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Water side table

AaronDye, member | April 12th, 2013

This table is about 14"x24"x30", Mahogany, sumi ink, acrylic paint,shellac, oil and wax. The stem is stack lam. It is all hand carved with gouges etc. Inspired by art nouveau. The gingko leaves are...

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Ginkgo Chairs, Kotatsu Table, and Shodo Shelf

AaronDye, member | April 12th, 20131 comment

These pieces were created mainly with hand tools. The finish includes sumi ink, oil pastel (red portions), gold leaf, and amber shellac. The inspiration comes from Japanese cultural concepts such as...

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Pennsylvania Tall Case clock

GrenadaBarefoot, member | March 3rd, 2013

As many of you know the idea of building a period piece is sort of the true test of your skills. I have built many Mission and Art/Craft and contemporary pieces but building this tall case clock has...

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My first CNC Machine

whampoo, member | March 17th, 2012

This was my first design for a home built CNC router. The project took about 4 months to complete and a little longer to create my first project which was a simple address plaque. There were small...

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Newport Chippendale Corner Chairs

MWolfe, member | March 2nd, 2012

These two Newport Chippendale Corner chairs or "roundabout chairs" are based on a few different examples of chairs made by John Goddard in the later half of the 18th century. Made of solid mahogany...

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My students works

YOUNGNICK, member | February 16th, 20123 comments

Hello everyone; I've been absent from these pages for a while as I've been shepherding my students here and I feel like a proud father. I'm showing off a selection of their work all designed and...

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Madrone Dining Sideboard

Joe Scannell, member | October 19th, 20111 comment

Madrone sideboard, designed using cardboard mockups and SketchUp. Built from a madrone tree I cut & dried 25+ years ago. Side panels are figured maple; antique glass doors. Interior is birch...

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A tale of two chairs

YOUNGNICK, member | September 12th, 20111 comment

This is a story of how one design leads to another, and then another. It started with a cylinder cut in half and with the addition of a seat and the back, I sprayed it black to make sure I liked it...

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Greg Stewart's unorthodox Scottish shop.

Gregs83, member | July 20th, 2011

A very unorthodox setup for a shop none the less apart from hand tools its kind of workable in a h&s contravening haphazard way!A place to escape and create.

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Bonnet Top Highboys

rogerlandry, member | June 10th, 20114 comments

Several of you members wanted to see a better view of these 2 highboys I finished for my wife this past April. Making them at the same time was a big time savings. All together, they took about...

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Twin Bonnet Tops

rogerlandry, member | April 15th, 20117 comments

As a woodworking hobbyist in my spare time, I had always wanted to make the highboys in FWW issue #117 from 1996. With the work and detail involved, I figured it would be just as frustrating if...

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Headboard 18th century French pattern

kennethstover, member | March 7th, 20113 comments

The design is from a table by Jean-Henri Riesener and is located in the Petit Trianon at Versailles. The pattern was redrawn several times to obtain the dimensions of a queen-sized headboard...

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Tilt Top Occasional Table

snyderwood, member | June 4th, 2010

My tilt top occasional table was made primarily of babinga. The top is made of more than 50 pieces of hand cut babinga and bird eye maple veneers. The 8 pieces of the rim are joined with sliding dove...

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Thomas Jefferson Swivel Windsor Chair

PineHillPrimitives, member | May 18th, 20101 comment

Thomas Jefferson Swivel Windsor Chair. I made this pretty faithfully to the one Jefferson designed and used to write the first draft of the Declaration of Independence. I used plans made by Craig...

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Armoire

Scott_Reitman, member | May 13th, 20102 comments

This is an armoire made in 2002 when Eddie Cannono worked for me. The front door panels were from a single board that was split and bookmatched. Shellac finish. Imported hardware. To view larger...

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Butterfly Tavern Table

PineHillPrimitives, member | May 7th, 2010

Light Figure Tiger Maple Butterfly Tavern Table. Stained with aniline Dye, Shellac, and top coat of wax.

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Hall Table

markcpreston, member | February 9th, 2010

This mahogany hall table was designed to be as eyecatching as I could manage. The columns are reeded as is all of the decorative trim. The legs are hand carved. The finish is a water based dye, a...

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Queen Anne/William and Mary highboy

ChicagoMark, member | July 23rd, 2009

A combination of elements from 2 pieces that I saw in some books that I really liked: one a William and Mary highboy, and another, a Queen Anne highboy. Built from solid Pine, Poplar, and Birch...

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Paint Shelves

slashdev, member | May 18th, 20094 comments

The house next door was being demolished, and I salvaged the subfloor to make this shelving unit for storing paint in our basement. Because these boards had also been used for the foundations...

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