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School project

shoppro, member | May 18th, 20131 comment

This is a school project we had to design and build a chair. It is built from bleached red oak and finished in tung oil

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This chair started life as a mock up for a different design that features enameled wooden slats for the seat and back. I also had a bag of of factory second fishing stringers that a friend had given...

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Walnut and Cerajiera Crotch Dining Room Set

jtobs, member | December 10th, 20122 comments

This is the dining room set that I made over the last year. It is made of walnut with a Cerajiera crotch veneered sunburst pattern. It took roughly 60 hours to complete. Even though there are 4...

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Sculpted Cherry Bar Stools

Canadian_Woodworks, member | July 31st, 20123 comments

A beautiful yet comfortable bar stool designed and built to last generations. With its hand sculpted seat and great lumbar support you'll never want to get up. Shown in Canadian Cherry approximately...

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Jafu Chair

Dimisco, member | June 15th, 20122 comments

It is a chair made in Aniegre wood and finished with oil. No screws or metallic parts, just wedged tennons. A design created from the idea of put together a simple but interesting shape and...

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FWW Live: Meet Michael Fortune, Renaissance Man

AsaC, member | March 23rd, 20121 comment

At Fine Woodworking Live, this summer in New Paltz, NY, you'll get to learn from and swap stories with many of our star authors, none brighter than Michael Fortune, of Toronto, Canada.

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Girls toy chest

james3one, member | February 27th, 2012

Made for a friend. All of the 16 mortise and tenon joints were cut by hand and the chest boards were jointed with a very old plane. Corners were mitered and reinforced with maple keys...

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Floating Chair

Bluecab, member | November 24th, 20112 comments

A recently completed design exploration. Maple bent laminations with walnut accents and held together with 1/2" birch dowels and marine plastic resin. Thanks' for looking!

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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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Contemporary Walnut Chair

Rich67, member | September 6th, 20112 comments

This is my first attempt at building a chair. I must admit it was quite tricky and I took quite a while thinking about the initial shape which changed a few times during its design. I probably over...

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Shane's Backyard Workshop

shanekelvey, member | July 14th, 2011

This blueprint consists of a overall close to perfect workshop. As you can see I laid out all of my machines and materials in a orderly fashion in a letter C shape. Starting at the bottom you pick...

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Throne

YOUNGNICK, member | June 24th, 20111 comment

This Throne is brought to you by the letter "h". Its a little known fact that I am old alumni of The Sesame Street School of Design, and its courtesy of them that I designed this chair and bring it...

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4 place dining table and chairs and matching sideboard

YOUNGNICK, member | April 20th, 2011

Here's a lovely job I won. The man had been looking at thousands of sideboards until he decided he liked mine. He also needed a dining table and chairs to go with it, but didn't know what he wanted...

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The amazing Hollow Chair

AsaC, member | April 18th, 20111 comment

The Hollow Chair is another piece of genius from one of my favorite furnituremakers

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6 place dining suite

YOUNGNICK, member | April 6th, 20118 comments

They say that you can make anything you design - you can't design outside your own making skills. Thats all very well but this really made me scratch my head a while trying to work out how on earth I...

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Dining room table and chairs.

littledempsey, member | March 18th, 2011

Cherry dining table with Padauk accents, this table has two leafs. Chairs were commissioned after the table was built. I sprayed the top with finish and it looked great, but I thought it would look...

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Rietveld meets Nakashima chair

TheStebb2, member | February 21st, 20111 comment

Made out of one board of ambrosia maple, this chair was inspired by Garrit Rietveld and George Nakashima. The zig zag design originated in the 1930's, but still looks fresh today. The butterflies are...

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Three Leg Chair

woodbridge, member | January 22nd, 20113 comments

This chair was a bit of an experiment and an opportunity to practice bent laminations and making a carved seat. It is made from re-used mahogany baseboard, door casing and door...

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Rohlfs Inspired Desk Chair 1

woodbridge, member | January 22nd, 20111 comment

This chair is based on a Charles Rohlfs desk chair design, much simplified. The chair is made from re-used 3" mahogany baseboard and 2 "door casing, which was planed down to 1/4 thickness and...

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