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Handskeboks Box

Handskeboks Box

Glove box of Maple and Morado.Handcut dovetails.Workshop-cut Morado veneer.French lacquered top.Mobile compartments.Carnauba and Beeswax finish. Made with handtools. Dimensions : 6.5" x 14" x...

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Bindemiddel Filing Cabinet

Bindemiddel Filing Cabinet

Filing cabinet of curly Birch, Black Walnut and laminated Birch.Dovetailed case, wedged through-tenon and mortise, and open slot mortise base.French lacquer and Tung oil finish. Made with...

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Æteriske Box

Æteriske Box

Box of Philippino Toog with mobile compartment. Handcut dovetails and open slot mortise.Tung oil exterior finish, light lacquer inside. Inspired from a James Krenov piece. Made with...

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Williamsburg Knife Box - Part 6

Williamsburg Knife Box - Part 6

We're getting close to the end of this series - one more to do after this one, covering the base molding. In this penultimate part, we will add the Handle to the existing assembly of the Knife Box...

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Cabinet inspired by Garrett Hack

Cabinet inspired by Garrett Hack

I first came across Garrett Hack's work when I joined finewoodworking.com a couple of years ago. His small hand plane tool cabinet was something I had always wanted to build. So when my beautiful...

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Knife Box - Williamsburg, Part 5

Knife Box - Williamsburg, Part 5

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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Gun cabinet

Gun cabinet

Ash gun cabinet solid wood no plywood used to construct this. This handcrafted gun cabinet hold six rifles or shotguns, it displays them with a LED light with dimer and inside of display has trim on...

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Knife Box - Williamsburg, Part 4

Knife Box - Williamsburg, Part 4

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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Pint-sized arts and crafts cabinet

Pint-sized arts and crafts cabinet

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Here's a great little project that packs in a big Arts and Crafts punch. It's a scaled-down version of an Arts and crafts display case that I had originally built for Fine Woodworking. It incorporates the same features as the original, but requires less lumber and effort to build.

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Low sofa table

Low sofa table

A low sofa table commisioned to fit in an existing space.  Designed to harmonize witht eh existing furniture, design sensibilities and color pallatte.  In figure hard maple and walnut...

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Knife Box - Williamsburg, Part 3

Knife Box - Williamsburg, Part 3

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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Pennsylvania Tall Case clock

Pennsylvania Tall Case clock

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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Reed Tansu

Reed Tansu

Commissioned in 2012 by client for private residence in Maryland. Although initial inspiration came from more traditional Tansu cabinets, some would say I have used the term incorrectly, I retained...

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9 drawer Figured Cherry/Hard Maple Dresser

9 drawer Figured Cherry/Hard Maple Dresser

Took me a while to complete…in between other jobs… from milling the lumber to the final coat of wax, it was a very satisfying project. Solid wood throughout, except side panels (1/4" Maple Ply...

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Knife Box - Williamsburg Conference

Knife Box - Williamsburg Conference

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Here's a worthy challenge for woodworkers using SketchUp. Modeling this Williamsburg Knife Box requires execution of most key SketchUp Tools and features. The Box's compound angles, bold scroll...

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Guest apartment

Guest apartment

We recently completed the addition of a small guest apartment and now I have been working on finishing it. We built custom mahogany cabinets for the kitchen and I have been busy making the furniture...

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What hand tools cant you live without?

What hand tools can't you live without?

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While building a travel tool chest I had to make a hard desicion about which hand tools would make the cut. I'll tell you what I settled on, but I want to know which tools would end up in your tool chest.

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Simple dovetailed box

Simple dovetailed box

Simple dovetailed box - cherry and fiddleback maple.

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Its impossible to cheat at woodworking

It's impossible to cheat at woodworking

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If anyone ever tells you that some woodworking technique (probably one for joints) is cheating, ignore that person. It's ridiculous. There is no cheating in woodworking.

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Scotch cabinet

Scotch cabinet

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Fine scotch whiskey simply doesn't deserve to be crammed in a liquor cabinet along with all the others. I wanted a home for my favourites. Built of Mahogany and Red Oak, it features a "floating"...

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