pollinated with another species of hickory is called hican. Here you an see the graft line. The foreground is hican and the background is pecan. There are pictures of this log being sawn on the Sawmill Tab |  Hican 4169Pecan is a hickory and when cross-pollinated with another species of hickory is called hican. This will be a kitchen bar-top |
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 Hican Dinette tableThe customer ordered the top and put it on a base they had made |  Hican Dinette table with customer furnisThis is the finished table with the customers base |  Hican Dinette table with customer furnis |
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 Water oak top, Before |  Water oak top, After |  Water Oak, Andrea Strand1 |
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 Pine, Convent Cross_0613 |  Pine, Convent Cros_0618 |  Pine, Convent Cros_0614 |
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 Pine, Convent Cros_0617 |  Pine, Convent Cros_0616 |  Pecan Table, B.Leatherwood 4060 |
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 Pecan Table, B.Leatherwood 4064Split pedestal showing wedge tenon of stretcher |  Pecan Table, B.Leatherwood 4067 |  Pecan Table, B.Leatherwood 4071Stretcher |
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 Bowls, post oak 2339 |  Bowl, Pecan 2329 |  Bowls Magnolia 2104 |
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 Bowl, Pecan 2327 |  Bowls Magnolia 2110 |  Bowls, pecan 5 cored 2136 |
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 Bowl, Pecan 2330 |  Bowls, Pecan 2325 |  Walnut men's valet box 3566Graduation present for nephew |
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 Walnut men's valet box 3568 |  Star 2134Hand carved star in white oak |  Bowls,post oak 2 cored 2142 |
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 Deador Cedar table and bench 2139 |  Deador Cedar table and bench 2140 |  Pecan-desk-2020 |
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 Pecan-desk-2018Showing method of anchoring top to skirt and skirt to legs |  Pecan-desk-2014 |  Bench, Live Oak 0690 |
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 Workbench-new-top-1976 |  Workbench-new-top-1974New top for my workbench with Veritas Twin Screw vise and a shop made leg vise |  Barn-door-pecan-sliding-0558 |
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 Barn Door_pine_1991 |  Barn Door_pine_1997 |  Ash-desk-top-1958 |
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 Barnwood, Tressel Table,1633 |  Barnwood Tressel Table 1657 |  Barnwood Tressel Table 1656 |
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 Headboard, Cypress 1818123.5" wide by approximately 36" high with shelf/drawer on each side |  tx flag04 |  Red Oak Mantel G Mcdonald |
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 Red Oak Mantel G Mcdonald |  Willow Table 6'x4' 0071 |  Willow Table 6'x4' 0066 |
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 Willow Table 6'x4' 0056 |  Oak Stair tread 1146 |  Stair Treads, Bur oak 1Bull nosed stair tread with 6" radiused riser |
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 Red Oak Top 0865 |  Red Oak Top 0863 |  Deador Cedar Mantel 1128 |
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 Cross, Unity_132347 |  Cross, Unity 132317 |  Cross, Bastrop fir pine 2840 |
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 Walnut Natural Scu;lpture 0769.JPG"Pioneer Woman" Walnut tree trunk rescued from burn pile--it refused to burn--left mostly in natural form through power and hand carving, finished with Watco Natural Danish Oil and displayed on a rotating pedestal base. Rugged, tough showing signs of adversity, been through the fire and still here. |  Walnut Natural Scu;lpture 0772.JPG |  Walnut Natural Scu;lpture 0771.JPG |
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 Walnut Natural Scu;lpture 0770.JPG |  Pecan Table 0734.JPGBase made from the crouch ends of the flitches that were cut off to make the bookmatched table 8' long. Cracks and bark inclusions reinforced with walnut bow ties and the stretcher held together with wedges through the tenons |  Pecan Table 0731.JPG8' pecan table top finished with 6 coats of WaterLox |
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 Pecan Table Rick M1.jpg |  Pecan counter top 0655.JPG |  Ash Dining Table top 12'x4' 0597.JPG |
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 Pecan table top, Williams 0797.JPG |  domino box, ryan 2691.jpg |  domino box, ryan 2692.jpg |
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 domino box, walmut sams 9885.jpg |  Donino-Box-Walnut-TAMU1 |  domino-box-seth's |
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 Domino-Box-TAM-2222 |  Domino-box-Texas-State-1895Walnut domino box with maple dovetail liner and leather inlay of Texas State Logo--Nephews graduation present |  domino-box-church-2661 |
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 willow offering box 17.jpg |  water oak chairs 2605.jpg |  water oak chairs 2581.jpg |
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 Water oak table 002.jpg |  Water oak table and chairs 003.jpg |  Water oak table 008.jpg |
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 Water oak table 009.jpg |  bat, cedar2616.jpg |  huntley cross5.jpg |
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 Water Oak Picnic Table 532.JPG |  Water Oak Picnic Table 0535.JPG |  Water Oak Picnic Table 0537.JPG |
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 Red Oak cross1362.JPG |  Ash Counter top 0423.JPG |  crosses+2437.jpg |
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 crosses+2435.jpg |  crosses+2436.jpg |  Pecan+floor,+3+coats+WaterLox+1304.JPGMy office in our new home--Spalted pecan floor with 3 coats of Waterlox |
