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This Online Group Is All About Appreciating Woodworking Skills, And Here Are Their 50 Best Posts (New Pics)
While woodworking is not the easiest or cheapest hobby out there, it's surprisingly gratifying and fulfilling. Many are starting to take it up as a way to reconnect with themselves, put their hands to work and create something tangible along the way. Being able to take a meaningless piece of wood and turn it into something beautiful is a perfect combination of skill, creativity and patience.
Just take a look at the subreddit called r/Woodworking. With over 3.5M members, it’s a home "for furniture, toys, tools, wood, glue, and anything else that has to do with woodworking as a hobby or profession."
Bored Panda has collected some of the most unique hand-made projects from this page. Check them out below, upvote your favorites and don’t forget to check out more "things made from trees" right here, here and here.
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#1
Made This Rocking Chair In ‘97 Wood Shop Class When I Was 14. Had No Idea Why I’ve Kept It For 24 Years. 38 Now And I Have Finally Realized It Belongs To My Son. Might Be A Dumb Post, Sorry, But His Face Makes All Those Years Worth It
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#2
I Carved This Hellboy Pipe Out Of Briar Wood For Ron Perlman And He Sent Me A Photo
#3
Custom Made Bed For My Son. He Is Beyond Excited
#4
Me - Carving Nezuko Out Of Wood - The First Female Character I Ever Made
#5
I Built This Crib For My Son. The Most Meaningful Project I've Made
#6
My First Work Out Of Birch With Dremel Since I Got Paralysed, Im Actualy Quite Proud With The Results
#7
Bear, Raccoon, And Fox Bench
#8
My Proudest Project So Far. I Built A Canoe For My Father In Law
#9
I'm Not A Carpenter, But I Am Proud Of How This Turned Out
#10
I Was Asked To Make A Memorial Chest For One Of The Soldiers Killed At Kabul Airpot
#11
My Wife Wanted New Cabinets For The Laundry Room. Instead Of Going To IKEA, I Spent 6 Months And Double The Money Building These
#12
Custom Hand Made Catscape / Catwall By Happy Happy James
#13
New Set Of Comfort Birds. Made From Various Scrap Wood And Epoxy Giving New Life To Material Destined For The Trash Bin
#14
Although An Instrument, This Is My First Guitar I’ve Ever Built. This Was Built With Almost All Hand Tools. Used A Router For The Electronic Cavities And A Drill Press For Any Holes That Needed To Be That Perfect. Thank You For Stopping To Look At It
#15
Made My 3 Year Old Her First Big Girl Bed, Just Needs Paint Now
#16
Made A Tension Table As My Last Project In 9th Grade And Would Like To Share It
Scipio Africanus 4 years ago
If they’re in ninth grade and they can do that they’re going places
#17
11' X 6' Teak Headboard Carving V2
#18
An 80 Drawer Apothecary Cabinet I Recently Finished. Solid Oak, Mahogany, And Maple
#19
I Was Told By The Fellas In Daddit That Y’all Would Appreciate This Bed I Made For My Son
#20
Louis Xiv Style Barrel Top Desk. Walnut And Walnut Burl With Kingwood
#21
Hotwheels Display For My Grandson
#22
Wife Wanted A Study/Hobby Table And I Wanted To Experiment With Epoxy Resin. This Is My First Epoxy Resin Table And There Are Lots Of Mistakes Up Close, But All In All Not A Bad Build
#23
I Started Woodworking Two Years Ago Today. Here Some Of My Projects And Joinery
#24
Just Finished! Working On An 8 Foot Live Edge Piece Of Walnut Now!
#25
Is This A Good Design Of Dog House?
#26
Long Time Lurker, First Time Poster. Trying My Hand At Carving Lime Wood
#27
Sometimes Small Projects Are The Most Important
#28
I Made A Ramp For My 13 Year Old Dog To Get On My Bed
#29
As Requested, A Picture Of The Entire Side Of The NYC Chess Set I’ve Been Working On!
#30
Here Is A Very Classy Looking Keyboard Build That I Made! Case Is Made From Walnut
#31
New To The Forum. Wanted To Show My Graduate Project. Palladian Roman Doric Colonnade
#32
Rocket Ship Bookcase I Built For My New Son
#34
Backyard Bridge 6’ X 50’
#35
Honeycomb Shelf With A Twist
#36
I Made Minimalist Christmas Trees To Celebrate The Holidays (Early) !
#37
Spalted Maple Bench
#38
Christmas Present For My Two Boys
#39
I Made 90 Bottle Openers Out Of Recycled Skateboards For Our Wedding Favors...yes, There Was Quite A Bit Of Sanding
#40
I Built This Shield From Ply Wood, Inspired From The Legend Of Zelda. I Tried To Go For Realism. This Is My First Wood Working Project, Criticism Is Welcome!
#41
Built My Deck This Summer
#42
Made A Slim Version Of My Mechanical Iris Ring Box
#43
My Wife Saw A $30 One At The Store. I Spent 10 Min Picking Up Sticks
#44
I Carved My Forearm!
