While woodworking is not the easiest or cheapest hobby out there, it’s surprisingly gratifying and fulfilling. Many are starting to take it up as a way to reconnect with themselves, put their hands to work and create something tangible along the way. Being able to take a meaningless piece of wood and turn it into something beautiful is a perfect combination of skill, creativity and patience.
Just take a look at the subreddit called r/Woodworking. With over 3.5M members, it’s a home “for furniture, toys, tools, wood, glue, and anything else that has to do with woodworking as a hobby or profession.”
Bored Panda has collected some of the most unique hand-made projects from this page. Check them out below, upvote your favorites and don’t forget to check out more “things made from trees” right here, here and here.
#1 Made This Rocking Chair In ‘97 Wood Shop Class When I Was 14. Had No Idea Why I’ve Kept It For 24 Years. 38 Now And I Have Finally Realized It Belongs To My Son. Might Be A Dumb Post, Sorry, But His Face Makes All Those Years Worth It
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#2 I Carved This Hellboy Pipe Out Of Briar Wood For Ron Perlman And He Sent Me A Photo
Image source: RadonLab
#3 Custom Made Bed For My Son. He Is Beyond Excited
Image source: Schmxdt
#4 Me – Carving Nezuko Out Of Wood – The First Female Character I Ever Made
Image source: DWoodartstudio
#5 I Built This Crib For My Son. The Most Meaningful Project I’ve Made
Image source: builtknotbought
#6 My First Work Out Of Birch With Dremel Since I Got Paralysed, Im Actualy Quite Proud With The Results
Image source: Rolingmaniac
#7 Bear, Raccoon, And Fox Bench
Image source: BerkshireMtnSculptor
#8 My Proudest Project So Far. I Built A Canoe For My Father In Law
Image source: Vercauteren
#9 I’m Not A Carpenter, But I Am Proud Of How This Turned Out
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#10 I Was Asked To Make A Memorial Chest For One Of The Soldiers Killed At Kabul Airpot
Image source: NorthMtnStudios
#11 My Wife Wanted New Cabinets For The Laundry Room. Instead Of Going To IKEA, I Spent 6 Months And Double The Money Building These
Image source: Ginger-Engineer
#12 Custom Hand Made Catscape / Catwall By Happy Happy James
Image source: happy2james
#13 New Set Of Comfort Birds. Made From Various Scrap Wood And Epoxy Giving New Life To Material Destined For The Trash Bin
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#14 Although An Instrument, This Is My First Guitar I’ve Ever Built. This Was Built With Almost All Hand Tools. Used A Router For The Electronic Cavities And A Drill Press For Any Holes That Needed To Be That Perfect. Thank You For Stopping To Look At It
Image source: itstophhh
#15 Made My 3 Year Old Her First Big Girl Bed, Just Needs Paint Now
Image source: Thecobs
#16 Made A Tension Table As My Last Project In 9th Grade And Would Like To Share It
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#17 11′ X 6′ Teak Headboard Carving V2
Image source: CutestNudistBuddhist
#18 An 80 Drawer Apothecary Cabinet I Recently Finished. Solid Oak, Mahogany, And Maple
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#19 I Was Told By The Fellas In Daddit That Y’all Would Appreciate This Bed I Made For My Son
Image source: Havarti_Rick
#20 Louis Xiv Style Barrel Top Desk. Walnut And Walnut Burl With Kingwood
Image source: woodenheadache
#21 Hotwheels Display For My Grandson
Image source: FoldDowntown
#22 Wife Wanted A Study/Hobby Table And I Wanted To Experiment With Epoxy Resin. This Is My First Epoxy Resin Table And There Are Lots Of Mistakes Up Close, But All In All Not A Bad Build
Image source: jomski85
#23 I Started Woodworking Two Years Ago Today. Here Some Of My Projects And Joinery
Image source: kdannen
#24 Just Finished! Working On An 8 Foot Live Edge Piece Of Walnut Now!
Image source: houseoffloravana
#25 Is This A Good Design Of Dog House?
Image source: Gieneusz
#26 Long Time Lurker, First Time Poster. Trying My Hand At Carving Lime Wood
Image source: Hot_Bluejay_8738
#27 Sometimes Small Projects Are The Most Important
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#28 I Made A Ramp For My 13 Year Old Dog To Get On My Bed
Image source: nickertot
#29 As Requested, A Picture Of The Entire Side Of The NYC Chess Set I’ve Been Working On!
Image source: davejopen
#30 Here Is A Very Classy Looking Keyboard Build That I Made! Case Is Made From Walnut
Image source: BarrettCreative
#31 New To The Forum. Wanted To Show My Graduate Project. Palladian Roman Doric Colonnade
Image source: JSquared-Designs
#32 Rocket Ship Bookcase I Built For My New Son
Image source: FirthFabrications
#33 Mohican Scout
Image source: BerkshireMtnSculptor
#34 Backyard Bridge 6’ X 50’
Image source: Michael5700
#35 Honeycomb Shelf With A Twist
Image source: EricEichstaedt
#36 I Made Minimalist Christmas Trees To Celebrate The Holidays (Early) !
Image source: OyymoF
#37 Spalted Maple Bench
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#38 Christmas Present For My Two Boys
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#39 I Made 90 Bottle Openers Out Of Recycled Skateboards For Our Wedding Favors…yes, There Was Quite A Bit Of Sanding
Image source: jetpream
#40 I Built This Shield From Ply Wood, Inspired From The Legend Of Zelda. I Tried To Go For Realism. This Is My First Wood Working Project, Criticism Is Welcome!
Image source: RickTrilogy
#41 Built My Deck This Summer
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#42 Made A Slim Version Of My Mechanical Iris Ring Box
Image source: kezalo
#43 My Wife Saw A $30 One At The Store. I Spent 10 Min Picking Up Sticks
Image source: ipsomatic
#44 I Carved My Forearm!
Image source: uniqueperson22
#45 We Did A Best-Chair-In-An-Hour-Out-Of-A-Single-2×4 Challenge
Image source: KingofCandlesticks
#46 Solid Maple Bedside Table. All Cut By Hand. Definitely Over 100 Hours Of Work. Really Wish We Had A Cnc
Image source: MayestDesign
#47 Stuck In The Shed During Covid Lockdown. Another Project
Image source: randomword66
#48 Latest Creation
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#49 Custom Kitchen By My Husband And I – From Rendering To Real Life
Image source: lucybear123
#50 My Stepdad Asked Me To Make Him A Gavel For When He Becomes Worshipful Master Of His Lodge Next Year. I Know Nothing About Freemasonry, But I Tried My Best
Image source: Pr1zonMike
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