True North Woodworks

05/26/2021

Had a fun day sawing this huge maple tree into some 2” slabs. It was to big and awkward to mill it on our LT15 Woodmizer. So Jim & Rob at Rugby Lake Cedar Works helped us out on Jim’s new LT40. Check out the cool grain in this wood!

* We will be taking the summer off from the woodshop and focusing on the sawmill, property and fishing 🎣 please contact us if you’re inquiring on any custom made furniture for your home in the future, or if you have any questions. Have a great summer!!

03/27/2021

This unique custom bench turned out great! The bench is made from spalted birch with a walnut accent piece, and finished with an ebony stain.

03/11/2021

Check out this custom live edge bar top! This 106 x 22 top is made from locally milled black ash. The customer and I decided to leave the natural cracks and fill them with some black epoxy and it turned out awesome! It’s a great feeling being able to save these boards from being used as fire wood. Now they’re a unique piece of furniture in a beautiful home. #

02/11/2021

It’s been almost a year since I posted anything on here, so thought I would start the year off with this king size bed frame. The slabs came from a large spruce tree that fell over in a wind storm on Sandy Beach here in Dryden a few years back. The frame is made from 3” thick live edge slabs and finished with a dark stain and sealed with Osmo oil & wax to give it a natural matte finish.

11/22/2020

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04/30/2020

Console/entry table made from cotton wood that was purchased in Manitoba. 1 1/2” thick top with blue metallic epoxy and black metal legs. The dimensions are 14 1/2”x 48”x 30”h


Epoxy & metal legs purchased from

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04/30/2020

A couple of charcuterie river boards I recently made. What do you guys think? I’ve been making these for a couple months now but didn’t share until I made a few, and was comfortable with using the product. I use an epoxy resin with metallic pigments added to give the unique look. . I buy my resin from their customer service is great! And shipping is always on time and right to my door 👌🏽

02/19/2020

We had to join in on the charcuterie/cheese board fun! There were so many impressive boards, but we’d like to show you that you can make a beautiful spread on a small board.
I have used our small cutting boards to create savoury and sweet options. I would be proud to bring this to a gathering, and I thoroughly enjoyed sharing with my special someone.
We hope you enjoy the pics as much as we enjoyed creating ❤️

01/10/2020

This custom harvest dining table and bench is made from local Black ash that I got milled three years ago at Rugby Lake Cedar Works. The table top is 1 3/4” thick with breadboard ends that are joined by using mortise and floating tenon joinery. The tops are finished with Minwax Espresso stain and the bases were stained and painted with a white wash to give it a distressed look. Three coats of a wipe on poly was then used to give it good protection.

01/05/2020

I built this custom table for the breakfast nook in our rental property. It was a 3” thick red pine that I laminated together. I filled the natural cracks and beetle holes with epoxy and black pigment. I also built benches that open up for more storage. The lovely upholstered the bench tops. The metal legs were purchased from
@ Dryden, Ontario

01/05/2020

Happy New Year! Wishing everyone an awesome 2020. This is a long over due post but an exciting one nevertheless. Cherie and I purchased our first rental property in March of 2019 and basically took everything down to the studs in this early 1960’s home. Luckily we didn’t run into any major issues and were able to renovate within our budget and have it ready for our tenant to move in just in 6 weeks. We couldn’t have done it without our good friend Hermann and all the family and friends that came and helped, Cherie and I both greatly appreciate it.

Here are some before and after pics of the house.

08/01/2019

Custom king size bed made from local pine, stained with early american.