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Fir Bench, Canadian Eh!
4 commentsThis is my first attempt at mortise and tenon joinery. Needless to say I learned a lot. Fir is an interesting(read challenging material). It is widely available here in Edmonton...
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cocobolo chair
3 commentsChair made of cocobolo pegged tennons and bridle joints obvious inspiration
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Stylish Box
8 commentsMade out of solid Ribbion stripped Mahogany, & Ebony for the hardwood. And Bloodwood, Myrtle Burl, Walnut, & Edbony for the marquetry. Size is 9" wide x 13" long x 5 1/2" tall.
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Privacy Trellis
Do you have a "Green Issue" coming up? One that features using recycled materials or old recycled tools.? A friend of mine tore down an old deck he had in his back yard to make room for a pool. He...
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Music Box
1 commentMusic Box, 2008. Walnut, pearwood. Liberon oil (exterior), shellac and wax (interior). 17"L x 10"D x 9"H Dovetail construction with frame-and-panel lid.
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Antique mirror in leopardwood and rosewood frame
An old mirror rescued from a disitegrating dresser in a leopardwood frame with rosewood pegs.
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Cherry Chest-on-Chest
This chest-on-chest was published in FWW #81 with an article by Carlyle Lynch. Some changes I made include dovetailed carcases, sliding dovetails for the dust frames and dovetailed drawers. Drawer...
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Krenov style coffee table
Glass top Krenov inspired coffee table uses wedged through mortise and tenon joints throughout. Hard maple and purpleheart.
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Humidor and stand
1 commentHumidor is quartersawn brazilizan cherry with curly maple purfling. Stand is curly maple with brazilian cherry pull.
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BIRD'S EYE HARD MAPLE TABLE
BIRDSEYE MAPLE DOVETAILED TABLES. ONE OF A PAIR MADE OF 12/4 HARD MAPLE AND FRENCH POLISHED WITH SHELLAC.
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Six Titter Chest
2 commentsSix Titter Chest Cherry wood, ceder lined, lacewood trim. Watco oil finish
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Rustic Dining Table with Knock-down Base
Rustic dining table with knock-down base featuring breadboard ends, integral through-tenons, and loose wedge/tusk tenons.
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cherry cradle
Cradle is of my own design and made of native cherry, joinery is pocket screws, biscuits, and carpenters glue. Finish is boiled linseed oil and paste wax.
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Treadle Sewing Machine with Inlayed Dovetail Drawers
3 commentsThis treadle sewing machine belonged to my wife’s grandmother and was in very poor condition. It was stripped down to bare metal and all the wood was replaced. To make it a unique piece...
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Sliegh Bed
2 commentsI used google sketch-up to draw the bed from a picture. It had to be modified to fit a queen size high matress and boxspring.With google sketch-up I was able to get the most yield out of the Poplar I...
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Dining Buffet and Hutch
This was taken off The Shaker Bookcase from New Yankee Workshop. I made two units, then made an extended unit for the center base and added a wine rack for the center. An 11 foot piece for the top...
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Oregon Myrtlewood Scattering Urn with Mosaic top.
This box measures 9" across the top from corner to corner. I used slip feathers for the jointery; nothing fancy, just funcional. I use a natural bees wax, mineral oil and walnut...
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Demilune Tables
I designed and built these demilune tables for my wife and my two daughters. They are 24" high by 26" wide by 13 1/2" deep. They're constructed in black walnut, and finished with four...
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doors
I make doors for our new house in Mexico (Guanajuato). Some of the local wood is very beautiful but hard to work with, especially for doors, which require straight grain to prevent...
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Walnut Shop Stool
I needed a shop stool, and did not have a lathe, being a woodworker, there is always a way to solve a problem.
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Ceder (Blanket) Chest
I wanted to build something nice for my two daughter In-laws, maybe they will become keepseaks. So I built them with 4x4 red oak planking and milled everything you see, except for the 1/4 birch...
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Bermuda blanket chest
1 commentThese Spanish style dovetails were seen briefly in S. America into the eighteenth century, but are still being created in Bermuda and have been for 400 years.
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