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Jim Whetstone, New Cumberland, PA, US
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43 years in Woodworking, in business as Quality Cabinetry since 1982, modern and contemporary work, published in three magazines: Fine Woodworking twice, Home and New Shelter, also in two books including The Workshop Book by Scott Landis, design my own things, very serious photographer also, self published a book, Marc Adams School of Woodworking 2000 for one week,

Birthday: 02/28/1947

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Ribbon Box

Oct 23, 2011
3 comments

This Ribbon Box is 8 inches in diameter and approx. 6 inches high.  It is made of Walnut and American Holly.  It was made with a scroll saw and not a lathe.  In order to gain the...

End Table

Jan 20, 2011
4 comments

This contemporary end table was made for our family room and is made of quarter sawn Englsh Brown Oak and Wenge.  It is 12 by 21 and is 25 high.  Tongue and groove joinery mates Wenge to...

Ribbon Box

Jan 20, 2011
6 comments

This box is 7 by 7 by 4 high and is made of Canarywood.  The ribbons and bows are made of Wenge, Purpleheart and Satinwood.  The dots are all approx. 3/16 in thick and are made of...

Family Room

Jun 10, 2009

Family Room: Entertainment Center, Coffee Table, Corner Table, 3 Walnut tops, 2 Valences, all made from Sapele solids and Sapele plywood, Walnut, Wenge, Cherry, Satinwood, Tiger Maple, Zebrawood...

Scrap Box

Mar 11, 2009
2 comments

This box contains 52 different kinds of wood, all finished naturally to show the color and beauty.  It features a jigsaw puzzle style lid.  This concept answers my question: How can I...

Jewelry Box

Mar 11, 2009
2 comments

The Jewelry Box is made of Spalted Maple and the ribbons are made of Wenge, Purpleheart and Satinwood.  The box has a removable felt insert and a  lift out tray featuring a second small...

Jewelry Box

Feb 23, 2009
2 comments

The Jewelry Box is made of Spalted Maple and the ribbons are made of Wenge, Purpleheart and Satinwood.  It has a removable felt insert  and the lift out tray features a second small ribbon...

Scrap Box

Feb 22, 2009
3 comments

My Scrap Boxes are made of small pieces of hardwoods that I do not want to throw away.  This box has 52 different kinds of wood on it.  The box is hinged.

CD / DVD Cabinet

Dec 26, 2008

CD / DVD Cabinet made of Walnut and book matched Crotch Walnut solids, thru dovetails, brass hardware, custom pulls made of Walnut

Bonzai Bench

Dec 26, 2008

Bonzai Bench for a very serious Bonzai enthusiast, made of cypress, ss fasteners, waterproof adhesives

Ribbon Box

Dec 26, 2008
3 comments

Walnut Ribbon Box with accent circles and ribbons made of Walnut, Satinwood, Padauk, Chak te-Koc, Palea, Tulipwood,


Recent comments


Re: Cocobolo and Ebony box

Is the inside sycamore? Glad you might not be allergic to cocobolo.

posted: 9:34 am on February 7th  

Re: End Table

Top does not lift up. It is fastened using cleats with tenons that slide into mortises (using slot cutter)cut into sides

posted: 7:29 am on January 25th  

Re: End Table

Thanks Kev. very hard for me to execute, nice to have a challenge like this after 1133 pieces and 45 years of woodworking.

posted: 9:46 am on January 24th  

Re: Ribbon Box

Ribbons made with scroll saw, sanding finely and using templates

posted: 4:31 pm on January 23rd  

Re: Scrap Box

no galleries anywhere but Harrisburg, PA. Thank you for your nice comments.

posted: 9:47 pm on December 2nd  

Re: Scrap Box

Picture of box open coming soon showing how lid engages the top

posted: 10:04 pm on March 2nd  

Re: Build Outside The Box: Official Contest Rules

three questions: 1. Can you enter ore that one box?
2. can you submit more that one view of each box, or just one photo per box.
3. What is file size of each image? How big a file in MB?

posted: 7:04 pm on March 1st  

Re: Ribbon Box

ribbon box took about 16 to 20 hours to produce. ribbons are made with glue up, scroll saw, careful individual sanding by hand with small long strips of sandpaper. glue up on box is stacking technique, one at a time. ribbons made with templates

posted: 8:04 pm on January 14th