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David Nelson, Folsom, CA, US
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I started woodworking while living with my Grandparents during WWII. My grandfather would let me "help" him in his basement workshop when I turned five. I began again in 1958 when I got out of the navy. The projects consisted mainly of home improvement items. I spent the 1960s working and going to college at night. In 1972 I started again making items for our house. In 1987 I bought a loom. I worked on the loom until 1992 when I sold it and returned to woodworking. I wanted to make something that would challenge my skills. I bought Norm Vandal's book on Queen Anne furniture. I asked my wife to pick out a piece of furniture she would like to have. She selected the rectangular candle table. Since then I made a highboy and round candle table shown in the book. I collect wooden planes by Varvill and English sashmaker's tools.

Gender: Male

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A replica of the Benjamin Seaton Tool chest

Jan 28, 2009
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In 2006 I decided to build a replica of the Seaton tool chest. The chest itself took about nine months working about three hours a day. Another hundred or so hours was spent making some of the...

Sash Dowelling Boxes

Dec 24, 2008

Sash dowelling boxes were used to hold a sash bar steady while a hole was drilled in the end for a dowel. They were usually made by a craftsman. Methods of holding the bar on the sides include...


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Re: A replica of the Benjamin Seaton Tool chest

Thanks for the compliment.

The milk paint is thick so it does a pretty good job of covering things. There were a couple of tear outs in the dovetails so I filled them in before painting. I put two coats of paint on. The first was black and the second a 50-50 mixture of lexington green and black.

I have been cutting all my dovetails by hand since 1996. I used my Leigh dovetail jig one time several years ago. I sold it in 2006 after it sat unused on a shelf in my garage for eleven years.

I usually make one item at a time and very rarely make more than one like item so I find it easier to lay out and cut the dovetails by hand.

If you read the article I referred to I describe the finishing process I used on the chest. I have also used this same process on some painted Shaker furniture I made.

The drawers in the sliding till have hand cut dovetails on all four corners.

Regards. Dave Nelson, Folsom, CA.

posted: 11:35 am on January 31st  

Re: 5" Round Nantucket Lightship Basket

My next project is going to be an eight inch round Nantucket basket. How long did it take to make it? It looks great.

Dave Nelson. macher@pacbell.net

posted: 11:38 am on December 27th