Projects of Charles Struble

Charles Struble, strube@inetnebr.com a professional firefighter in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA sends in some of his recent work, and describes it below.

"Twenty years ago, a family asked me to build a rocking horse for their daughter.  Last winter, I ran across photos of it and wondered if I still had the plans.  I found them (against all odds) and built another horse for my wife's granddaughter, Madee.  I was unable to find the fluffy stuff for the mane and tail for the new one so I substituted some big yarn.  Anyone know where I could get that really fluffy stuff?  I checked craft and fabric stores here in Lincoln with no luck.  Here's pictures of both"

"Here's a cedar and siding potting bench I built for my wife."

"This is one view of Annie's (my oldest grandchild) jewelry box that I made for her for Christmas.  It was made out of scraps of oak from the blanket chest below.  I scaled down the blanket chest to come up with a plan (in my head) for the jewelry box. I lined the removable inserts and the drawer using the "flocking" method. If anyone hasn't tried it, I recommend it. It's easy and looks much nicer than the glued in felt method."

"Here's another view of the jewelry box"

"An inside look of the jewelry box"

"The "birdhouse bench" that I made for my wife, is made out of 80 year old barn wood from my uncle's barn.  Yes, I got permission first!"

"In August of 2000, my wife asked me to build a blanket chest for her daughter's birthday in September.  I looked around and found the most complicated plan I could, bought the red oak, and started. I gave it to her for her birthday in September of 2001." 

"Man, that is tough stuff to learn to cut hand cut dovetails on!  I didn't exactly work on it continuously for the entire year. Sarah loves the chest.  I lined the bottom of it with cedar panels so it has the smell. She was not impatient at all since she didn't know about it until I gave it to her."

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