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tag: maple

Cabinet inspired by Garrett Hack

cbrock85, member | May 3rd, 2013

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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Shaker Table

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: David TuttleA big fan of Shaker furniture and of Garrett Hack, Tuttle based the design of this table on a Hack table featured in FWW #104 (“Building a Strong, Light Carcase”). Instead...

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Backgammon Board

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Eric McRory McRory built this backgammon board to play the game with his “little brother” in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. It was inspired by a design he saw in Fine...

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Skeleton Clock of Maple, Ebony, Poplar, and Holly

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Charles MaxwellOn Charles Maxwell’s Cape Cod honeymoon 27 years ago, he and his wife saw a skeleton clock, and he vowed to make her one. In 2007 after retiring from the U.S. Navy...

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Gragg-style Chair

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Tony HaydenHayden worked for years as a building contractor before going to NBSS in 1990. He’s been running a custom woodworking business since returning to his native California...

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Pennsylvania Spice Box

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: James PlatteterThree factors motivated Platteter to build this Pennsylvania spice box: the beauty of the original in The Pennsylvania Spice Box by Lee Ellen Griffith (Chester County...

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Butterfly Vanity

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Adrian FerrazzuttiAfter working in the student bench room for nearly 18 years, Krenov decided to move into a small back room at the school. Offering his bench to Ferrazzutti, he said...

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Maple, Ebony, Bloodwood, and Cherry Segmented Vessel

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Ken Cowell This segmented vessel is the largest piece Cowell has done. The 14-in.-dia. piece stands 17 in. tall, but more impressive than its size is the amount of pieces it took to make...

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Greene and Greene Sideboard

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: John Olenik Heavily influenced by the furniture of Greene and Greene, Olenik designed and built this sideboard (24 in. deep by 60 in. wide by 39 in. tall) as a gift for his daughter. The...

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Linda Table

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Danny Kamerath Kamerath designed this table (10-½ in. deep by 13 in. wide by 35 in. tall) around a small piece of figured satinwood that he used for the top, and two small boards of...

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Walnut Writing Desk

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Frank Strazza Influenced by Federal-style furniture, Strazza designed this solid figured walnut writing desk for the Texas Furniture Makers Show. The secondary woods are maple, holly, and...

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Maple Chest of Drawers

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Robbi StaplesStaples stumbled upon this drawer configuration and its flowing knob alignment while experimenting with a basic drafting program. The bird's-eye maple and ebony sideboard...

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Boulle Marquetry Cabinet

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: John Kettman For this sideboard Kettman used the Boulle technique of cutting marquetry, which creates two sets of veneers at once, a positive and a negative. The result is two pieces of...

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Ministein Piano,

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Phillip Robert Cadman Cadman’s passion is making 1/12-scale exact furniture replicas, and he never makes the same piece twice. The keys and foot pedals of his grand piano...

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Small Bouzouki

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Christ Kacoyannakis An amateur luthier, Kacoyannakis made this small version of a bouzouki (a traditional Greek instrument) for his 5-year-old daughter. The woods are cocobolo, curly...

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Biedermeier-Style Cabinet

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Joel Shepard Shepard built this Biedermeier-style cabinet for best-selling thriller novelist John Saul. The traditional cabinet doubles as a modern computer desk with eight hidden...

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Fan-Inspired Music Stand

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Michael C. Fortune This design in Macassar ebony and curly maple was inspired by an antique Japanese folding fan. Fortune taper-laminated the legs and vacuum-formed the top. The legs are...

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Kimono Hall Table

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Michael C. Fortune An antique kimono inspired this design in Macassar ebony and curly maple. After assembly, the top was compound cut on the tablesaw, with a blade tilt of 2° and a...

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Sheraton-Style Secretary

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Richard Oedel This Sheraton-style secretary was crafted by North Bennet Street alumnus Richard Oedel and displayed in an exhibit at the Boston Athenaeum. It features curved glass...

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Freestanding Tool Cabinet

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Andy Rae Gracing the cover of Jim Tolpin's The Toolbox Book (1995, Taunton Press), Rae's freestanding tool cabinet has served him in the shop for more than 20 years, doling out handsaws...

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