Wall clock made with recycled lumber. With lessons learned from my other "puzzle" mandala pieces, I made this clock. There were two problems to overcome: a broken bit, and a miscalculation about the shaft length of the clock motor.

I rescued a bunch of these film cans from the trash, and I decided to make them into clocks. The numbers on the clock are movie posters with numbers in the title, e.g. "Twelve Monkeys" for 12:00, and "Five Easy Pieces" for 5:00. There are…

This was quite a challenging build in several ways, and I learned a lot. I have an idea to make another with an easier and cheaper technique.

I made shakers out of the scrap plywood left over from the mandala wall art projects. I tried different fillings, including a smashed ceramic coffee mug.

I decided to try a slightly different approach to making stacked plywood wall art. This time I made ever thinner versions of the same pattern, and stacked them on top of each other. There was a lot of sanding involved, which I now know I…