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Treadle sewing machine with Inlayed Dovetails
This 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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Hollow Spiral Candle Holder
I turned this hollow spiral candle holder from a block of mahogany. After turning it round, I drew a grid pattern on it, then I drew the spiral layout lines at the intersections of the grid...
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Domino Set
1 commentDonimo sets made entirely of scrap left over from projects. This paticular set is Koa dominos. And a Hard Maple Box.
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RYOUSHIN (Japanese for parents)
.hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana } This keepsake box is made out of maple and mahogany with hand-sawn dovetail joinery. My...
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Assorted "Hedrons"
1 commentEvery facet is an individual piece of wood. I enjoy these exercises in precision -- each edge, shape, angle, and size must be as close to perfect as I can get it. It allows me to transform...
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My Daughter's Cupboard
1 commentThis started as a small jelly cupboard like "Aunt Chrissy's" and like all projects evolved into a Christmas present that cannot be done by Christmas. Its a traditional cupboard for the kitchen...
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Wife's Demilune Table
1 commentMy wife asked for a Half-moon table. She asked if I could make the top out of Zebrawood, of course I said yes. This gave me a chance to work with a type that I have notnbspused...
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Candle Holder
Left-over mahogany from another project. Hated to throw it away, so made my wife a candle holder. Hard on tools, so I shaped with right-angle grinder and RotoZip, then sanded amp...
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Wreath From The Past
For $5 you can make a $75 wreath that is far more beautiful than one you buy. directions above...the supplies...a $1 straw wreath and floral pins and ribbon. The rest of the items are acquired from a...
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CD / DVD rack
1 commentmade of 7/8 inch lacy oak with satin laquer finish / dado construction (no glue) with two screws per dado so that it could be disassembled for transport.
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Live Edge Side Table
1 commentThis side table combines a poplar live edge top with black walnut legs with through tenons and bloodwood accents. The ends of the top are slightly concave with walnut and bloodwood inlay matching the...
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Holiday Ornaments with Display Stand
These ornaments and display stand are part of an ongoing design series. Each incarnation changes and grows. This particular piece is made up of a quilted cherry base and laminated ornaments of black...
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Modern Wall Pendulum Clock
I built this modern inspired wall pendulum clock as a Christmas present for my parents this year. The outside ring is turned from a hexagonal glue up of quilted cherry. The domed inner square, which...
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Domino Table
1 commentThis is a domino table that I made for my father in law. On his last visit he told me he wanted a domino table so I took him to the local flea market to pick one up but he wasn't particularly...
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Ring Holder
This is a ring holder while doing the dishes. The flame is Blood Wood. The base is extra wood I got from a suppliers short stock. I don't know the type, but it turned like butter!
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Base China Hutch Cabinets
2 commentsThese are the first two pieces for a china hutch of Bubinga and Maple. The display cabinets will rest on top of these, and there will be a sideboard between them when it is all finishednbsp...
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Holiday Tree Ornament
1 commentMaple Burl globe and Rock Hard Maple stem/finial. Capture Ring in lower segment.
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door for my bathroom
1 commentHi I dont intented win, only I show my hobbie in Mexico. In my country is difficult buy tools, with imagine all build
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Christmas Cross
1 commentThe cross is a gift to my Church. The cross is hollow. The center joint was a challenge to make, both from a design and woodworking perspective. To make the cross, the first...
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Walnut One-Drawer Lamp Stands
4 commentsThese are two tables I made as Christmas gifts, one for my parents and the other for my sister. They are my second and third woodworking pieces completed. All surfaces were hand planed to...
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Reproduction Thomas Jefferson Chessboard
I made the board by gluing together alternating strips of 1/2" thick mahogany and bass wood lengthwise (1 1/4" x 15"). I then cross cut 1 1/4" lengths from this to create 8 strips of alternating 1...
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Dining Table
This table was inspired by the Peter Southall table on the back cover of fine woodworking Oct 2008. My wife was complaining about our wobbly old cheap ikea dining table and expressed a desire...
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Pie Safe
Took a long time to make this pie safe. My wife punched the copper panels, with the Texas Star she loves so much. I joined all of the cedar panels, even the back is 1" thick solid cedar...
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Congratulations to our two winners!
Congratulations to our two winners Keith Burns from Collierville, TN for his
Segmented Leopardwood Hollow Form and Jordan Durbin from Arcade, NY for his Double Highchair












