People On This Online Group Are Sharing Pics Of Their Mad Woodworking Skills And Here Are 98 Of The Best Ones

Some people think that woodworking is a dying art that belongs to the forgotten bunch of crafts that we, humans, don’t find any place for in our hectic lives. But this is not entirely true.

These days, when we live in houses built as quickly as possible with as few extra details as there can be, wood is somewhat of a premium material which is long-lasting and has that genuine value. And you can do wonders with it!

Just take a look at the fan-favorite subreddit “Woodworking,” which is basically an online collection of the most intricate, creative, and breathtaking examples of things you can do with wood.

Created twelve years ago, it’s now a home to a whopping 2.7 million members who share mad woodwork skills crafted in furniture, household items, and anything, really.

#1 Melting Wood Effect Im Working On. Still Needs Some Sandpaper Love But Very Pleased With My First Attempt

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#2 Chessboard With A Twist I Made For My Sister And Her Family

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#3 So I Finished This Chair A Few Days Ago

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#4 Some Of You Asked

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#5 I Made A Walnut Coffee Bar

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#6 9' Hollow Wooden Longboard

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#7 I Needed A Shed And Wanted An Outdoor Bar So I Combined The Two Ideas. Still More To Do But I’m Really Liking How It’s Turning Out

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#8 Library I Did. There Are Many Leather Bound Books, And It Smells Of Rich Mahogany

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#9 Made A Coffee Table. I Think The Proportions Are Perfect

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#10 My First Woodworking Project. A Fire Rack To Display All Of My Hot Sauces!

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#11 I Made A 600 LED Programmable Infinity Mirror Coffee Table!

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#12 A Bunk Bed I Built For My Daughter’s 5th Birthday

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#13 Made This To Replace The Stupid Lazy Susan Cabinet. Yay Or Nay?

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#14 'splitting From The Norm'. A 16-Year Old From A Local School Has Made An Insanely Awesome Piece

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#15 My 14 Year Old Daughter Made This In Shop Class And I Couldn’t Be More Proud!

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#16 After 8 Months Of Hard Work I Can Finally Call It Done! Over 1600 Hrs Of Work Into One Staircase

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#17 A Rare Look At The Hobbit As A Minimalist Movie Poster Made From 8 Different Woods. I’m Going On An Adventure!

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#18 I Carved This Gandalf Pipe Out Of Briar Wood

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#19 First Try At This Japanese Wizardry

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#20 Definitely The Biggest Project I’ve Ever Done. Solid Oak Through And Through, All Locally Sourced In The Scottish Highlands

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#21 Boat I Made In My Garage. Plans Are From Glen-L Boat Plans. This Is The "Squirt" 10 Footer. Took Me 2 Years To Make. I Had A Blast Making It

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#22 I Just Turned 20 And Have Been Doing Woodwork For About A Year Now. Just Finished This Cherry Desk With Blackened Legs

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#23 I Made An Inexpensive Desk

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#24 Carved From Salvaged Barn Wood As A Gift For My Friend Who's Pug Recently Passed

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#25 I Carved A Wooden Octopus Who Looks Like He's Scared Of Swimming

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#26 Wife Wanted A Dr Seuss Themed Nursery So I Built A Dr Seuss Bookshelf

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#27 Archway A Coworker And I Trimmed Out Recently. Painted Picture At The End

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#28 Scrollsawn Project With All Natural Woods (No Stains Or Dyes). Prince John And Hiss From Robin Hood. Oodalally!

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#29 I Carved And Gifted The "Terminator Pipe" To Arnold Birthday And He Sent Me A Photo

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#30 My Attempt At The Mountain Napkin Holder. It's A Nice Project To Use Up Some Scraps

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#31 A Carpenter Laughed And Said My Vision And Budget Were Nowhere Close. So I Learned To Do It Myself. Just Added The Two Cubbies On The Left With Custom Made LED Extrusion Lighting. Daylight White Was Used To Highlight The Clothing And Warm White Was Used As Wall Washers. Cubbies Each Weight 70lbs

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#32 My Mom Died From Cancer, But Before She Passed She Asked Me To Make Her Urn. We Would Jokingly Refer To It As Her Death Box. She Was A Strong Woman

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#33 Finally Got Around To Finishing My First Real Desk, I’m Super Proud

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#34 My Biggest Project Yet

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#35 Really Happy With The Way This Live Edge Elm Table Turned Out As You Can See On My Face

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#36 I’ve Been Wanting To Try Making A “River” Table So I Figured Why Not Make It Look Like The Real Thing?

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#37 White Oak Arched Pantry

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#38 Who Told My Wife That I Could Make A Hand-Carved Solid Maple Dresser Before The Baby Came?!? I Did It, But Wow That Was More Work Than I Thought It Would Be

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#39 First Attempts At LEGO Men. My Lab Is Showing Off Her Latest Creation Too

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#40 Tried My Hand At Woodworking And Made Some Dining Table Benches

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#41 I Made Homer's Spice Rack From The Simpsons

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#42 I Made An Epoxy-River River-Paddle For Paddling On Rivers (My Mom Think I'm Punny... That's About It)

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#43 I Keep Seeing All Your Quarantine Projects, So I Thought I Might Share Mine Here Too

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#44 Everyone Was So Nice About The Bed I Built. I Figured I Would Show Off The Nightstands Also

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#45 1yr Later, Finally Finished My First Table

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#46 I Made A Squirrel Bar

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#47 Dresser I Made

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#48 Rocket By Me

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#49 Here Is A Prototype Table We Are Making Using The Original Golden Gate Bridge Suspender Ropes And Claro-Walnut Top. Both Are Over 80 Years Old!

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#50 I Carved A Wooden Crewmate, Not Sus (Among Us)

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#51 Heard There Was A Plywood Challenge So Here Is My Plywood Rocker For Consideration.

