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Ball and claw variation

88rob88, member | May 12th, 20131 comment

An idea occurred to me while carving a spoon. Why not a variation of the ball and claw thing! The wood is Arbutus, a local hardwood notorious for drying unpredictably .

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Williamsburg Knife Box - Part 6

Killenwood, member | May 3rd, 2013

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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Knife Box - Williamsburg, Part 5

Killenwood, member | April 15th, 2013

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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Knife Box - Williamsburg, Part 4

Killenwood, member | March 31st, 2013

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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Civil War Officer's replica Folding chair

dzdoes, member | March 31st, 2013

I saw this period chair in Fine Wood working and had to build it. I enjoy period furniture for a variety of reasons. It's typically simple in design, functional and made of woods that back then were...

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Knife Box - Williamsburg, Part 3

Killenwood, member | March 17th, 2013

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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Knife Box - Williamsburg, Part 2

Killenwood, member | March 3rd, 20132 comments

My last blog entry set the stage for building this Knife Box, one that was presented at the January Williamsburg conference "Working Wood in the 18th Century". This video is second in the series...

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Pennsylvania Tall Case clock

GrenadaBarefoot, member | March 3rd, 2013

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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Knife Box - Williamsburg Conference

Killenwood, member | February 8th, 20131 comment

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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Grenada woodworking shop

GrenadaBarefoot, member | February 3rd, 2013

Here is a recent photo of my shop. I am currently working on a grandfather clock. www.grenadabarefootwoodworker.com

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Fireplace Mantel

PlaneAround, member | January 10th, 2013

This project involved the building of a fireplace mantel for our home. I used cherry lumber and plywood for the wood components and custom cut carerra marble for the firebox surround. After making...

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Six Board Blanket Chest

EdWiller, member | January 3rd, 20132 comments

This chest is 46"(w)x20"(d)x23"(h). The boards are from a local, field grown walnut tree that I harvested in Wake County, N.C. The bottom is lined with cedar.The bread boards on the top are joined by...

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Hand Carved Headboard by Alexander Grabovetskiy

grabovetskiy, member | December 14th, 20121 comment

All work is done by hand tools. Material is Black Walnut 4" thick 82" long and about 30" high. You can see a lot more on my website http://aalmarkllc.com

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Pennsylvania Hope Chest

rhlong, member | December 9th, 2012

Pennsylvania Hope Chest, built for my Grand daughter. It is made of solid walnut with two drawers and dove tail construction.

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Tea Light Holder and Carved Box

fishing46, member | November 15th, 20121 comment

My wife requested that I build her a set of tea lights for our dining room table. The problem was that we use extensions sometimes during the year to accommodate extra guests. So if I designed a long...

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ZEN SERVING TRAY AND STAND

skex, member | October 24th, 2012

A zen inspired serving tray stand made from bass wood and finished with spray laquer in red gloss and black satin .

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Cherry Pennsylvania Secretary

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Larry GreweNeighbors Grewe and Corson talked about making this Pennsylvania secretary together for about four years before Corson, 90, convinced Grewe, in his early 70s, to go for it...

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Hepplewhite Chest of Drawers

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Nathan SchoeningInspired by Carlyle Lynch’s article in FWW #48, Schoening built this Hepplewhite chest of drawers (22 in. deep by 33-1/4 in. wide by 36 in. tall), taking a few liberties...

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Cherry Chest of Drawers

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: George Stephens George Stephens says this simple chest of drawers elicits more compliments than any other piece he's made. He saw the original 1740 Charleston half chest at the Museum of...

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Mahogany Cradle

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Kevin W. Drummond Inspired by his grandfather, Chester Smith Sr., Kevin Drummond built this cradle for his daughter, Amelia, who was born in 2004. The stand was his very first turning...

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