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Catrina Jewelry Cabinet

Catrina Jewelry Cabinet

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  Well this one took much longer to finish up then I ever expected. But it’s finally done. This was for my wife’s birthday (now 11 months ago). The entire piece is about 20” by...

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Floating Corner Shelf With Drawers

Floating Corner Shelf With Drawers

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I was struggling to come up with a design for a corner shelf that was more functional than a simple board on some brackets.  A drawer was a basic requirement but clearly a design challenge for a...

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side table

side table

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This is a hand crafted piece of funiture using waterfall bubinga , regular bubinga, and tiger maple for the shelf.   The drawer is made of airomatic cedar.   It is all hand...

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Ornamental Birdhouse

Ornamental Birdhouse

Ornamental birdhouse made with scraps from other projects, I used about 12 different hardwoods. Parrot is handpainted ceramic.

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Cherry/Bubinga Wine Cabinets

Cherry/Bubinga Wine Cabinets

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Two wine cabinets recently finished.  The cabinets hold 16 bottles of your favorite wine along with glass storage space above.  The one on the left has an LED light in the top to project...

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Figured Bubinga & Curly Maple Sideboard

Figured Bubinga & Curly Maple Sideboard

This art deco inspired sideboard is a piece I completed just a few days ago. The primary materials are figured bubinga and curly maple with hand sculpted pulls of wenge. The sides, back, and interior...

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Bubinga Sphere bath cabinet

Bubinga Sphere bath cabinet

Fabrecation and Design by Dan Carson.

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Sunlight on the Water Table, bubinga with glass bead inlay

"Sunlight on the Water Table," bubinga with glass bead inlay

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This is the most difficult table I build.  Every part is curved and the joinery is always a challenge and pleasure.

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Infill Smoothing Plane

Infill Smoothing Plane

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This plane took me almost 2 months to build. The sides are 3/16 brass and the sole is 1/4" steel. They are connected by double dovetails which are peened together to produce a strong joint. The...

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A Pair Of Desks

A Pair Of Desks

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  This is a project I have been working on for 4 months and just recently completed. The design brief was to create a pair of desks that could be placed on either side of an overstuffed...

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Craftsman King Bed

Craftsman King Bed

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I recently completed this cherry and bubinga craftsman king bed. I finished it with five coats of Deft Danish Oil and paste wax.

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Military Shadowbox

Military Shadowbox

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My Commanding Officer is retiring after 31 years in the Navy and this is his shadowbox.  We ordered one and three days before the ceremony, the guy called and said that he wanted another hundred...

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Anniversary Box - Completed

Anniversary Box - Completed

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I finally finished my wife's box.  It is made out of maple and bubinga, I really enjoyed working with bubinga (it smells so good when it's freshly cut!). She wanted a less glossy finish than I...

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Bubinga Box

Bubinga Box

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I saw this design in an article written by Gary Rogowski in the Nov/Dec. 1999 issue of FWW.  My version includes different dimensions, ebony pegs at the corner lap joints and bubinga for...

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Dressing Table

Dressing Table

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Dressing table in quilted and tiger stripe maple with bubinga and wenge drawers.  Built as a companion piece to the bath vanity (see my profile for that post) with the same proportions and...

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Modern Bath Vanity

Modern Bath Vanity

Maple with bubinga and wenge accents.  We were looking for a very modern look with a lot of primary colors and contrast to go with the black and white of the tiles and sinks.  The room...

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Bubinga Sideboard - Comtemporary Design

Bubinga Sideboard - Comtemporary Design

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This sideboard is my own design.  The design is contemporary with an oriental influence.  The sideboard is 38" tall, 60" wide and 18" deep.  I took construction inspiration and advice...

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Home is where the Hearth is

"Home is where the Hearth is"

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After receiving April’s copy of FWW I was greatly inspired by the “knickknacks” done by Hank Gilpin.  They were absolutely beautiful.  It was also then that I was made...

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Buddha Box

"Buddha" Box

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Since I am completely addicted to box making I always have a lot of small scraps laying around...actually I have a rolling bins worth!  I will take these scraps and make small boxes to study...

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Floating top coffee table

Floating top coffee table

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The challenge was to limit right angles as much as possible, and to give it a contrasting heavy/light feel.  Hard to see in the photos, but the sycamore legs have the nice fish scale...

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