These are a couple videos of Wyrmwood Furniture making a beautiful inlaid wood desk featuring a scene from the original Super Mario Bros. game using over 2,000 pieces of precision cut wood. Now that — that’s a quality desk. Way better than mine. Of course mine could actually be made

This is a video of Jack Mack of appropriately named Jack Mack Woodturning producing a walnut bowl that appears to spin clockwise AND counterclockwise simultaneously. The illusion is made possible by adjusting the lathe’s RPM so it matches the frame rate of the camera. That’s cool, but with all those

This is a video of woodworker Cory Rusch of Fortress Fine Woodworks building a beautiful flame cherry wooden table with a fire vortex in the middle (created via a fan and spiral of 3D printed tubes below). His woodworking is top-notch, but his fire vortex construction leaves something to be

These are several videos of the work of João Paulo Gonçalves, who uses carefully placed wooden blocks illuminated by a mirrored bulb in the center to produce precisely shaped shadows. How about that! Me and my shadow? We’re not talking. We got into a huge fight after he said he’s

This is a video of musician Christian E. Boeger playing the ‘Les Pallet’ electric guitar he constructed out of a wooden shipping pallet. It sounds great. Is it practical? Absolutely not, but there’s never been a more appropriate guitar for smashing and setting ablaze at the end of a live

Crafted by Swiss designers team’by’wellis, this is a video demonstration of a wooden dining table that can expand its width without the use of traditional leaves. That…looks expensive. I can’t even imagine the amount of time and effort that went into building that table. Is that specifically for Thanksgiving dinner?

Inspired by Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests, this is a video demonstration of Dutch game designer Giliam de Carpentier’s Carpentopod, a wooden coffee table that walks and can be remote controlled. Carpentopod, fetch me a beer! “Remote controlled, not voice controlled.” Riiiiight. *tossing empty can on floor* Well it could use a

This is an Instagram video of a man constructing a “quick and easy” carnival style spinning ride in his backyard using a tree and some lumber (which was also once trees). The ride features seating for four, and is powered by spinning the riders around the tree to build tension