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tag: curly maple

My New Workbench

woodworkertim, member | May 1st, 20133 comments

My winter project, a new bench for my workshop. The base is built from red and white oak. The drawer fronts, leg vise and the deadman are made from Jatoba. The top is laminated from 8/4 poplar with...

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computer desk

retrvrtrainer, member | March 17th, 20132 comments

This desk is made from sycamore and curly maple. It is 36"x 21"x 30" tall. It has mortise and tenon joinery, and two sided tapers on the legs started about 1/3 of the way down from the top. I resawed...

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The Majestic

savage69, member | March 13th, 20131 comment

The box was a custom order by a client that wanted a box to contain all the aspects she liked of my other tables put into one box. half-lap, half-blind dovetails on the front and back, dovetails...

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Heart shaped Jewelry box

ShakerMills, member | January 23rd, 2013

This heart shaped jewelry box was created from curly maple. Coated with a brown water based stain to highlight the curl, then sanded with 220 and stained with minwax redoak stain. A few coats of tung...

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Granite Workbench

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 20122 comments

Woodworker: Thomas Borowicz A tool-and-die maker and industrial engineer, Borowicz is interested in precision, and his bench shows it. A granite plate (3-1/2-in. thick by 12-in. wide by 18-in. long...

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Bureau with Beaded Scalloped Aprons

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Peter ShepardWoodworker Peter Shephard built this bureau, a sibling to a number of other chests he's built, from a flitch of curly maple, lavishing time on the arrangement of the wood...

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Shoji Screen

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Ramon ValdezValdez designed this Shoji screen (1-3/4 in. deep by 65 in. wide by 73 in. tall) around a curly maple board he’d been hanging onto for years. To add interest to the maple...

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Shaker Desk of Vermont Cherry and Curly Maple

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Bruce EatonEaton spent nearly a decade working as an environmental engineer and became increasingly miserable “watching other people make stuff.” A local woodworking class led him to...

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Curly-Maple Chair

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Robert StecklerSteckler designed this chair, 22 in. deep by 24 in. wide by 46 in. tall, to be used at a desk. He chose curly maple for the framework and slats and maple burl for the seat...

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Jewelry Cabinet

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Brek JacobsonWhen commissioned to build a jewelry cabinet, Jacobson designed this veneered and solid-wood oval cabinet on a stand. He wanted a soft form to accentuate the feminine...

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18th Century Federal Card Table

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Ed StuckeyStuckey, a member of the Society of American Period Furniture Makers, built this Federal-style card table with inspiration from an article by Walter Raynes and Carl Clinton in...

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Tambour Table

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Todd PlummerThis coffee table features a canvas-backed tambour that slides around the circumference of the piece. Sliding the tambour reveals compartments at the ends of the table and a...

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An Elegant and Comfortable Curved-Back Chair

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Todd GravesIn designing this chair, Graves used bent laminations joined at compound angles in order to form a back that is comfortable, yet elegant. The contrast of woods...

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Curved Bench

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Gerald Curry In order to give himself the leeway to develop a sense of his own style, Curry has built almost exclusively on speculation since forswearing reproductions in 2000. This bench...

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Splayed Chest of Drawers

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Gerald Curry The splayed form of Curry's chest of drawers reflects his affection for Chinese case pieces with canted sides. But the chest itself, he says, "is constructed as a classic New...

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Askew Hanging Shelves

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Gerald Curry Curry's venture into asymmetry-impelled by a gallery requesting "avant garde" work for a show-is still rooted in traditional technique. The case is dovetailed at the corners...

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Demilune Tables

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Gerald Curry Some of Curry's contemporary designs are inspired by favorite period pieces-in this case, the classic late 18th, early 19th-century demi-lune table. Curry created a handsome...

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Concave Front Sideboard

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Gerald Curry When Curry began designing contemporary furniture, he didn't leave old processes behind. In all his pieces, he says, "the construction is 18th century-hand-cut dovetails...

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Segmented Game Table and Chairs

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Malcolm Tibbetts For this chess ensemble (chairs, table, and chess pieces), Tibbetts cut almost 4,000 pieces of wood (such as myrtlewood, ebony, and curly maple). Yet the project took...

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Lidded Box

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Anatole Burkin This small box took Burkin 30 hours to create, with a big chunk of the time spent tweaking the design, The box is made of sapele, curly maple, and spalted maple; the...

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