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Period Furniture, Old & New, Exhibition in Hartford, CT

Period Furniture, Old & New, Exhibition in Hartford, CT

The Connecticut Historical Society and the Society of American Period Furniture Makers have collaborated on a show presenting original pieces and modern reproductions along side each other.

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Czappas Studio

Czappa's Studio

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That's my shop

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I wish!

I wish!

Open floor plan with plenty of windows for natural light and open feel. Bathroom and drafting/sharpening/tool maintenance room. 16' garage door for easy access to shop, and easily accesable wood...

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Music Cabinet

Music Cabinet

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This commission was made to match a newer piano utilizing certain elements of an old piano that had been in the clients family for almost 100 years.    This cabinet is solid walnut...

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Carriere Custom Guitars

Carriere Custom Guitars

I built these three guitars from scratch. I have been playing guitar for 21 years so when I started building, I had a really good idea of what I wanted out of the guitars. I think that is the most...

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OM Acoustic Guitar

OM Acoustic Guitar

"OM size" acoustic guitar using East Indian Palisander Rosewood sides and back, Englemann Spruce top, Honduran Mahogany neck, and West African Ebony fingerboard, binding, peghead veneer and...

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Shanes Backyard Workshop

Shane's Backyard Workshop

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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another banjo ... #4

another banjo ... #4

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a post about building a half fretless open back banjo

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Half Size

Half Size

This Model hapens to be half the size of my existing shop. I currently have a 24 x 40 shop/garage, but no where near the tools that I have placed in my dreamshop on here. If I ONLY had the money...

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Baby planes

Baby planes

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A look at an instrument maker's standby, and some ideas for using them in furniture making

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Creative musings

Creative musings

While on tour, FW Associate Editor Vlad Smishkewych meets fellow woodworkers within the music scene, gets to see a few wonderful pieces, and ponders the meaning of life for woodworkers and musicians.

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A Mini Banjo

A Mini Banjo

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a post about the construction of a mini (8" pot) banjo

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Double Guitar Stand

Double Guitar Stand

This is a gift I made for a friend of mine who is a jazz/blues musician. Its a double guitar stand, with space for his collection of jazz and blues books and a small lidded box to store all the small...

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Butterfly Music Stand

Butterfly Music Stand

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Solid Southern Cherry stand with mortise and tenon base and sliding score holder in the shape of a Monarch Butterfly. No big deal, just fun and pretty : )

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Singa me a Songa

Singa me a Songa

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Charlestonian musician and drum maker Adam Crowell designs great-looking and great-sounding wooden tongue drums. Check out his videos here.

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The long, winding road to Fine Woodworking

The long, winding road to Fine Woodworking

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Fine Woodworking's newest associate editor talks about Spain, hurdy-gurdies, and his unlikely path to being a part of his favorite magazine.

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kerfed lining jig

kerfed lining jig

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This jig is used on the bandsaw to cut evenly spaced kerfed lining for guitars and mandolins.  After dimensioning the stock into 30-60-90 triangles it is inserted into the jig and the first cut...

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Violin

Violin

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Qu. When is a violin a piece of furniture? Ans. When you don't really know how to play, and have no real intention of learning. One day I might like to build this or something larger from scratch but...

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My projects

My projects

Guitars: Some are replicas and some are original designs. Cherry Cradle for my great niece.

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