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Tweaking a shaker table

Tweaking a shaker table

kenstonge, member | February 7th, 20121 comment

Paduak pegs add a whimsical detail

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Pine Blanket Chest Completion

Pine Blanket Chest Completion

KellyJDunton, member | February 6th, 2012

Blanket chest gets feet and top

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McGregors Box

McGregor's Box

vejdiavsar, member | February 4th, 2012

Traditionally called Lady's Workbox. The piece was designed for modern use. It has two compartments for keys, watches, wallets and purses. Made out of Mahagony, Birds Eye Maple, Curly Maple, and...

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Hand cut Dovetail Tool Box

Hand cut Dovetail Tool Box

Tendonitise, member | February 4th, 20122 comments

this was all hand cut and chopped dovetails, finished with Old Masters shellac/ oil mix.

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Cone leg Highboy

Cone leg Highboy

billbarrand, member | February 3rd, 20121 comment

This dresser is made of solid Paduke and figured Maple and maple veneer. The drawers are solid Maple with hand cut dovetails. The legs are stave construction and turned on the lathe. This also was...

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Designing around the lumber you have

Designing around the lumber you have

MKenney, member | January 31st, 20123 comments

I recently made a small wall shelf with drawers from some air-dried lumber I picked up from friends. Having a limited quantity forced me to design the materials at hand rather than designing the piece and looking for lumber afterward.

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Williamsburg Day 3: Fitting moldings, drawers, and inlay

Williamsburg Day 3: Fitting moldings, drawers, and inlay

AsaC, member | January 28th, 20122 comments

Another great day at Williamsburg's "Working Wood in the 18th Century" conference, filled with entertaining woodworking demos and tons of tips and inspiration to carry home.

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Dream Workbench

Dream Workbench

JonJLLJC, member | January 26th, 201227 comments

My ultimate workbench-- finally finished! The bench has a tail vise, a 24" face vise, and a patternmaker's vise. Overall size is 36" x 84". The top is 4" thick laminated hard maple with a 5" bubinga...

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Hall Table

Hall Table

roneil, member | January 23rd, 20124 comments

Entrance way hall table with curved front.  Veneered top has book matched sectors of quilted sapele and paduck sector pattern bounded by bent laminate edging. Aprons are bent laminate with a...

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Shaker-style end table

Shaker-style end table

jlecomte, member | January 23rd, 20122 comments

This Shaker-style end table (see Christian Becksvoort's article in Fine Woodworking #210) is the first piece of furniture I completed. It is made of cherry (curly cherry for the top) and poplar...

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Building a Cherry TV Cabinet with Hand Tools - Part II

Building a Cherry TV Cabinet with Hand Tools - Part II

Jay_Speetjens, member | January 20th, 201211 comments

This post covers in detail how I created the half blind dovetails that join the cabinet sides to the top. Below are ample photos and discussion of the process from laying out to sawing, chiseling and final fitting of the joints.

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Executive Desk

Executive Desk

vejdiavsar, member | January 19th, 20125 comments

This Executive desk has been comissioned for a private collection. After I finished designing I mentioned to my client about Cuban Mahagony (Swietenia Mahagoni). After his approval I searched for...

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cherry half sideboard

cherry half sideboard

MKetelsen, member | January 15th, 20122 comments

Cherry half-sideboard. Quarter sawn sycamore is used as secondary wood for drawers. The pulls were carved from cherry crotch yielding the darker tone without using dye or stain. The crown molding...

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Colonial style kitchen

Colonial style kitchen

byrd1, member | January 8th, 20124 comments

Colonial inspired kitchen. Made of cherry with curly cherry drawer fronts. It has inset doors and drwers with mortise an tenon beaded face frames. It has a hand rubbed oil/varnish blend finish with a...

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Pine blanket chest part 2

Pine blanket chest part 2

KellyJDunton, member | January 4th, 2012

Dovetails bring the case together

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Fixing my miscut, dovetailed rail

Fixing my miscut, dovetailed rail

kenstonge, member | January 3rd, 20127 comments

Working through a mistake while building the Shaker side table from FWW 210.

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Skeletons in your cupboard

Skeletons in your cupboard

chopcatuk, member | January 2nd, 20121 comment

Jewelry cabinet with watch winders.This walnut and spalted beech cabinet sits on an oak stand with cocobolo highlights.The drawer fronts (ribs) are sculpted in spalted beech with hard maple...

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Occasional Table

Occasional Table

markbs, member | December 19th, 2011

This occasional table was designed and constructed for the 12th annual Texas Furniture Makers Show. Paduak (veneer), Figured Soft Maple, Curly Hard Maple and Jatoba are the woods used in the...

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Chris Becksvoort and David Yepez: Mano a Mano

Chris Becksvoort and David Yepez: Mano a Mano

epirnik, member | December 14th, 201117 comments

It takes a tough man to challenge Fine Woodworking contributing editor Chris Becksvoort to a dovetail face-off. Find out if David Yepez "has the gumption!"

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gab furniture & woodworks shop

gab furniture & woodworks shop

gabfurniture, member | December 9th, 20112 comments

this is my dream shop it is 24'x45' it is a project of mine that hopefully will soon come true! i've placed the machinery in order that will work for me. i design and build to others specs, i also...

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