Reader Project Gallery

Grant bought a $400 hockey stick for $25. The only problem was the shaft was broken. His plan had been to cut the stick down to make a mini stick, but once he got it home, he thought “You know what, I can repair this!”

Jim built this 8’ pram for the boat’s namesake, his granddaughter Amelia.

David Black shared some of his latest toasting goblet designs.

Francois de Faymoreau bought this guitar at a flea market for $5. The head was broken clean off at the nut.

Father and son partnered together to build this custom camper shell.

By Stephen Knowlton This is a modified Rangeley lake boat was built from western red cedar and ash framing. The 1/8 strips were sheathed with fiberglass and WEST SYSTEM Epoxy.

By Amy Lahr Amy bought her first large boat in the fall of 2021. It was a 1993 Tartan 31 Piper that Amy named Unplugged. Her previous owner stored her indoors in the winter, so 2022 was her first winter outdoors in the Minnesota snow. Unplugged showed her disapproval by splitting her rudder. Amy discovered […]

Canoe By Otto Glass When Otto’s wife turned out to be allergic to cedar, he got creative and used untreated 2×6 framing lumber to build their canoe. He milled the boards into strips himself and constructed a 14′ long, 40″ wide, 16″ deep custom canoe. Despite having no prior experience with canoe building or fiberglass, […]

Casting by Lou Yelgin To restore a vintage wooden screw for a bench vise, Lou needed a custom nut with a rare 3½ TPI thread. Since machining wasn’t an option, he used the screw itself to mold the threads by coating it in petroleum jelly and casting WEST SYSTEM® Epoxy around it. The result was […]

Historic Win by Michael Lobieg – GBI Marketing Team Puget Sound Navigation Company was the first to finish in this year’s WA360, placing first in the wind division! The three-person team—consisting of Michael Karas, Molly Karas, and Anthony Boscolo—sailed their Gougeon 32, Incognito. “We had an amazing race getting to put the Gougeon 32 through […]

Windvane by John Mikolich While winterizing his sailboat, John Mikolich accidentally crushed a plastic windvane with an 80-pound outboard. Over breakfast, he spotted a cereal box and used it to trace and cut a replacement, then saturated it with WEST SYSTEM® Epoxy. By dinnertime, he had a durable, colorful new part—better than the original.

Leveling Feet by Daryl Brunette After moving into a new house, my workbench wobbled on the sloped garage floor, and I didn’t want winter water puddling around the shimmed wooden legs. As a longtime WEST SYSTEM® user, I knew epoxy could help, but encapsulating the feet with thickened epoxy felt too complicated. Instead, I poured […]

Knife by Matthew Gregory This neo-Japanese style fighting knife, with composite construction handle, was made by Matthew Gregory. The 6″ long blade is made of a Crucible Steel laminate of CPM-154 stainless cladding over a core of high wear resistance tool steel Crucible CPM-10v. The handle consists of a G10 and carbon fiber frame, with […]

Condo Bench by Paul Hayes Reader Paul Hayes recently donated this bench to his condo association so residents would have a nice location near the mailboxes to sit and read their mail. This teak bench had spent some time outside and therefore had become discolored. He sanded the bench on his dry, enclosed porch and […]

Boat Planters by Ed Maurer Yard Yachts are small, boat-like planters and displays for use in homes, gardens and businesses. Working from his shop in Dunedin, FL, Ed Maurer builds these 3′-8′ yachts. He chooses to use interior grade plywood (for its flexibility and affordability) in addition to various types of lumber. To ensure the […]

Wood Dinghy by Robert Hale This design is Nick Schade’s “Coot” plan. It was built by Robert Hale using clear old growth red cedar 1/4″ x 3/4″.He tried to orient as many strips fore and aft as possible, but the last eight strips went in straight, and he tapered the ends. These were edge glued […]