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Miniature Blanket Chest
The original of this miniature blanket chest is at Pleasant Hill. Made of cherry with a poplar bottom, all of the dovetails on the chest and plinth are hand cut. Finish is gel varnish.
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shaker bureau
Shaker high leged bureau made for costumer. Solid oak. The finnishe is oil, Shaker bureau width clean lines and iron hardweare. The mecanical openingmecanisms is designed by myself. The bottom drawer...
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Shaker oval boxes and other furniture
Everything made is of Shaker inspired design. I have made many Shaker pieces over the years. Oval boxes are made of various domestic and exotic woods.
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Shaker bench, cherry
3 commentsI made four of these benches for our town's historical museum. They couldn't be simpler to look at, but their joinery presented a challenge. The legs and trestle are joined by interlocking cutouts...
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Shaker Style Bookcase
When I first sketched this book case, it had a classic Shaker form although it is not precisely like any Shaker item I have ever seen. The clean lines, nice proportions, and small...
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Shaker style bookcase, tiger maple
1 commentShaker reading was limited to religion texts and practical instruction, so there aren't many Shaker bookcases to follow as examples. This one has an ogee profiled cornise whose side pieces are glued...
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Shaker two-drawer chest, cherry
This began with John Kassay's great "The Book of Shaker Furniture" and the need for something to fit next to a sofa. Second photo is from the book. I modified proportions to fit the space and added...
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Shaker step stool, cherry
A close reproduction of a stool in John Shea's book, "Making Authentic Shaker Furniture." I've made three or four of these and worry about anyone ever standing on the top step. It's a long way up...
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Shaker hanging cupboard, cherry
Made for a friend who has too many fishing flies, it has three adjustable shelves inside. Joined at the corners with through dovetails. The door is one piece of 1/2" cherry, and to keep it from...
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Shaker style hutch
3 commentsBuilt for my son Alden and his wife Katie for Christmas 08, it was designed to fit a specific space in their house. Not literally Shaker but uses several Shaker design elements. Made of milkpainted...
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Office Cabinet
Office Cabinet inspired by Shaker Sewing Cabinets With work surface extensions that pull out from both sides. Middle two drawer faces on each side are actually a faux front for a deep...
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Shaker candlestand
There have been many variations on this basic theme, some more harmonious than others. For mine, I referenced the one from Hancock Shaker Village that appeared in the 1986 Whitney exhibition in New...
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Shaker dresser, tiger maple
8 commentsTiger maple with poplar as secondary wood. Drawer heights are graduated by percentage. Top and sides joined by through dovetails, something of a challenge as the maple's hardness means no...
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Shaker Step Stool
1 commentShaker Step Stool, based on a plan in Time-Life woodworking series. Recycled soft wood with polyurethane.
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Shaker cherry cradle
9 commentsCradle is made of solid cherry, finished with mixture of tung oil, boiled linseed oil and varnish. Corners are a compound angle of 11 degrees, joined by handcut dovetails. Edges of sides and rockers...
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Shaker Stool
This simple stool is great for little ones climbing to the sink, and for adults reaching high cabinets. It's 12"Hx12"Wx18"L. I modeled this stool on one that we bought years ago in a Shaker furniture...
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Small Shaker chest
1 commentIn 1808 (or thereabouts), Shaker Elder Richard McNemar built a walnut tool chest for his son, Benjamin. The chest has been discussed in several woodworking books, in particular The Shaker...
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Battle on Shaker Field
2 commentsMy first woodworking project, the Shaker Chess Table. Made from Brazilian Mahogany and Maple. All tenon, mortise and dovetails joints were hand cut and chiseled out. No stain was used, only clear...
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Shaker Candle Stand - spalted cherry
2 commentsThis is a slightly modified shaker candle stand, after the Hancock pattern, made of spalted cherry with an oil and shellac finish. The wood, from a tree in El Dorado County, CA, had been down...
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Linen Press
Linen Press as part of bedroom suite including 4 taper post bed and matching nightstands
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Shaker Cat Window Seat
1 commentThis hand dovetailed step was made for my cats to look out at the world. As you can see that can be quite exhausting. The sides are pine and the steps themselves are natural...
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Matched Shaker Nightstands
1 commentThese nightstands were my first real furniture project. They are closely modeled after the work of Becksvoort and the dresser by Mike Pekovich in FWW. All the cherry was from a single log, allowing...
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The contest is over.
Congratulations to Chuck Griffith, the winner of our Shaker gallery challenge.
