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Collaboration #1 - Treasure Chest

tucfur, member | October 20th, 20092 comments

Alder cabinet with coopered door. Padauk drawer fronts. Danish oil and paste wax finish. Ceramic sculpture insert in door by Tom Kerrigan.

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Kaidan Dansu

Curteshelman, member | October 15th, 20098 comments

Japanese chests were sometimes made as stairs to a loft, a Kaidan Dansu. This one is 80" tall and was constructed of wood from a soft maple tree that fell in my yard. Spalting is shown on the...

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shaker inspired dresser

djgtor, member | October 12th, 20095 comments

Shaker inspired dresser with door. Made from yellow birch. It will be used for a change table for my daughter after she is born! All techniques used to build the piece were taken...

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Bloodwood, Maple and Cherry Coffee Table

sguan, member | October 11th, 2009

This coffee table is made of bloodwood, cherry and eastern maple. the drawer was handcut.

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Magazine Box Cabinet

StillTrying, member | October 8th, 20091 comment

The cabinet holds 21 magazine boxes that are sized to hold two years of your favorite woodworking magazine. The cabinet is maple with handcut dovetails. The magazine boxes are 3/16" thick...

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Pair of Chests of Drawers

wrrnvghn, member | October 6th, 2009

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chippendale lowboy

Alban, member | October 1st, 20093 comments

This is a project that came from Frank Gottshalls: "Making Furniture Masterpieces". It took me 6 months to make and is made from rough sawn oak that I dried and planed. The legs feet front rail...

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Hickory key cabinet

pathflyer2, member | September 30th, 2009

This is a key cabinet requested by my wife that I made from a couple of scrap doors left over from when the previous owner of our house had the cabinets installed. I cut them up and glued up some...

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Bow Front Chest with conforming top

LWBurton, member | September 30th, 20091 comment

The Bow Front Chest was two years in the making, one year for my wife to decide what she wanted in the foyer, and another year to build on the weekends. The drawer fronts were much eaiser to...

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Bow Front Chest with conforming top

LWBurton, member | September 30th, 2009

The Bow Front Chest was two years in the making, one year for my wife to decide what she wanted in the foyer, and another year to build on the weekends. The drawer fronts were much eaiser to...

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Jewel Cabinet

ScottStewartDesigns, member | September 30th, 20094 comments

The bamboo base joins 32 points in curved and angled space. The case is a perfect golden rectangle (PHI) banded with an intersecting inlaid wave pattern in steam bent rock maple that mimics the...

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Bow Front Chest with conforming top

LWBurton, member | September 30th, 20091 comment

The Bow Front Chest was two years in the making, one year for my wife to decide what she wanted in the foyer, and another year to build on the weekends. The drawer fronts were much eaiser to...

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Federal Gentleman's Dressing Table

frankfive, member | September 28th, 20091 comment

Various elements of the Federal Period are interpreted in this Gentleman’s Dressing Table of my own design. The reeded bobbin detail in the legs and the prominent shaded fan challenge...

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Piano Box

clarkatron, member | September 28th, 20091 comment

This box came about as a commission to build something out of what little was left of an old family piano after it had been irreparably damaged. Unfortunately, the body of the piano couldn't be...

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Franz Karg inspired cupboard

tatsuhiko_oga, member | September 24th, 2009

When I started the woodwork, Franz Karg was one of my favorite designer. I made this cabinet out of NZ swamp, or salvaged, Kauri. I didn't have many tools then so I needed to simplify his extremely...

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Boston Bombe Chest

kizerwoodworks, member | September 22nd, 200911 comments

The chest's case sides and drawer fronts were hand shaped from a solid 12/4 board of African Mahogany, 24" wide and 12' long. Secondary parts are made of poplar, hard maple, aromatic...

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Narrow Wall Cabinet

JasonT, member | September 10th, 20095 comments

This cabinet is made from chechen, also known as carribean rosewood though it is not a true rosewood. I made the drawers from cocobolo, cherry and the bottoms out of a piece of pistachio I...

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Oak Shop Stool

MayorGlen, member | September 9th, 20092 comments

This project began when my dad (a GREAT craftsman) and I got into a friendly discussion on how small chair legs could be and still hold you. He said that "1 inch was way too small"nbsp...

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Bathroom cabinets

JayTran, member | September 6th, 2009

These are some cabinets I made for a neighbor to use in their bathroom. The wood is VG Douglas Fir. They are similar design to manufactured cabinets they found on the web except for some small...

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reclaimed pine nightstands

djgtor, member | September 2nd, 2009

These nightstands were made from 12" pine boards taken from and old built in clost organizer. The legs/stiles are square pine spindles from a balcony railing we removed from our house.

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chest of drawers

djgtor, member | September 2nd, 2009

Shaker chest of drawers made from yellow birch. My own design. with construction elements taken from many fww articles. The case features large (2 1/2") box joints, dovetail keyed...

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Beech Cabinet On Stand

amishness, member | August 29th, 20093 comments

Ever since i've seen Krenov's cabients on stands i've always wanted to build one of my own. And here it is, the cabinet is made of Beech and the stand is made of Red Oak. The front has 2 hand...

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Connecticut Highboy

hermv2000, member | August 26th, 20091 comment

Inspiration from Eldred Wheeler, Norm Vandal and an article in Woodworkers Journal. 75 inches tall, primary wood cherry, secondary poplar. All dovetails hand cut, 158 in total.

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Greene and Greene styled wall storage unit

Hallmark, member | August 22nd, 20091 comment

Greene and Greene styled wall storage unit in quartersawn oak with mahagony pulls and accents. 29H X 42W X 10 3/4 D Stain then glaze with laquer finish.

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Colonial Tool Cupboard

GraemeSmith, member | July 31st, 2009

I felt in need of some practice to "tune-up" my hand tool skills. My planes were living in an old dresser - a constant pest to have to get in and out the old worn drawers and their protective...

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Correspondence Box

clarkatron, member | July 29th, 20093 comments

This piece came about after re-watching one of my favorite movies, "The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou." There is a line at some point where Steve Zissou mentions to his wife Eleanor that they need...

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Queen Anne/William and Mary highboy

ChicagoMark, member | July 23rd, 2009

A combination of elements from 2 pieces that I saw in some books that I really liked: one a William and Mary highboy, and another, a Queen Anne highboy. Built from solid Pine, Poplar, and Birch...

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Cherry Treasure Box

MayorGlen, member | July 20th, 2009

After 25 years of not doing any woodworking, I decided to learn some hand-cut joinery and maybe do a few projects. Here's my first box. It's a "Cherry Treasure Box"...

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Cherry Hutch from Taunton's Plans

bones, member | July 18th, 2009

Cherry hutch made drom Taunton's plans. Made from figured cherry with drawers made from Maple. The glass is Seed glass from a stained glass shop. Hardware is Victorian and...

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Sheraton Side Tables in Mahogany

Sanjeev, member | July 18th, 20092 comments

I wanted to try my hands on turning. This project was a result of that. The eight legs on these tables are the only eight pieces of wood I have ever mounted on a lathe. I also used the...

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Switchback bookcase

blueberry1, member | July 8th, 200915 comments

Contemporary design with traditional (albeit routed) dovetail joinery. I've never been a fan of adjustable shelving, which was the genesis for a fixed shelf case that could...

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pagoda cedar chest

mokusakusensei, member | July 1st, 20091 comment

I spent some time in asia and love the asian look. The top is hand sculpted cherry and usually has a set of three Samurai swords setting in a rack on the top. The drawers are dovetailed and slide on...

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