Furniture & Woodworking Portfolio
I’m a Portland-based maker with experience in woodworking design and fabrication. I’ve designed and built desks, tables, shelving, cabinetry, outdoor decks, and guitar amplifier enclosures, often starting in Autodesk Fusion before heading to the shop. Below is a selection of my work. Feel free to reach out if you’d like to see more or have questions.
Pete Hensing
503-939-8199
info@petehensing.com
Live-edge Desk
I wanted to improve my home office setup with a stand-up desk and set out to build one. I purchased a slab of elm from Goby with the intent of creating a large live edged, natural looking surface. I built a router sled to flatten it, and scraped the live edges. Any cracks or blemishes were filled with an epoxy resin. I used Osmo for the finishing touches.
Maple Bookshelf
My daughter needed a bookshelf for her room, and it sounded like a great Spring project. Made with maple, I used box joints for the corners and tongue & groove for the interior shelves. Finished in Howard’s wax.
Mud Room Overhaul
Our mud room had no shelving of any kind, so I took it upon myself to build a shoe rack and coatrack builtin. I used walnut slabs from Goby and maple stock for the painted shelves. I glued the walnut together and used a router sled to flatten them, filling knots with tinted resin. I built the drawers using a quality ply with box joints, with solid wood for drawer and door faces.
I used Autodesk Fusion to design the mudroom and create drawings for accurate measurements and cuts. To view the CAD drawings, click here.
Bedside Tables
Our guest bedroom needed bedside tables. Designed in Autodesk Fusion and built in oak, these tables use tongue and groove joints, finished in Osmo. The Fusion rendering is available here.
Guitar Amplifiers
I’ve long had a passion for music and aspired to learn how to build guitar amplifiers. These projects combine woodworking, upholstery, and electronic fabrication. I generally use pine for the enclosures, box joints and reinforcements for durability, and upholstery using sustainable materials. Depending on the build, the work has included stock prep, panel cutting, joinery, glue-up, shaping, sanding, drilling, hardware fitment, covering, and final assembly.
Printer Stand
I had some scrap walnut and thought I’d build a printer stand. Keeping the live edge, I used a half-lap for the base and an angled mortise and tenon for the single leg. Finished in Osmo.
Deck Replacement
Last summer’s project, while not woodworking specifically, is still worth calling out. Our deck needed replacing and I took it upon myself to design and build a new one. I used Fusion to design the complete layout, including footings, posts, joists, and steps. Over the course of the summer and fall, the deck came to completion, the biggest project I’ve yet tackled. View the Autodesk Fusion rendering here.