#45
We Did A Best-Chair-In-An-Hour-Out-Of-A-Single-2x4 Challenge
#46
Solid Maple Bedside Table. All Cut By Hand. Definitely Over 100 Hours Of Work. Really Wish We Had A Cnc
Marcus Machado 4 years ago
I love it. It has a really strange shape with a "retro futurist sci-fi" style.
#47
Stuck In The Shed During Covid Lockdown. Another Project
#48
Latest Creation
#49
Custom Kitchen By My Husband And I - From Rendering To Real Life
Oogiebogieaugiedaddy 4 years ago
Some people have to criticize because they're not that great! You have an amazing talent!!!
#50
My Stepdad Asked Me To Make Him A Gavel For When He Becomes Worshipful Master Of His Lodge Next Year. I Know Nothing About Freemasonry, But I Tried My Best
Oogiebogieaugiedaddy 4 years ago
Looks like you did a great job. For anyone that has a negative comment, one swift whack on the head should silence them!
#51
A Few Months Of Pattern Work. Mainly Just Playing Around, Trying To Find What Style I Want To Stick With
#52
Last Year His Big Brother Got A Jeep Bed, So This Year Little Man Gets A Bulldozer Bed For His 3rd Birthday! Far From My Best Work, But He's Gonna Happy
#53
There’s A Dragon Hiding In Here, And He’s Guarding Something Silly
#54
The “Aquatainment” Center I Built Over The Last Several Weeks
#55
Pretty Much Every Portion Of This Build Was A First For Me. So Happy To Finally Be Done And Proud Of The Final Results
#56
I've Been Working With Some Wood This Summer
#57
24"×48" Kumiko Panel With Cherry Frame. 790 Pieces Of Hand Fitted Basswood. 1st In A Series Of 3
#58
My Wife Found This Console Table For $1,200 I Told Her I Could Make It For Less…saved A Little Money (Not Much) And 13ish Hours. She Picked The Curly Maple…how’d I Do?
#59
My Daughter Wanted An Entertainment Stand. I Wouldn’t Let Her Buy Particle Board Crap
#60
I Made This Table Out Of Old Skateboards, I Started Almost A Year Ago And This Week I Finally Finished It! Wdyt?
#61
We Make This Where I Work
#62
Little Lamp I Made For Some Good Friends As Their Wedding Gift. Made Out Of Oak And Beech Stripes. Cast With Green Resin
#63
Built A Custom Bookshelf For My Wife In Our Living Room! Biggest Project I've Done So Far
#64
My First Big Project With The Help Of My Dad. Might Not Be Perfect But Learned A Lot And It Is Up To Code
#65
My Wife Said Absolutely No To The Slabs When I Was Picking Them, I Present The Georgia O’keefe Spalted Maple Dining Table
#66
Made My Girlfriend A Custom Desk To Fit In Her Tiny Apartment So She Can Stop Working At The Counter. First All Hand Tool Project
#67
My Daughter’s Pens Are Done. Thank You All So Much For All Of The Positive Comments On The Lathe Post. She Was Ecstatic About Your Feedback
#68
Last Day Of Trade School Today And My *final* Project Is Nearly Done! I Doubted Myself The Whole Time, But I’m Super Proud Of How It Turned Out
#69
My First Public Sculpture!
Firstname Lastname 4 years ago
"It’s the name of my home village “Oxenhope” said in the local accent" - The creator, via reddit
#70
Me - Carving Venom Out Of Wood In A Month
#71
I'm Going To Be A Dad! Still Needs A Finish And Some Closet Rods In The Chimney, But I Hope My Daughter Is As Proud Of It As I Am
#72
Black Walnut And Bolivian Rosewood Desk
#73
Walnut Dining Table And Chairs Finished In Rubio Just In Time For The Holidays
#74
Really Pleased With My Dovetails For This Cabinet
#75
Jewelry Box For My Girlfriend, Made Completely With Non Electrical Tools. Birch, Walnut Burl And Ebony Details. Hope You Guys Like It
#76
After Some Very Appreciated Angle Math From Another Redditer I Final Finished The Curved Path!
#77
Redid Our Entire Living Room Last Christmas. Learned A Hell Of A Lot And We Just Love This Room Now! Entire Wall Was About $300
#78
My Daughter Wasn't So Happy About The Bike, But I Turned That $60 Bike Into A $900 Commission
#79
My Dad Needed A Pipe For A Murder Mystery Dinner Prop. I Made Him One That Burns Incense To Appear Smoking
#80
I Built A Porch On To My House! Used Trex Boards And Hidden Fasteners
#82
My Client Said She Wanted An Accent Wall, And It Spiraled From There. Here’s A 9’ By 20’ Reclaimed Chevron
#83
Massive Bookmatched Sliding Door I Built For Our House
#85
Finished Just In Time For The Turkey!
