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Readers Gallery
From Fine Woodworking Issue #147
Courtland P. Smith Jr.
Inspired by a photograph of a tazza in John H. Evans' book Ornamental Turning (Astragal Press, 1993), Smith made this cherry pedestal bowl (11 in. dia. by 13-3/4 in. tall) using a conventional lathe and a Legacy ornamental mill.
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John W. McAlister Jr.
McAlister saw the original version of this table in the Heyward-Washington House in Charleston, S.C. He tracked down a book that contained measured drawings of the original, made by Thomas Elfe, a prominent 18th-century Charleston furniture maker. Though the original is made of mahogany, McAlister's version (24-1/2 in. deep by 28 in. tall) is made of walnut and measures 23 in. wide with the leaves down and 41-1/4 in. wide with the leaves up.
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Lewis A. Prescott
Both Prescott, an amateur woodworker who lives in Rhode Island, and his son, who lives in California, were quite taken by a desk they saw advertised in an antiques magazine. Just over two months later, and unbeknownst to his son, Prescott had completed the desk as a gift (26 in. wide by 33 in. long by 29 in. high) and shipped it across the country. The desk is made of mahogany and finished with lacquer.
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James M. Keiffer
A year ago, Keiffer bought Jim Tolpin's The Toolbox Book and began designing a toolbox of his own. Keiffer's version (17 in. deep by 30-1/2 in. wide by 22 in. tall) is made of maple with mahogany drawer fronts and pine interiors. Loaded up with tools, it weighs more than 300 lbs.
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