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#52 It's Not Often I Find The Time To Build Things For Myself, But Here's My Covid Project. Mid-Century Modern Bookcase

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#53 I Made A Chore Wheel

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#54 Remember To Sign Your Work. I Used To Really Like This Table I Rescued From A Dump Pile Two Years Ago. Just Found The Inscription...now I Love This Table. It’s Maker, Trboone, Was A Janitor At The University Of Nebraska In 1914. Thanks For The Good Work, Mr. Boone. You Were An Artist

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#55 End Grain Cutting Board Made From 157 Pieces Of Black Walnut, Birdseye Maple, And Padauk

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#56 My 14-Year Old Son Built This Coffee Table For His Sister And Her Boyfriend As A Christmas Gift. It Measures 28” X 42” And Is Made Of Red Oak With Red Oak Stain And Polyurethane Finish

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#57 My Wife Finally Followed Her Dream Of Woodworking And Built Me A Desk! I Thought I'd Show It Off!

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#58 Maiden Voyage Of My First Cedar Strip Canoe! No Kit, No Plans, No Staples

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#59 Credenza In Walnut With Matched Fronts All Completed!

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#60 Bluetooth Speaker For My Daughter’s Graduation Present. Lilac From Our Back Yard, Cherry Like Grammma’s Kitchen Cabinets, Live Edge Birch From Camp, And Purpleheart From Mom & Dad

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#61 Entertainment Center Build

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#62 Fold-Down Under Cabinet Spice Drawer

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#63 Girlfriend Wanted A 'My Secret Wood' Ring, So 10 Failed Rings Later, I Made One Just How I Pictured It

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#64 A Symbol Of My Transition From Furniture Making To Guitar Making: I Made A Guitar Out Of A Shelf I Built 3 Years Ago As An Amateur Woodworker

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#65 My First Cutting Board. Maple, Walnut, Cherry And Wenge

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#66 My Workbench And Tool Storage Is Complete!

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#67 I Was Commissioned To Convert An Old Greyhound Into A Mobile Art Therapy Clinic. I Built 8 Desks That Can Interlock Into Each Other And Into The Side Rail. I Also Built All The Doors, Trim, And Cabinets

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#68 Wifey Saw A Desk She Wanted For $150, I Said I Could Make That For Half The Price And Twice As Good, $300 Later Here Is The Result

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#69 My Boyfriend Needed A Coffee Table So Together We Build One

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#70 Absolute Amateur, But If That's Where I Want My TV, That's Where It's Going To Go, Stack Or No!

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#71 This Will Go Down As One Of The Coolest Builds I’ve Ever Done. Wine Barrel Wine Cellar

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#72 Built My First Canoe (This Sub Can Ways Use More Canoes, Right?)

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#73 Walnut And Oak Bunk Beds

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#74 "The Burger" Got Inspired To Make A Wooden Burger Puzzle For My Nephew! What Do You Think?

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#75 Just Finished Up This Walnut And Leather Armchair

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#76 I Made Three Colorful Sharks In Wood With Epoxy Resin, Matte Finish

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#77 Made A Simple Desktop Bookshelf And Headphone Stand

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#78 Some May Call It A Waste Of Wood... I Call It A Waist Of Wood! (Built Of Scraps From My Canoe Build)

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#79 I'm Building A Playhouse For My Kids, Based On Link's House In The Game Breath Of The Wild. Here Is My Progress On It So Far!

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#80 Every Good Woodworking Book Will Tell You, The First Step To Building A Crib Is Digging A 50ft Long Trench To Run 240v To The Garage For Your Table Saw

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#81 Vlad The Builder: Third Project. We Went For The Classic Picture Frame To Work On The 45s On The Mitre Box. He Got To Help Me Set Up The Router Table, But Dad Had To Lend A Hand On That Cut. He Also Tried Out The Brad Nailer And Glue (March,2018)

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#82 I Made This White Oak Ring Box For My Proposal In 2018. She Was So Excited About The Box That She Forgot The Question!

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#83 Just Finished My First Real Piece Of Furniture (Mid Century Modern Walnut Coffee Table) In My Small Shed Workshop With Tools I’ve Bought Off Craigslist

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#84 Made A Mistake When Painting Some Chairs Previously & Missed A Spot, Decided To Experiment With Some Contrasting Colors As A Result. Whatcha’ll Think?

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#85 Laundry Room Thing The Wife Wanted. 3/4” Walnut Plywood With A Pine Frame. Used 1/8th Walnut As Veneer

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#86 Wanted To Show Off My New Dining Table I Made. Tree Came Down In A Storm Over A Year Ago, Milled, Dried, Flattened, Tree To Table

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#87 Tough Build For Me But I Finished It. Maple, Walnut, And Padauk Entry Bench

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#88 Just Finished This Massive Wet Bar Today! My Favorite Piece I’ve Ever Done And One I’m Most Proud Of. Took Every Bit Of 3 Months To Build

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#89 Sanded And Oiled. Calling This Barrel Sauna Done!

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#90 Cedar Screen Door I Made

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#91 What Was Supposed To Be "Replacing A Few Handrails" Turned Into This Behemoth. I Call It - The Pandemic Pergola

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#92 It’s Taken Every Weekend Since July, But Dad And I Finally Finished Our Summer Project. Walnut And Maple

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#93 Here’s The Finished Teak Deck On A Forgus 36 That My Father And I Have Been Working On. Some Of You Wanted To See It. Enjoy!

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#94 Newest Accidental Self Portrait In Progress

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#95 I Made A Sliding Door Of The Chicago Skyline! Hope You All Like It!

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#96 Front Porch Is All Done!

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#97 Needed Decor In My House

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#98 I Love My Job...

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