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Nice job! I lived in Japan for awhile and my experience was that the hardware seemed to always over power the cabinet.

Very classy and cleaver. I often do not like "this or that" on a piece here, but I think that these are really nice all around. Well done. I hope that you make this commercially available in your area and show your off your skills and designs.

Really enjoyed seeing such a great creation.

I taught this method for the last three decades in a high school with inexperienced students. I too have tried many different methods, but I still go back to this tried and true method. I first do test cuts on the first 1/8" to make sure of my tenon fit. After the fit is correct, then I cut the shoulder cut and do as the video shows.
If you are the kind of person that needs a colonoscopy to find your head, then this cut is NOT for you.

Extremely nice! I have done a few marquetry projects, and I know just how difficult to get such realism. Thanks for sharing your work

I have always wondered how ANYONE could not call this fine art. Not only does the artist need to understand color, texture etc, but must have the skills to put them together. To me this is much more fine art than some of the stuff I have seen at galleries. Great job

I like the cloud lifts and the detail on the BB. Really nice job.

beautiful job! Did you have a kit for all of the materials or did you do the screw for the iron etc.?

To "Crookehouse". Although I use sketch up, I found the curved legs too difficult to make in SU. I knew the height, 32" width 18" and depth 12". I usually make a very rough working hand drawing that has dimensions but that is usually all. I make templates to ensure that everything is the same. I also use what I call construction triangles to make sure that the mortises and cuts are all on the correct sides. The drawer sits on a drawer ring let in to the sides with a blind dado. The ring is mortise and tenon with the back tenon not glued to allow for expansion of the solid sides.

I really like the doors and drawer fronts.

MDF is about the only thing that I will use to laminate on because of its stability and flatness. When the panels are sealed then I would suggest that it is a superior material to plys or solid. I like the look of your furniture. However, I do not think that as a structural component (such as a chair or furniture base),that MDF would be a viable product.

Nice job. I was thinking that you could use the back of this chair to make a teenager to do his homework.

What kind of joint did you use on the back?

What did you use to ebonize the oak? Nice job.

I am interested in what you used as a substrate. Great looking table.

My wife saw this and now I have yet another cabinet to build and she thinks that she will have to fill it with shoes. Good looking cabinet. Did you use a vac bag or did you use hide glue and veneer hammer to apply the veneer?

Having taught woodworking for 31 years, I would say that you show more than a little promise in the field. I like the textures that you have created. It seems to me that you have a great future in furniture design and building.

Ok so I went back and read the entry about the clasp, but doesn't the stuff still slide to the front?

Beautiful work! How do the drawers stay shut when you flip the top closed or open? Also, doesn't everything fall to the front of the drawers?

Very tasteful. It really matches the room. Very nice.

I really like your interpretation of A & C on this headboard.

Wow! What great work. Have you apprenticed with a someone? I lived in Japan for two years and I do not think that I ever saw this quality while there.

Jason, beautiful work. Do you make your own hardware?

Nice box. I built one for some scented bees wax. I use it for my hands in the dry mountain air here. Your daughters might like the same. It is not oily like lotions and makes a great lube for the hand saw.

Nice work Chico. I know that you have had the wood for awhile, but where does one find such nice stuff?

Fantastic job. I had a student do a similar globe for a state competition. I believe that it was actually a FW plan where you made a jig that cut the wedges. He made the two hemispheres and glued them together. He then carved the currents of the oceans which relieved the land masses. Even as difficult as it was, it was easy compared to what you have done with this piece.

Beautiful work. I made a similar table but did not do the veneered top. Did you do a brick lay up, steam bent or bandsawn curve? You have done a spectacular job.

Nice work. Did you scratch off the mirror on the back and then add the veneer?

What is the Kanji on the underneath say? Nice design

Geeze Jay that is nice! Kind of over shadows any Afghan that someone would make. I really like the Peacock. I assume that you drew it up and used it as a pattern. Or did you free had the scroll work?

Good job Matt. Having taught woodworking for 31 years, I find the humor good to have. To you others, pick up your purses and tissues.

Great stuff Tim. Do you sleep? Or just work and make drawings?

Jozu da yo!
That means really skillful. Beautiful application.

Wow! That is something. How did you attach that much weight to a regular wall?

Great work. What type of wood? What saw used? Did you use a pattern from a picture? Give us more please.

Interesting top. How did you sculpt the waves?

Nice job. I did one similar but was not smart enough to extend the back as you did. That is the only thing that I dislike about the chair. When I brought it into the house my wife said: "It's too big for me to sit in". I replied: "Well, there ya go!"

You have packed a lot into a small package. What kind of hardware did you use for the fold over portion of the writing surface? Great work.

Wow! What a work to inspire your future projects. I don't think even the Roycrofter workshops were this inspirational.

I would MUCH rather play at your piano than I would at mine. Really cleaver.

Beautiful veneer job. I am truly jealous.

Beautiful tables. I was on the Wisconsin in Norfolk last week and wondered about that wooden deck and the history behind it.

Really clever look for a nightstand. Does the top have some sort of locking mech.? I think that I would put my alarm clock in there with sound proofing.

Beautiful work! I have had the opportunity to be at two AWFS presentations that Paul has given. Even though they are only a few hours long, he is a great teacher. I wish that I could train under him. Because I have NO artistic ability, that will never happen. I envy your skill.

Love the heart. I sure am glad with the realism that you have that it was not a gall bladder attack.

Great work Tony. I lived in Japan for two years and really like the Asian influence that you have put into your pieces.

I don't have any more pictures, but I certainly could get some if needed.

Chris experimented on us before he did the article for FW. The last project was a Shaker candle stand. Great teacher.

Nice job. I hope that my wife does not see this.