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Len Meyer, Mesa, AZ, USmember
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Arts & Crafts Dining Table
This dining table was recently finished to complete a set with 6 chairs previously posted on this site. The table is my own interpretation of an Arts & Crafts Prairie Style design. Some of the...
Arts and Crafts Dining Chairs
The dining chairs were built from a Kevin Rodel plan published in FWW and available from Taunton. The chairs are solid cherry with some wenge Greene and Greene style accents. The upholstery is 2...
Arts and Crafts Display Cabinet
A matching pair of display cabinets was designed by myself to both display art pieces and to house fine books for access in the living / reading room. The Arts and Crafts styling features through...
A&C Prairie Style Entertainment Center
After visiting the Frank Lloyd Wright Studio in Oak Park, I've taken to designing and building furniture in this Prairie style for a new home. This entertainment center is 10 ft long and supports a...














Recent comments
Re: Arts and Crafts Dining Chairs
I posted the error list in the Knots Forum as post # 170025 under the title Kevin Rodel A&C Chair plan errors. Hope you can find it there.
posted: 12:57 am on April 15thRe: Arts and Crafts Dining Chairs
To Kbibelhausen: Just saw your post and question this evening. If you still would like to see a list of plan errors and other suggestions I can e-mail them since the list is too long to post as a comment. Not quite sure how to get it to you otherwise. I'll check out the forum to see if that is a better venue for plan errata.
posted: 12:28 am on April 15thRe: G&G End Table
Nice details on the lower leg area to draw the eye there and add visual balance with the top breadboard ends and pegs!
posted: 12:28 am on April 7thRe: Figured Cherry and Walnut Accent Rocking Chair
Very Maloof - Like indeed! Nice work on the joinery and on the finish of this great looking rocker.
posted: 12:19 pm on February 27thRe: Arts and Crafts Dining Chairs
The dining table is now completed as of February and can be seen at this location:
posted: 1:06 am on February 11thhttp://www.finewoodworking.com/item/44917/arts-crafts-dining-table
Re: Arts and Crafts Dining Chairs
Hello Flactem,
posted: 1:05 pm on December 31stNo, I used the jig that Rodel shows in FWW, but it was too flexible and spread as you tapped in the wedges to hold the workpiece. I needed to place various clamps across the jig to really prevent sliding and to keep the workpiece angled properly with the router base. Also, if you bought the full size plan from Taunton be sure to check all plan dimensions yourself. There are numerous dimensional errors probably created by the draftsman and a lack of skill with trigonometry. Also some pictorial errors on spreader features. I've sent an error list to Kevin but he was not confident that an errata sheet would be published by Taunton.
Thanks
Re: A&C Prairie Style Entertainment Center
shadowbox : The 3 units are carcass construction rather than frame and panel. The side and base panels and sub top cross rails are firmly attached to each other as you might do for a kitchen cabinet. The corner legs are notched out so that the cabinet weight goes thru the notch bottoms to the floor. The carcass panels are screwed to the leg backs from inside the cabinet. I guess what I'm saying is that overall it is a cross between carcass construction and frame and panel joinery for cabinetry that has floor resting legs.
posted: 11:48 pm on February 28thRe: Arts and Crafts media cabinet
Very nice design adding some G&G elegant touches and joinery to an otherwise basic cabinet shape. It really spruces it up nicely. Looks great under that LCD screen.
posted: 12:49 am on February 19thRe: Walnut & Cherry Floating HDTV Cabinet
Very elegant design lines on this piece. Also a pleasing grain & color contrast as shown. May I suggest that you consider adding other photos if you have them. It would be nice to see a side and isometric view of this cabinet.
posted: 11:37 pm on July 8thRe: UPDATED: Giveaway and Poll: The Most Requested Woodworking Gifts of 2009
I'm looking towards a Starrett 6 inch combination square for my next gift/acquisition. I can't believe how important their 6 inch rule has been in my projects the last ten years.
posted: 7:57 pm on December 21st