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This was the second piece of furniture I ever built (about 6 years ago). It was constructed from Ash, Mahogany, and Cherry scraps from a local door shop and finished with brushed...
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Inexpensive furniture woods
51 commentsTell the editors at Fine Woodworking about your favorite low-price furniture woods.
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Treadle Sewing Machine with Inlayed Dovetail Drawers
3 commentsThis treadle sewing machine belonged to my wife’s grandmother and was in very poor condition. It was stripped down to bare metal and all the wood was replaced. To make it a unique piece...
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Black Walnut and Ash Restaurant Counter for Thai Restaruant
1 commentI built this counter for friends that own a Thai restaurant. The idea was to add a combination of woods which would accent with their Asian decor and make use of limited space where thier old counter...
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Treadle sewing machine with Inlayed Dovetails
This treadle sewing machine belonged to my wife’s grandmother and was in very poor condition. It was stripped down to bare metal and all the wood was replaced. To make it a unique piece...
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Cherry and ash stool
4 commentsI teach high school woodworking. This stool project is centered around the use of jigs and fixtures to drill the holes in the seats and legs, machine the round tenons, and cut the four sided tapers...
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Celebrity blanket chest for sale
Hickory and ash chest appeared on the cover of issue #203 of Fine Woodworking
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Shaker Inspired Table: Walnut and Ash Burl Veneer
This is another variation of a table inspired by my father. Featuring walnut tapered legs and aprons connected by mortise and tenon joints. Ash Burl Veneer Top is framed with walnutFinish...
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Making a Bail for a Shaker Chip Box
8 commentsIn starting the design for a Shaker Chip Box, I thought how easy it looked - but soon was surprised by the complexity of the bent handle or Bail. This component is not so simple with its right...
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Ash Casket
3 commentsThis was a first. I was asked to build a casket for a man where I live. he said that he would supply the lumber from some trees he taken down a few years ago if I would make it. Just one catch he...
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Ash and Hickory turned Christmas trees
Ash and Hickory stock glued up into solid blocks approximately 7" x 7" X12" Base and tree topper star are Walnut, decorative circles simulating ornaments are burned into the wood.
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The Pennsylvania Rocking Chair
A unique design employing bent lamination backbraces and rockers, floating backbraces that bend and turn to conform to the sitters shape and a coopered headreat which lets the grain flow in only one...
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Continuing on Ladder Back - The Centerline Framework
4 commentsAbout two weeks ago, I showed the beginning steps involved in making the SketchUp model of a Ladder Back Chair - mainly the creation of the Back Posts. In this post, I will continue the modeling...
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Rockin' Cycle for my Grandson Benjamin
Made mainly from hardwoods that were milled locally. Some of the details were fashioned from napkin rings, finials and wooden balls. Thanks to Stoney Creek Choppers and Johnny Pag...
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classy rustic and willow garden bench ensemble
I build many styles and versions of these tables and benches as well as chairs, bedroom sets,livingroom sets,kitchen sets and other log and willow furniture and generally give them to family and...
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Organizing, Bundling, and Printing Full-size Templates
10 commentsI've emphasized often, the benefits in the shop of having full-size templates as an output from the SketchUp model. Until now, I've created these templates one-by-one, printing as jpgs or pdfs on a...
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Making a Tapered Bend
2 commentsFollowing my last post, I felt somewhat uncomfortable about taking a short-cut with the Back Post. Rather than executing a bowed bend for the upper section of the Back Post, I simply rotated the...
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