#86
Walnut Bookcase I Finished
#87
Some Years Ago Made A Hub-Less Wooden Geodesic Dome For My Son’s Kindergarten
#88
Shaun Boyd - Glenn Lounge Chairs
#89
1st Cutting Board For Wife, But She Wants Me To Sell It
#90
Wife Was Mad With My Maps Being Everywhere So I Made A Map "Tool Box" Antique White Oak , With Some Reclaimed Iron Railing As The Handle.. I Love A Map!
Karynne Williams 4 years ago
I love paper maps! I lost my favorite road atlas in one of my moves, but it had every road trip marked in it.
#91
Struggling To Sell These For £300. Does That Seem Too Much?
#92
Butcher Block Restoration
#93
Took A Stab At A Making A Miter Saw Station
#94
Saw It On Amazon, Decided I Could Do It Better
#95
My First Real Attempt At Wood Carving! Basswood With A Tung Oil And Renaissance Wax Finish
#96
Just Finished! I Moved Recently And This Is The First Piece To Come Out Of My New Shop
#97
Wanted A Desk For Myself. Made From Recycled Pallets And Poured 4 Different Colors Of Epoxy
#98
We Became First-Time Homeowners During The Pandemic, So I Picked Up Woodworking And Have Done Some Projects Around The House. Just Finished Building This Bookshelf/Cabinet Combo
#99
5 Year Anniversary Is Wood, So I Made A Gift For My Wife To Use While She Bakes
#100
I Was Lacking Some Shelves So I Designed A Pair
#101
Wrap-Around Breakfast Nook Slatted Bench With Half-Lap Joints
Heather Menard 4 years ago
It would be cool if you could pull up the wood for back supports. To make a reading nook
#102
All Done!!! My First Accent Wall.. It Was Pretty Simple For The Most Part But The Archway Was A Nice Challenge What Do You Guys Think?
#103
Made A Larger Pliers Wall Rack To Accommodate Newly Acquired Pliers
#104
It’s Nothing Close To The Amazing Projects People Post On Here, But I’m A Total Newbie And I Made This, And I’m Thrilled With It!
#105
Just Finished Building The Body For My Model A Speedster Project
#106
Beer Advent Calendar! Nice Little Gift Everyday Leading Up To The Big Day. Just Need To Paint/Decorate It And It’s Good To Go
ThEboRedEsTpANdA 4 years ago (edited)
Ngl, I don't like or drink alcohol, but this looks amazing
#107
Walnut Sideboard With Brass Pulls. Mid Century Modern Feel To It
#108
I Made A Trash Can For My First Woodworking Project So I Could Have Somewhere To Put All My Future Projects
#109
I Made A Workshop
#110
Was Told To Share My Latest Christmas Decor I Made Myself
#112
A Client Came To Us With This Monstrosity Of A Reclaimed Wood Bathroom Vanity That Their Contractor Supplied. We Modified The Design And Remade It Using The Same Wood. Before And After Photos
#113
Making Drunk Lumber
#114
Hidden Extension For An Island I Designed And Built!
#115
Made A Fashion Mirror For My Daughter... Critiques Welcome!
Grady'sRaider 4 years ago
Nice job. Built one when first married. Getting the corners mitred square and strong is a real challenge. Kudos.
#116
Little Bit Different Type Of Wood Working. 100% Custom Dodge Ram Sub Box I Built And Covered Today. What Ya Think!
#117
Selling My Home And The Inspector Said My 240 Receptacle Had To Have A Cover… So I Made A Cover
#118
I Often Drop Eggs. So I Made This For Eggs
Thomas Sweda 4 years ago
Sorry to have to tell you this, but those things won’t prevent you from continuing to drop them.
#119
First Attempt At A Honeycomb, I Will Be Adding A Little Handcarved Bee To It Very Soon. I Used A 3/16 Downcut And Only Went In About A 1/4". Metallic Pineapple Epoxy Sanded Flush To 500g With Black Walnut
#120
Today I Made A Watch From A Broken Skateboard! Job Was Entirely Done With Jigsaw And A Dremel. Let Me Know What You Guys Think
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GoddessOdd 4 years ago
I am amazed and marveled at the "you should have" comments. Can't we just be proud of the achievement and happy for the creators, without ..."it needs...or you should have... or ... great, but"?
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Beauty is in the mind's eye of the beholder. Opinions are permitted. that said, I'm still trying to figure out how they did this stuff because I can't carve *butter*, so.... Yeah.... Dang, that's just.... *jaw dropped*
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Pink Rose 4 years ago
I agree it shows a lot of talent. It reminds me of my husband who loved woodworking before he died in 2000.
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GoddessOdd 4 years ago
I am amazed and marveled at the "you should have" comments. Can't we just be proud of the achievement and happy for the creators, without ..."it needs...or you should have... or ... great, but"?
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Beauty is in the mind's eye of the beholder. Opinions are permitted. that said, I'm still trying to figure out how they did this stuff because I can't carve *butter*, so.... Yeah.... Dang, that's just.... *jaw dropped*
Load More Replies... Pink Rose 4 years ago
I agree it shows a lot of talent. It reminds me of my husband who loved woodworking before he died in 2000.
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