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God is Good Woodworks

We are a husband and wife team who enjoys building custom handmade gifts for anyone who needs encouragement

09/07/2026

Finished this project this morning. When we set out to take a woodworking hobby to the next level, it never crossed our minds that we may someday be asked to build urns, particularly for close family members. Sadly, this is the second one we've made in 2026. We have lost several close friends and family members this year. In April, my mother-in-law passed away. Until this past Saturday, her remains were in a disposable plastic box provided by the funeral home. This urn is for my younger brother, who passed away just a few weeks ago. We will be giving it to his daughter today. Surgery is in my near future, and the recovery will keep me out of the shop for a while. So, it will be a bit until we are able to build happy projects again. As difficult as it is to lose a sibling, I'm thankful that we are able to honor him this way.

05/24/2026

Panoramic footage of my shop after spending the last few weekends building shelving and cleaning up and organizing. This may be the cleanest it has ever been. I’m even a little reluctant to mess it up with the next project. But it has been about a month since we’ve built anything, so it’s time to make sawdust again. There’s a good chance that our next piece will be the most poignant item we have ever produced. My mother in law recently passed away, and I have been asked by my wife’s family to make an urn. Just waiting for my father in law to give some direction on what he would like.

03/28/2026

Posting this picture primarily in hopes of Willow & Fox Homestead seeing it. I took this picture while doing a job at our local zoo. The job I was doing was a little intense, in the sense that it had a short window of time that it had to be done in. In other words, I shouldn't have been taking time to take pictures. But when I went to my work vehicle to get a tool I needed and saw these two staring at me, I was reminded of a post from the previous day in which she referenced "murder mittens" (I believe on emu, but not sure). I figured if emu have murder mittens, then ostrich may have fatality feet, or calamity claws, or some other body part that I don't want to make contact with. I found out a couple of days later that the giraffes that share this habitat with the birds are very curious. They seemed quite interested in what I was doing, as did the lions in whose enclosure I was working.

02/13/2026

My daughter who is 26 just walked up and handed me this stuffy of Spuds McKenzie. She found it at a thrift store and had to do a lot of work to it to fix it up. Could be a collector’s item. It will forever live on my nightstand now. It’s a tribute to Sparky, who is showing me in the other photo that he wants out of his crate.

01/24/2026

Trying to design a new cutting board pattern, but this guy has other plans for my time, and my table saw.

01/19/2026

Recipient reaction. These moments make our time in the shop even more enjoyable.

01/18/2026

Hoping to post an unboxing video a little later this evening, after the recipient of this board and stand opens the box. Have to ask her if she’s comfortable with it. Stay tuned.

01/15/2026

Just wrapped up this project a little while ago. Buffed the beeswax, mineral oil, and orange oil mix off the last treated edge and reattached the rubber feet on the bottom. Almost forgot to take a picture before wrapping it in shipping paper and boxing it up. I had planned to start making a stand for it tonight so it could be stored upright on the countertop to save space. Since our weekly small group meeting was canceled due to a snowstorm, I had some extra shop time. As for the stand, my spirit was willing, but my body wasn’t. With the late hour creeping up on my 8 PM bedtime, I decided to put that part off until tomorrow evening, Friday evening, or maybe Saturday, depending on how I feel after the 9-to-5 grind. I’ll probably be shoveling snow in the morning to get out for work, and again when I get home so we can park. Given that, I doubt I’ll touch the table saw before Saturday.

01/11/2026

I don't think I'll ever NOT get excited when a cutting board build gets to this stage. This pic was taken right after spraying the bottom of the board with water, to raise the grain. After it's completely dry (a short period of waiting), I'll sand that surface one final time with 320 grit on the random orbital sander. After that, the final touches come together pretty quickly. Just have to glue on our logo badge, predrill for the rubber feet, and then apply two types of finishing oil.

01/07/2026

Almost ready to cut the juice groove in this board. Having to modify the jig because it wasn’t designed with square boards in mind. I can never remember which direction to run the router around the perimeter of the board when I get to this step. If only I had it written down somewhere.

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