Woodworking Projects That Sell

I. Introduction

The sheer variety of products you can create from softwoods or hardwoods is simply mindboggling. So, you might have a hard time in making up your mind what to make and what not to. There are several woodworking projects that might take up to a week or two to complete while there are assignments that you can accomplish within a matter of hours.
Items like clothespins, rolling pins, toys, birdhouses, canes, bar stools, walking sticks, bookmarks, coasters, candelabras, benches, and jewelry boxes are not only easy to make but also serve as ideal gift items. Regardless of whether you want to make such products for your own use or gift these to your near and dear ones or sell, there’s no denying that the same are incredibly versatile. The following paragraphs list the five top woodworking projects that sell and also enumerate the ingredients/raw materials you’d need to fashion the wooden products.

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1. Wooden Storage Box

A picnic table, quite contrary to its terminology or name can obviously be put to many uses and not simply for holding your picnicking fares. The picnic table can double up as a dinner table, snacks table or even a study table depending on how you want to use it. The following DIY instructions are for a large wooden table that you’ll find more convenient to step into compared to a conventional picnic table.

What you’ll need for this DIY project:

• Wooden blocks of chipped into specific sizes
• 8mm threaded steel rods for attaching the legs
• Wooden screws
• Handheld timber hacksaw

For constructing the legs, you’ll have to saw the wooden blocks after marking the dimensions with a marker. Next, you’ll have to screw up the individual legs together. See to it that the table’s legs are higher than the connecting sections of two by fours. The horizontal linkages should be at least 50mm above the floor to prevent the table from wobbling or shaking on a surface that is not smooth.

Follow this link for a better understanding of how to design your own picnic table

http://www.instructables.com/id/picnic-table-1/?ALLSTEPS

3. Pencil Case (Wood & Leather)

• In these days, where cases or holders for safekeeping pencils or pens are usually made of faux leather, plastic or other synthetic materials, it is heartening to see a case made solely out of wood. A pencil or pen case is undoubtedly one of the prime woodworking projects that sell. Making a pencil case from softwood like cherry wood, cedar wood or pinewood is a relatively easy process as you’d need very few ingredients and tools for the DIY project.
• As far as the size of the case is concerned, you can opt for a case that’ll be able to fit in all your writing items. As far as the basic material is concerned, you can opt for cherry or pinewood and in order to keep the joinery or carpentry simple go for butt joints. Saw down the wood pieces or blocks measuring 1-1/4 inches from front to back, 7-8 inches from the sides, and about 3/8 inches thick.
• To make the profile smoother, you can polish the edges with an adze. Chisel out a small rounded section for fitting the magnetic clasp. Use epoxy glue for securing the magnet after positioning it inside the hole. After chiseling and sanding out the individual pieces, glue the sections together using carpenter’s glue or Araldite. While gluing, make sure the pieces are held together with the help of small clamps.
• Using a carving knife, round off the corners of the box case and rub the surfaces with the help of a sandpaper. Use a good quality varnish for polishing the case on all sides. After this, you need to create the flap that’ll be used for shutting the case close. You can use organically tanned leather or faux leather for making the flap.

• Figure out the size you’d need by placing the case on a large sheet of leather and marking the extent at least a little beyond the magnetic clasp. See where you’d have to fold the flap so that one end of it sits exactly on the magnet. Use grooving and skiving tools for rendering crispiness to the fold and for sharpening the folding.
• Paste some glue for sticking the flap to the backside of the case. Now, punch some holes in the leatherback and through the case and sew it with the box using superior quality of filament or thread. Allow the glue to settle so that the flap is firmly tethered to it. Your pencil holder is ready for use.

• Over the course of several years, you end up with wood pieces that are too innocuous to build a useful product but at the same time aren’t so useless that you can throw these away. One good way of putting these small pieces to good use is to make a candelabra or candleholder. Following are the supplies you’d need for this DIY project:
• Wooden sheets or scraps (here the abandoned wooden pieces can be utilized); find two to three sheets having different hues
• Wood glue or adhesive
• Drill bit (Forstner for carving big holes with a flattened base)
• A fret saw or jig saw
• Sandpapers (200 grits and 300 grits each)
• Varnish
• Paint brush
• Paperboard, set squares, and a pen or marker
• A few clamps and a vice {not extremely essential}

Firstly, you’d have to decide on the size and shape of the candleholder. Naturally, the sides have to be longer than the diameter of the candle. To keep matters simple, opt for a square block. In order to make perfect patterns, first draw out a pattern on a cardboard and thereafter stencil out the pattern. Use this pattern to create squares on the wooden blocks. Cut out the edges carefully.
Have at least 4-5 wooden blocks sawed out having sides of identical length. Baste the surfaces with a generous amount of glue, keep the blocks one on top of another and press hard. Leave it aside and clip the vices for letting the glue harden fully. Now comes the sanding part which you need to pay some attention.
Place scrap wood in between the blocks and the vice so as to not to dent or scratch it. Use the 300-bit sandpaper for smoothening out all the four sides perfectly. Thereafter, move to a 200-bit sandpaper for leveling out the remaining unevenness or scratches.
Scrub the sandpaper diagonally positioning it at right angles to the sides of the blocks. Use the set squares for determining the perpendicular positions. Draw diagonals on the topmost block and figure out the middle. Make a large circle around this central point. Attach the Forstner bit to the drill and position the block beneath it such a manner that the central point is just below the tip of the drill bit. Drill up to a depth you feel would be deep enough for the candle to settle down firmly. Apply two coats of the varnish keeping a recommended time interval between the coats. Sand the area after application of the first coat so that the final coat makes the original colors of the wooden blocks visible.
Following this link for the above DIY project: http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-Wooden-Candle-Holder/

5. DIY Wooden C-Clamp

• To make your own C-clamp, you’d need:
• Long or short bolt (depending on the size of the product you want to make)
• Hexagonal nuts that thread around the bolt
• Many wooden screws with flattened heads
• A hardwood block with dimensions 3.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm and two hardwood blocks of size 7.5 x 3 x 1.8 cm
• Epoxy wood glue
• Varnish
• Grease
• Metallic rod 3mm long

Follow this link for the instructions: http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-Your-Own-Wooden-C-Clamp-DIY-Woodworking-Tools/

II. Conclusion

So, mentioned above are some of the most popular woodworking projects that sell. If you can procure the supplies, you’ll find it easy to follow the DIY instructions and complete any project within a short period of time. You can offer your feedbacks or suggestions if you feel your suggestions can contribute towards making the projects easier to follow.

Additionally, these can also be used to stash away toys, books, clothes, and other household items like the best rated double stroller that have become redundant.