ScudderWoodworking

Adam Scudder, NY, US
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I've been woodworking in one way or another since I was a kid, sweeping my father's shop or picking scraps off job sites. I began woodturning at 14 and at 16 I got involved in hardwood flooring, but then at 18 I went to school for Architecture; I soon changed majors to Cabinetry. At 19 I took a Fine Woodworking course at the North Bennet school, and at 21 I took the Intensive Woodworking course at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship.
I still install, sand and finish flooring, as well as some remodeling work, but I'm going to let furniture building take precedence in my life.

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Tool Box, inspired by Tom Fidgen

Nov 10, 2010
1 comment

I built the case in butternut so it would be light, and the rails and runners in oak for durability. The handle supports are attached with sliding dovetails and only 3 inches glued to allow seasonal...

Mahogany and Ash Coffee Table

Sep 16, 2010

This table is veneered in Mahogany and curved on every surface except the top...I used Ash for the bread-board ends and the tapered, bent-laminated legs; I added two plys of Mahogany around the...

Floating-top Liquor Cabinet

Jan 26, 2010
8 comments

I built this while at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Maine. Under the tutelage of the esteemed woodworkers there I refined my woodworking skills exponentially.  


Recent comments


Re: Mon Cheri

Thats awesome! How do you do bent laminates and steam it without fouling the glue joints? So cool man, just built my first chair, doing a rubbed oil finish, will post within the month

posted: 10:43 pm on January 6th  

Re: Tool Chest

Tom,
I read the article you wrote on building this box and went ahead to build one myself.
I think the only thing I did differently was to use sliding dovetails to hold the handle supports to the ends...I glued the bottom 3" to allow for movement. I built it in January, and I definitely saw it grow over the summer!
Thanks for the inspiration!
Adam

posted: 11:29 pm on November 10th  

Re: Floating-top Liquor Cabinet

Actually it's all solid cherry; I played around with matching different cuts to get differring reflections from the grain, thats how it looks like it has different tones

posted: 1:01 pm on March 10th  

Re: Floating-top Liquor Cabinet

Thank you!
Yes, the case is mitered, with no frame and panel; the top is the same flatsawn cut as the case so all sides, tops, and bottom will expand/contract at the same rate. The case corners are let into a rabbet in the legs, which in turn are tenoned into the top;everything locks together and moves as a whole unit.

posted: 11:30 am on January 27th