Today I wanted to show you a fun little tic-tac-toe game that I made out of scrap wood and marbles. This is a great project for all skill levels, and it’s a perfect way to add a personal touch to your next game night. To make your own game, you’ll need a block of scrap wood, a saw, a drill press with a round nosed bit, and some marbles. First, mark and drill nine holes…
I was at a local bookstore and saw some wooden puzzles on my way out and the Tangram Hexiamond puzzle caught my eye. Each…
When I was a kid, I saw spinning some contraption above his head that sounded like an aeroplane taking off. The bullroarer, rhombus, or turndun, is…
I found some simple animal blocks on Pinterest, so I made a few 🙂 This is an awesome project to use up your small…
I built this puzzle from a disassembled photo of it. That meant that I had to solve the puzzle after building it in order…
Cribbage is one of those “old people” games that I never gave much thought about playing… That is until I actually played it, and…
A few years ago before all of the Minecraft pixel builds took off and before I really started posting to my YouTube channel I had made my daughter wooden Pixel Pickaxe and posted it on Reddit, It was by far the most popular thing I Have posted on Reddit to date, and so I decided to rebuild it, but this time as a two-part series I will also be making a Pixel Sword that you can see here on YouTube.
In the fall I had wanted to do some turning but didn’t want to do anything too big so I tried my hand ay making some Wooden Tops. I watched an awesome video from Worth Effort that really helped me get this down, as you can tell by the thumbnail, I made a few 🙂
After thinking about it for a while, I realized that the best way to make the board was to simply create a walnut and maple cutting board. Buy gluing up strips of maple and walnut I was able to cut strips off of that and reassemble them into the classic chessboard pattern.

I originally thought of turning these on the lathe but quickly gave up on that plan, as I lack the skills to do so. But I am a huge fan of modern art and minimalist objects. And started to do some research and eventually came across a set created by Lanier Graham in 1966 and fell in love with its simplicity and really enjoyed how all of the pieces fit in a tiny little box.