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 Pecan+Mantel1220.JPG |  Beams+in+Dining+Room1222.JPG |  Living+Room+Vaulted+Exposed+Ceiling+1224.JPGThe ceiling is rough sawn loblolly pine salvaged from the 2011 Labor Day Bastrop Fire |
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 Pecan+floor,+3+coats+WaterLox+1307.JPGMy office in our new home--Spalted pecan floor with 3 coats of Waterlox and a bookmatched pecan wall |  Porch+exposed+ceiling+1140.JPG |  Pecan+floor,+3+coats+WaterLox+1305.JPGMy office in our new home--Spalted pecan floor with 3 coats of Waterlox |
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 Red+oak+Cabinet+with+Bur+Oak+Counter+Top+1277.JPG |  Red+Oak+Island+With+Bur+Oak+Top+1297.JPGKitchen island--Red oak with a bur oak top |  bathroom doors48.jpg |
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 live oak slab coffee table1676.jpg |  cherry+table+2234.jpg |  cedar+table+48+inch+round.+1.jpg |
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 Cedar+End+table+_8_5863_3.jpg |  Cedar+table+top+434.JPG |  Cedar+table+base+436.JPG |
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 blackjack oak benches 1.jpg |  live+oak+bench+1703.jpg |  post+oak+logs5048.jpg |
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 murphy+bed+36.jpg |  sword+plaque+5.jpg |  oak+table+leg4103.JPG |
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 Pecan+Top,2nd+coat+5.JPG |  Pecan+Top,2nd+coat6.JPG |  Pecan,+Counter+Top+294.JPG |
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 Bur+Oak+Top+1+coat+0004.JPG |  Pecan,+Counter+Top+0293.JPG |  murphy+bed+55.jpg |
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 post+oak+entertainment+center7984.jpg |  agarita+stem+pot.jpgTurned+on+wood+lathe |  YoYo,+bodark1.jpg |
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 stable9640.jpg |  christmas+ornament,1480.jpgLongleaf+pine+woodturning |  entry+floor5.jpg |
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 Church+light+boxes5295.JPG |  log+planter9042.jpg |  Martin+house1.jpg |
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 Bodark+burl+1365.JPG |  Sycamore+Stool9857.JPG |  Candlestick,+mesquite.jpg |
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 locust+bowl.jpgLathe+turned+black+locust |  log+planter9043.jpg |  Candlestick,+bodark3.jpg |
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 Boxelder1256.JPG |  Texas+Ebony+Carvers+Mallet990.JPG |  spoons+++cutting+boards+9992.jpg |
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 Bur Oak Table310.JPG |  Bur Oak Table309.JPG |  Bur Oak Table307.JPG |
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 Bur Oak Table313.JPG |  Custom Bur Oak table base284.JPG |  sams table2495.jpg |
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 phone box54.jpg |  phone box53.jpg |  Walburg Community Center Sign 304.JPG |
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 Pecan Countertop, Router Planing289.JPGThis is how I flatten all my large tops |  postoffice box, oak2.jpg |  Post Oak Entertainment Center8078.JPG |
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 pine mantle486.jpg |  pecan lamp table8.jpg |  pecan couch table6.jpg |
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 pecan+tables,end+9.jpg |  pecan+tables3.jpg |  mesquite, bell31.jpg |
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 mesquite table top326.JPG |  mesquite candlesticks.jpg |  mantel, cedar2.jpg |
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 Loom Bench, open.jpg |  lecturn, deodar cedar9958.jpg |  lecturn, deodar cedar9959.jpg |
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 Cuttingboard table, maple5.jpg |  Cedar post corner 177.JPG |  Bench 1445.JPG |
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 Alabaster Church7851.JPG |  Sycamore bowl.jpg |  Sand pendulum, mesquite3.jpg |
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 Sand pendulum2.jpg |  Cutting Boards1864.JPG |  cutting boards.jpg |
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 Chip and Dip serving tray 1271.JPG |  Boxelder 1257.JPGEight +inch+platter+woodturning |  aspen log bed8820.jpg |
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 pecan bowel 3237.jpg |  mesquite lamp 0127.jpgThe shade if from W Kohler Lamp & Shade Co, Alamogordo, NM |  Intarsia Angel 3238.JPG |
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 mesquite display pedistal with pecan bowl 0126.jpg |  Columbarium with 14 nitches for cremation remains, made by brother Jim 1244A few years ago my next older brother registered a cemetery plot on the back side of the hill from his house and made a rock enclosure, naming it the "Live Oak Hill Dust Farm". Our younger brother, the welder, made the cross shaped columbarium and I made his mesquite urn. |  Columbarium with 14 nitches for cremation remains, made by brother Jim 1245 |
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 Urn, mesquite for brother Dickie 1250 |  Urn, mesquite for brother Dickie 1249 |  casket ,dads 4559.jpg |
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 casket, moms 1091.jpgMy Mom started on me that I needed to make her a casket. I ignored her at first but finally decided that it would be an honor and started on it. My Brother Jim, did the iron work and on January 4, 2008 Mom got to use it--and it was a great honor to make this for her |
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Many of the large table tops are way to big to flatten using my planer so I flatten them using a technique called router planing. This short video demonstrates how I do this
As with all thing, we tend to enlarge and I needed to flatten bigger table tops so I modified my set up and can now flatten very large tops. With another extension, over 16. long and about 7. wide