I decided to experiment with creating a CNC wood bowl. This is my first jump into doing some more complex shapes with a CNC router, although, I have a proper CNC machine and not just... [read more]

Long story short: It is terrible for off-road and single track. Don’t buy it if that is your goal. It is fine for smooth trails without a lot of curves, and road riding. Long story:... [read more]

This box started out by finding a few huge pinecones that fell off a sugarpine tree in Truckee, California. I thought it would be cool to cast the pinecone in some tinted epoxy and then... [read more]

I decided to aggregate most my woodworking projects to one portfolio page. It is not everything I have ever made, but does contain a lot of stuff from the past two years. Check it out:... [read more]

When you use red and yellow, the river boxes become lava boxes. Mixing the colored epoxies takes more time; you have to wait until just the right time before you try to combine them. If... [read more]

This is a simple end grain cutting board made out of hard maple. I made a few of these to experiment with engraving and epoxy filling. It is difficult to fill the engraving without staining... [read more]

  I previously wrote a post on my epoxy river table bar top, but it just focused on a video of me making it. This piece is made from a California black oak tree that... [read more]

    My friend commissioned me to make a custom box for her upcoming wedding. This is the second box I’ve made in this style, with the first one being called a “waterfall box“. I... [read more]

I’ve been working on making some end grain cutting boards. Apparently end grain boards are more durable than lengthwise grain boards, but I haven’t ever used one for a period of time to find out... [read more]

I’ve had parts of my kitchen done for a while now, and it has given me enough time to reflect on what I think turned out good and what isn’t so good. I did a... [read more]

Direct Link: Epoxy River Table Bar Top This epoxy resin bar top is really the icing on the cake for my DIY kitchen remodel! Two years ago when I started planning the kitchen I had... [read more]

YouTube: Making Wood Epoxy River Placemats It’s been a little while since I’ve posted any new videos, and I’m quite excited about this one! I came up with the original idea of making a “river... [read more]

Lahaina Panoramic. I took this photo from my drone while standing on the jetty rocks of the harbor. The sun was rising behind me, and had a cool effect on Molokai in the distance. The... [read more]

Photo taken on the west side of maui in Lahaina with my DSLR camera. The sun is rising far on the east side of the island creating lots of deep purples in the high level... [read more]

A sunset photo I took in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii. Taken from the deck of a condo in Lahaina Shores. Enhanced with my own custom pre-sets in Adobe Lightroom Classic. Gear Used (Amazon Links) Camera Lens Also,... [read more]

  I took this photo off the deck from Lahaina Shores in Maui. It was around 7am in the morning and the sun was rising over on the east side of maui, while over on... [read more]

  Taken in Maui.  A boring composition, but I liked playing with the colors a bit. Equipment used for this shot (Amazon affiliate links): Quadcopter Drone

This is a panoramic shot of the westside of maui taken from my drone. I was a little reluctant to go a ways out in the ocean for fear of loosing the thing, and I... [read more]

Kaho’olawe in the Distance, as seen from Maui on the way to Lahaina. It was raining hard in the ocean right in front of that island. The army previously used this small Hawaiian island for... [read more]

I took this photo using this drone. I did quite a bit of post processing in Adobe Lightroom. I shot the image with a very flat color profile and in RAW so I could manipulate it... [read more]

Last year I started the ultimate DIY kitchen remodel. I wanted it to be a high end kitchen built with quality materials. So many kitchens these days are made from cheap flimsy junk without any... [read more]

I thought it would be fun to make some business cards for my epoxy woodworking by using epoxy and wood! (That was a mouthful!) And a quick plug: Redwood Monkey Workshop     These started... [read more]

The Redwood Monkey Workshop has a large quantity of hand made business card holders. Spalted oak sustainably harvested from the Santa Cruz mountains and some blue tinted epoxy. Available at the Redwood Monkey Workshop.

I’ve been brewing beer for the past few years, and it is a lot of fun. As a programmer, I want to play around with code to track data. One of the things that frustrated... [read more]

First, some photos, because these things are really cool.       I made these by taking a piece of wide (~1”) spalted oak from my property and re-sawing it in half on my band... [read more]

Another cool epoxy art project that I made a few weeks ago. I sold this one to a friend, but I will have some more at the Redwood Monkey Workshop at some point in the... [read more]

I’m still working on making small woodworking products to sell at the Redwood Monkey Workshop. This is one of the more recent items: a basic business card holder. Nothing fancy about it — just a... [read more]

This piece is for sale, and is available at the Redwood Monkey Workshop — Fern Engraved Wood Wall Art in Blue Epoxy.  This is a unique image that I made and engraved on the piece of... [read more]

Let me go into a few details on how I made this coffee table. I’ve had it in the works for quite a while.   The process of making it started over a year ago... [read more]

  I’ve made a few coffee tables over the years, but this is the most gorgeous one yet! This is one of my first tries at making a “river table”. I wanted it to have... [read more]

I’m pleased to announce an official shop for my woodworking products and artwork! The Redwood Monkey Workshop is now open for business.    The site is made using WordPress and Woocommerce in PHP. I constructed a... [read more]