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Easy handles for a sliding doors

AsaC, member | February 24th, 20137 comments

I like sliding doors and lids, partly because I get to make this nice handle in one simple step on the tablesaw.

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Design journal: A tea box gets a face lift

MPekovich, member | January 4th, 20132 comments

Revisiting an old design is a great opportunity to push the envelope, even if you were happy with the first try.

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Asian-Inspired Hall Table Video Workshop Now on DVD

FineWoodworkingEditors, member | June 29th, 20122 comments

Now you can own your very own copy of the Asian-Inspired Hall Table Video Workshop on DVD. With over 100 minutes of video instruction from furniture maker Timothy Rousseau, you'll learn how to build...

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Inspiration from Arizona woodworkers

AsaC, member | March 23rd, 20122 comments

I was a judge at the Arizona Association of Fine Woodworkers 8th annual Excellence in Woodworking show in February. Check out these great pieces and get inspired.

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SketchUp: Down and Dirty

MPekovich, member | March 8th, 20125 comments

You don't have to be a SketchUp wiz to put the program to work in your furniture design.

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Design journal: Let the function drive the design

MPekovich, member | May 9th, 20117 comments

A small sewing table posed some unique challenges that ultimately led to a fun design.

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Patient takes the Design Doctor's advice

MKenney, member | April 8th, 20116 comments

Brian Havens was one of three lucky readers to have Hank Gilpin critique a piece of furniture that he made. Havens to the advice to heart and made a second cabinet. Check out the improvements.

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Catching up with Toshio Odate

Vlad_S, member | April 6th, 20117 comments

Considered to be the original ambassador of Japanese woodworking tools to the West, the master woodworker and sculptor shares tea, tool advice, and thoughts on the social responsibility of woodworkers.

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How to Make a Drawbored Mortise and Tenon Joint

MPekovich, member | March 29th, 201114 comments

Okay, maybe I'm not ready to get rid of my clamps just yet, but with drawbore pegs, I'll be doing a lot less clamping in the future.

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Baby planes

Vlad_S, member | January 28th, 20115 comments

A look at an instrument maker's standby, and some ideas for using them in furniture making

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Feels good to be back at Colonial Williamsburg's hand tool conference

AsaC, member | January 12th, 2011

FWW co-sponsors a wonderful event,"Working Wood in the 18th Century," every year at Colonial Williamsburg. The presenters started bending and cutting wood right away this year.

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Do woodworkers need the Furniture Society?

AsaC, member | July 12th, 201014 comments

The recent Furniture Society Conference was an inspiring event, but membership is down, and the Society is suffering an identity crisis. What should they do next?

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Is Danish Modern the furniture style of our time?

AsaC, member | December 23rd, 200960 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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Maple Table ( Nakashima Inspired )

fullnelson, member | September 29th, 2009

This is one of the tables I will be showing at the Fine Furnishings Show this weekend. The base is ebonized Ash and stainless steel. I used steel wool soaked in vinegar to ebonize the Ash. Finish is...

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Boxmakers Who Think Outside the Box

Tom, member | August 25th, 20091 comment

Check out boxes from around the globe at the Messler Gallery in Rockport, Maine

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Book Review: "Creating a Fine Art Entry Table"

Ed_Pirnik, member | August 6th, 20093 comments

For straightforward advice on how to build an inspiring entry table, Robert Ortiz comes to the rescue.

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Reinventing Nakashima's Straight Chair

Ed_Pirnik, member | June 29th, 2009

Philadelphia University mounts exhibit on a master's original.

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skinny legs and all

fidgen, member | April 23rd, 20095 comments

I designed and built this small side table over the past winter, it's main body is Ash. A log that my wife and I literally stumbled over a few years back on the shore of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada. I had a freind with a bandsaw mill rip it down and left it to air dry for three years. The drawer fronts are made from Angelique, again another 'sea-faring' wood species...This was reclaimed from an old barge that sat in Marthas Vineyard for the better part of 100 years! This table was completely made by hand using only hand tools. The finish is Tried and True oil/varnish mix. Reclaimed wood, no power tools used and a food grade all natural oil for finish...what could be any greener than that? Cheers! www.tomfidgen.blogspot.com

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