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Readers Gallery
From Fine Woodworking Issue #152
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Robert L. Burton
Burton, a student at North Bennet Street School, built this writing desk (29 1/2 in. deep by 57 in. wide by 49 in. tall) for a class project. Inspired by the Greene-and-Greene writing desk featured on the front cover of FWW #12, Burton used curly cherry, cherry, soft maple and ebony in the desk's construction. He finished the desk with linseed and tung oils. Photo by Lance Patterson
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Craig R. Nixon
Nixon, a test pilot for Boeing, decided to test his 10 years' worth of woodworking experience when his wife asked him to build a jewelry box for her. This box (9 in. deep by 21 in. wide by 24 in. tall) replaces the one she had outgrown--one of Nixon's earliest and roughest projects. The new jewelry box is made of Indian rosewood and bird's-eye maple and is finished with a gel varnish and paste wax.
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Jeff Dilks
Made of quartersawn white oak, European beech and ebony, this blanket chest (20 in. deep by 41 1/2 in. wide by 20 in. tall) is Arts and Crafts inspired. The finish on the exterior of the frame-and-panel chest is shellac and wax. The interior is lined with an aromatic eastern red cedar. It took Dilks approximately 200 hours to complete the piece. Photo by Steve Kaminoff
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John Robinson
This tall sack-back Windsor chair (20 in. deep by 25 in. wide by 43 in. tall) is one of Robinson's designs. Formerly a contractor, Robinson attended The Windsor Institute about five years ago. "Driven by the help and encouragement of Mike Dunbar," said Robinson, "I was able to move from the job I did not like to making and teaching chair making here in Ontario full time." The chair is made of cherry, oak and brown hickory. The finish is three coats of Danish oil and wax. Photo by John Bradbury
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