Portage Woodshop Home Page: using woodworking ideas to create projects using inlays and other methods to improve your woodworking skills.

At this site you will find woodworking plans, instructions, project ideas, and links to help you find woodworking information and tools.

This quilt hanger was an easy woodworking project that is easily finished in a couple of hours. You can make these custom sized quilt hangers for your Aunt Nellie or sell them to your local quilt shop.

The corner table is another easy woodworking project that can be completed in a day. It features mortise and tenon joints and tapered legs

Woodworking is a great hobby that can become a money maker if you are interested in putting in the time. Most of the projects on this site have been made for friends and family but could be sold to people who want unique, custom built quality products and are willing to pay for that quality.

Here we demonstrate the technique of creating a simple inlay to decorate a plaque. This is a step-by-step tutorial of how to plan your inlays, cut them out, and use a special router tool to complete the project,

Woodworking project, headboard

This is a picture of some bedroom furniture I created for my daughter. The bed's backboard features raised panels. The small side table has a pull-out shelf for a phone book and some storage in the bottom.

The Portage Woodshop is located in Portage County in Ohio and is not currently a commercial enterprise. http://PortageWoodshop.com is our link to the rest of the woodworking community. We will share techniques, plans, and ideas as well as point to places on the web where you can learn more and find tools to complete your projects.

Here is another woodworking project that demonstrates the use of the inlay tool to create something special.

woodworking project, toy chest using inlay dovetail

This is a toy box I designed and made for the grandsons. It features inlayed dovetail joints created with my Leigh Dovetail Jig. I will be making another box soon and will detail it's construction. This is a fun woodworking project.

Our projects include chests and boxes, toys, dressers, a desk, cabinets, tables, and outdoor furniture. As we build a new project we will document its construction and give a detailed description of the techniques used.

The first woodworking project in our list is a simple plaque where we demonstrate how to plan, create, and finish an inlay.

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