The E&M Wood Shop

The E&M Wood Shop The E&M Wood Shop is a Milwaukee-based provider of custom wood furniture and home decor. Handmade, high-quality, and affordable. Interested in something?

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Promised my boys a special Christmas Eve surprise when they wake up in the morning - I built them a new storage solution...
12/24/2020

Promised my boys a special Christmas Eve surprise when they wake up in the morning - I built them a new storage solution for all their stuffed animals. 😊

This one took MONTHS past its due date, but man did it turn out. A massive toy box with a slow close lid and a gap under...
11/20/2020

This one took MONTHS past its due date, but man did it turn out. A massive toy box with a slow close lid and a gap under the lid so fingers can't get pinched.

So much more work than expected, but it's all worth it when it turns out in the end. Love the finished product here.

I thought cutting metal was going to be a pain, but it actually wasn't so bad. Plus, it was fun. Needed to add some st...
10/10/2020

I thought cutting metal was going to be a pain, but it actually wasn't so bad. Plus, it was fun. Needed to add some steel pieces on a toy chest I'm building. You learn something new all the time when you run a shop...

Adjusted design for an 8 foot mantel. This thing is a beast, but it's a beauty.
09/28/2020

Adjusted design for an 8 foot mantel. This thing is a beast, but it's a beauty.

Li'l bit o' color.
09/17/2020

Li'l bit o' color.

Squaring up a board without a jointer.Bought a 10' board to build the bottom frame of a toy box. Problem is, the board i...
09/15/2020

Squaring up a board without a jointer.

Bought a 10' board to build the bottom frame of a toy box. Problem is, the board is not milled, so none of the cuts are square. That means I can't line up any edge of the board on a saw and get a straight cut. So, I have to square it up one cut at a time.

I started by cutting the board into two 53" lengths (final cuts need to be 52 1/2, so I wanted some wiggle room. These cuts were not square, but I would square the board to the cuts.

I clamped each board to my workbench, clamped a straight edge to the board, and squared that edge with the fresh cut on the end of the board. Then I rode a circular saw down the length of the boards along that straight edge.

The result? I now have a 90-degree angle (cut edges marked with arrows) on each board. I can run the new long edge on the table saw and get a perfectly parallel cut on the other side.

Then I can just cut them to 52 1/2 from the cut edge. Boom. I'll run them through the planer and I'll have perfectly milled lumber.

It'd be faster with a jointer, of course. But sometimes, you have to find a way!

Small custom bench ready for patching and sanding. Attached the legs and base and it didn't quite pass the "sit test": I...
09/15/2020

Small custom bench ready for patching and sanding. Attached the legs and base and it didn't quite pass the "sit test": I felt it was a touch wobbly.

So I attached a couple cross pieces at the bottom of the legs using some scrap wood, and now this thing is nice and solid!

Woodworking is a gratifying endeavor.

Working on a bench this week, along with a mantel and a toy box. Looking forward to sharing some fresh pics - it's been ...
09/14/2020

Working on a bench this week, along with a mantel and a toy box. Looking forward to sharing some fresh pics - it's been a while!

It's a little overblown to say something will change the way I do business, but I'm dusting off a biscuit joiner I've ha...
07/28/2020

It's a little overblown to say something will change the way I do business, but I'm dusting off a biscuit joiner I've had for years now and never used. If I get the hang of this, it definitely could be a business changer...

An old friend of mine from high school is stuck working at home indefinitely - and she doesn't have a home office or a d...
07/02/2020

An old friend of mine from high school is stuck working at home indefinitely - and she doesn't have a home office or a desk! So she reached out and asked if I could build her some armrest trays to help convert her living room chairs into "desks" for the foreseeable future.

I shipped them to Atlanta and just got pictures back a few days ago. What do you think? I like 'em! Not bad for an improv project!

Got a new apron for my birthday! Looking forward to spending the next couple years ruining it with glue and sawdust like...
05/29/2020

Got a new apron for my birthday! Looking forward to spending the next couple years ruining it with glue and sawdust like my old one...

Accidentally made one wrong cut in my sheet of plywood for today's batch. If I hadn't made that one wrong cut, these two...
04/28/2020

Accidentally made one wrong cut in my sheet of plywood for today's batch. If I hadn't made that one wrong cut, these two pieces of plywood would be one piece and I'd have more than enough wood. Now? I've got 8 feet of wood I can't use.*sigh*

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Germantown, WI
53022

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Monday 7am - 4pm
Tuesday 7am - 4pm
Wednesday 7am - 4pm
Thursday 7am - 4pm
Friday 7am - 4pm

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