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Knife Box - Williamsburg, Part 5

Killenwood, member | April 15th, 2013

In the last blog post (Part 4), I showed making the dovetail pins in the Side component. In this video, I show how to use these already-made pins to create the matching tails in the End...

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Knife Box - Williamsburg, Part 4

Killenwood, member | March 31st, 2013

In the last Part 3 of this series, I showed making the full-length Side and End components for the Williamsburg Knife Box. I also copied and flipped these components and placed on a full width box...

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Knife Box - Williamsburg, Part 3

Killenwood, member | March 17th, 2013

This is Part 3 of a series of videos on building the Williamsburg Knife Box. In the previous blog entry, I showed the making of the half length symmetrical End and Side components, and ensuring that...

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Knife Box - Williamsburg, Part 2

Killenwood, member | March 3rd, 20132 comments

My last blog entry set the stage for building this Knife Box, one that was presented at the January Williamsburg conference "Working Wood in the 18th Century". This video is second in the series...

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Tea Light Holder and Carved Box

fishing46, member | November 15th, 20121 comment

My wife requested that I build her a set of tea lights for our dining room table. The problem was that we use extensions sometimes during the year to accommodate extra guests. So if I designed a long...

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Pennsylvania Spice Box

jlecomte, member | July 14th, 20122 comments

I made this Pennsylvania spice box from plans published in FW #196 by Steve Latta. I modified the feet (I did not like the original flat bracket feet and thus made ogee bracket feet) and the...

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Monument to the End of Time

Czappa, member | April 30th, 20121 comment

Since according to the Myan Calander the end of the world is coming I thought I would do a sculpture about that event before it happens.

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Writing box

acomart, member | February 4th, 20122 comments

I crafted this writing box for a client that wanted an exclusive and different box. The exterior and interior are all in cherry. The inlay bicolor band was made with holy veneer and...

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18th century writing slope Walnut

dads66, member | December 19th, 2011

Another writing slope, this one built from Walnut and was commisioned to be built as a Christmas Present. Changed the shade of leather on inside to match color of wood and finished in...

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18th Century Writing Slope

dads66, member | December 19th, 2011

18 Century Writing slope built for wedding present, is sapele wood stained, with leather inside writing surface and pen holder. My own design taken from research online.

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Shane's Backyard Workshop

shanekelvey, member | July 14th, 2011

This blueprint consists of a overall close to perfect workshop. As you can see I laid out all of my machines and materials in a orderly fashion in a letter C shape. Starting at the bottom you pick...

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Bible Case for 1847 Bible

dads66, member | February 1st, 2011

Built this Bible Case for a good Friends Mother that is not doing so well and she said her mom had always wanted a case for this bible of her grandfathers 1847 bible. I built this case or box...

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Carved-Front Box with Wooden Hinged Lid

xposvx, member | November 23rd, 2010

1st period-style box made using hand tools only, following the construction details and methods of early Dedham, MA joiner John Thurston. For example, the pins that hold the hinges are...

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Built-In Cherry Office - Baby Huntboard

jalambert, member | April 19th, 2010

Tabletop baby huntboard for all those little things that get lost during the busy workday. A part of a larger rear desk of a full floor matching home office in Brookline Ma. Cherry handrubber...

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Built-in Cherry Office - Desktop Organizers

jalambert, member | April 19th, 2010

One of pair of old-school desktop organziers. Part of a rear desk unit built in to a full floor matching home office in Brookline Ma. Cherry with padauk accents, hand-rubbed oil and wax finish...

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18th Century Salt Box

18thNCww, member | November 2nd, 20093 comments

18th century style salt box with spice drawer. Hand planed, scraped bird's eye maple with hand cut dovetails. Secondary wood in pine (inset bottom, drawer sides/back/bottom). Tung oil finish.

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San Diego guild show shines again

AsaC, member | June 8th, 2009

The San Diego Fine Woodworkers Association put on another great woodworking expo at the Del Mar County Fairgrounds this year.

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Mahogany Spice Box with String and Berry Inlay

Sanjeev, member | March 15th, 20096 comments

I wanted to do a project to practice hand-cut dovetails. When I saw Steve Latta's spicebox (FWW #196) it looked like an ideal project with more than 100 dovetails. I enhanced the design with...

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Dead Man's Chest

auger, member | March 15th, 20092 comments

14 in. wide, 10 in. high, hand forged steel, 2 hand made swords, hand carved skull, each rivet individually welded, has removable interior shelf, weighs approx. 8 lbs,

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