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Combining My Passions For Bikes and Furniture Making

davemoore, member | August 6th, 2012

I love to make furniture and I love to make and ride bikes. Here is a fun video where I combine the two by making handlebars out of wood. Then I shred.

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Freeze your beetles

kenstonge, member | June 28th, 20129 comments

If treating an infestation with heat or chemicals seems too pricey and inconvenient, consider cold storage.

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Making a Crematory Urn Box, Part 2

DougStowe, member | May 12th, 20125 comments

Use a story stick to design miter key placement, cut the lid from the base and finish the crematory urn box.

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Making a Crematory Urn Box: Part I

DougStowe, member | May 9th, 201215 comments

The same techniques used in building this specialty box can be used in any box-making project

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Furniture Dressed for Success

CustomMade, member | January 23rd, 2012

If you find inspiration in your clothing, you can also express that vision through a fine custom furniture piece for your home.

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Furniture of the Future Inspired by Designs of the Past

CustomMade, member | November 7th, 2011

A ghost story from the custom desks gallery. Take a look at the picture below. Table/Desk by BWTribble.com at CustomMade.com This is an interpretation by Barry...

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Vintage pinball machine parts incorporated into sideboard

CustomMade, member | October 3rd, 20111 comment

Everyday art such as the beautiful panels in old pinball machines shouldn't languish in some warehouse somewhere. Cleverly showcase it instead like in this walnut sideboard.

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some claro walnut tables

danmosheim, member | August 22nd, 2011

a post about two tables and 8 chairs we delivered to long island last week

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Make Your Own Dowels

Tom, member | August 3rd, 201137 comments

Don't bother with store-bought sticks. Making your own dowels is quick and easy and uses up those shop scraps.

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Getting Started In Woodworking Season Three: Build a Walnut Nightstand

FineWoodworkingEditors, member | May 9th, 20114 comments

A new season of our Getting Started in Woodworking series for beginner woodworkers offers step-by-step instructional video to guide you through the process of building a Shaker nightstand.

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Weekend lantern project

MakevilleStudio, member | February 9th, 20111 comment

Transform an inexpensive IKEA glass lamp with this simple, elegant and easily customized hardwood shroud. Makes a great intro to mortise and tenons for kids, so enlist your "apprentice" to cut the side panels and tenons.

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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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Williamsburg Day 3: Phil Lowe is a woodworking ninja

AsaC, member | January 14th, 20112 comments

On Day 3 of "Working Wood in the 18th Century" Phil Lowe took the stage, and stole the spotlight.

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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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Hardwood selector is free and fantastic

AsaC, member | November 30th, 20106 comments

The Hardwood Manufacturers Association has a free, easy-to-use wood selector online, with all the info a woodworker needs, including working properties, design ideas, and images of each wood with various finishes on it.

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Walnut and Cherry Cabinet

Kent_Perdue, member | March 27th, 20102 comments

Small wall mounted cabinet, walnut and cherry. Mounts to wall with french cleat.

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Built-in Buildoff Update

epirnik, member | February 18th, 201011 comments

As we near the finish line in our mudroom buildoff between woodworker and carpenter, the differences in working methods are becoming more and more apparent.

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Black Walnut Wall Cabinet

jtetreault, member | January 25th, 2010

Black Walnut with Tiger Maple accents. Hand carved rose and vine detail on top molding. Glass shelves and mirror back.

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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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