Woodworking By Buster

11/27/2021

My QA team and I took a break while some paint dried on a special project.

05/26/2021

Please excuse the clutter in the background but one of my most favorite clocks is going to a new home today. It has a Seiko chiming mechanism and keeps perfect time. The walnut is not too bad either.

06/21/2019

This is another simple design but once it was started, the SIMPLE kind of changed. The center piece of wood was given to me by a friend. I have no clue what it is but it really fit the design well. Of course the dark wood is walnut. I flocked the inside of the drawer opening on this box. That was a first for me.

06/12/2019

I have been moving really slowly in the shop lately due to such things as mowing the yard at least once a week. These two boxes are just very simple designs that I liked.

04/10/2019

These are some more of the bandsaw boxes from that pecan tree that was blown down by a tornado on a friend's farm land in the Mississippi Delta near Friars Point. Each box has its own character points making each a special design by Mother Nature.

01/14/2015

TBT -- Posted by Woodworking by Buster/Charles Buster, this box I built for my wife, Anita, in 1985. It has a 16 note musical movement that plays when the lid is lifted. It is made using some really nicely figured walnut that I had at the time. It sits in the middle of the dresser in our room.

12/23/2014

12/22/2014

Welcome to Phyllis Finley Rettman and thank you for liking our page. Things have been really busy and I have not had time to work on this wall but more is to come shortly.

10/22/2014

My Quality Assurance team is on the job. Marilla Louise, the black one, is my oldest shop kitty and Dixie Belle, the gray and white one, is my middle shop kitty. They have to inspect my work in the shop as well as hide things from me and put things on the floor that I want "not on the floor".

10/17/2014

Today I put the finishing touches on the Pink Ivory peppermill I started Wednesday. The knot that I stabilized with super glue is a real focal point on this special piece. While doing some research on pink ivory, I found that the Zulu chiefs of south Africa thought pink ivory to be sacred. It was said at one time that pink ivory was more scarce than diamonds. I really had a different feeling about this piece of wood while working on it than any other piece of wood I have ever worked with. Maybe the Zulu chiefs had something.