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Tweaking a shaker table

Tweaking a shaker table

kenstonge, member | February 7th, 20121 comment

Paduak pegs add a whimsical detail

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Building wooden bikes

Building wooden bikes

kenstonge, member | January 5th, 20127 comments

Video-profile of bicycle builders who specialize in using reclaimed trees

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Box design, with a little help from my friends

Box design, with a little help from my friends

MKenney, member | April 15th, 20113 comments

I came upon a small design challenge when making a box recently. Fortunately, I have some great designers and makers here in the office, so I just asked for help. See how things turned out.

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Chair Brings in Some Pretty Big Bucks

Chair Brings in Some Pretty Big Bucks

BetsyE, member | April 9th, 2011

I recently offered “Making Ladder Back Chairs with Russ Filbeck” in one of my book giveaways. So when I saw the news of a recent charity auction where Russ sold one of his chairs, I was...

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Tanning beds accelerate aging for cherry, not just humans

Tanning beds accelerate aging for cherry, not just humans

Vlad_S, member | February 22nd, 201117 comments

Although overuse of tanning beds by people can lead to a skin cancer risk, they are great for helping to bring out that deep patina that usually only comes with age.

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Singa me a Songa

Singa me a Songa

Vlad_S, member | December 1st, 20105 comments

Charlestonian musician and drum maker Adam Crowell designs great-looking and great-sounding wooden tongue drums. Check out his videos here.

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Turning My First Green Bowl

Turning My First Green Bowl

jtetreault, member | January 26th, 20106 comments

How a 16 inch diameter cherry burl became a lesson in turning

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Hand-tool lovers converge on Williamsburg

Hand-tool lovers converge on Williamsburg

AsaC, member | January 15th, 201011 comments

The furniture of Jefferson's Monticello is the topic of this year's Working Wood in the 18th Century conference, co-sponsored by Fine Woodworking and Colonial Williamsburg. Jefferson himself (in the person of Williamsburg's Bill Barker) showed up often at the show, to answer questions about Jefferson's life, work, and philosophy.

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Is Danish Modern the furniture style of our time?

Is Danish Modern the furniture style of our time?

AsaC, member | December 23rd, 200959 comments

While Maloof and Krenov certainly created the template for the modern studio furnituremaker, I think they they also shared an furniture style: an offshoot of Danish Modern. And recent makers have taken up that mantle.

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Working with reclaimed lumber, part 4

Working with reclaimed lumber, part 4

MKenney, member | September 28th, 20093 comments

The box I've been working on is finally done. Take a look at how it turned out.

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Working with reclaimed lumber, part 3

Working with reclaimed lumber, part 3

MKenney, member | September 18th, 20094 comments

Construction the box and trays is done. See how I made all of the small parts for the trays, and get a preview of my latest shooting board.

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Working with reclaimed lumber, part 2

Working with reclaimed lumber, part 2

MKenney, member | September 11th, 20093 comments

I've made the box and the first tray. Watch the tray float down into the box.

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Japanese paper is a eureka moment

Japanese paper is a eureka moment

AsaC, member | January 3rd, 200913 comments

Japanese paper is beautiful and dirt-simple to apply

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