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tag: poplar

Crazy Horse Carving

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 20121 comment

Woodworker: Bill Churchill Churchill's inspiration for this carving came from an article about Crazy Horse, who had a vision of himself riding a fast horse and wearing a red-tailed hawk feather...

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Custom Desk: Arts and Crafts Meets Bhutanese Architecture

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Michael Lobby Arts and Crafts design and Bhutanese architecture fueled Lobby’s inspiration when he created this desk. He wanted the design to be uncomplicated yet highly functional as a...

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Cherry Shaker Cupboard

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Andrew Maisel This tall Shaker cupboard was inspired by a Shaker piece built in Massachusetts around 1840. Maisel made it entirely from solid wood, using cherry for the exterior and birch...

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John Townsend Reproduction Lowboy

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: William N. Moore Moore created this lowboy from the John Townsend original in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Because he is a hobbyist woodworker, he says he has the...

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Louis Irion Reproduction Secretary

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Chris Hedges This Philadelphia secretary swept the AWFS Fresh Wood student competition in July 2007, taking first place in the reproduction category, best in show, and the peoples...

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Playful Energy - Impala Sculpture

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Bill Churchill Churchill's sculpture won first place in the animal wood carving category at the 2007 Design in Wood competition organized by the San Diego Fine Woodworkers Association. A...

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Honduras Mahogany Sideboard

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Pat Megowan While building this sideboard during a 12-week intensive course at The Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Maine, Megowan grew so frustrated that he twice thought about...

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Mackintosh-inspired Desk

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Alan Dana Hall This Mackintosh-inspired Arts and Crafts desk is based on an original built in Scotland by Wylie & Lockhead (ca. 1900). The problem was getting a good-quality photograph of...

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Chest-on-chest

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Woodworker: Richard Gies Interested in furnishing their 1830 Quaker farmhouse with circa 1780-1850 pieces, Gies and his wife borrowed elements from three period pieces to design and build this...

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Shaker-style Tall Chest

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Based on the drawings of Thomas Moser, Dumke made this Shaker tall chest of cherry and poplar. it has a tung oil finish.

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Windsor Chair

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Reitenauer’s Windsor-style chair is made from poplar, maple and red oak. The chair is finished with milk pain and boiled linseed oil.

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Bombe-style Desk

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

McLean built this 18th-century reproduction from mahogany, poplar and brass. The desk has a linseed oil and french-polish finish.

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18th-Century-style Secretary

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

18-century reproduction maple, pine and poplar secretary. The piece is finished with a mixture of maple and red mahogany stain, nitrocellulose lacquer and lemon oil.

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Shelf Clock

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Shelf clock reproduction based on the works of David Wood. The clock is crafted from mahogany and also uses poplar, white pine and basswood. It is finished with dye-tinted Danish oil and shellac.

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Built-in Bookcase

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Plywood bookcase by Tony O’Malley

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Shaker-style Hutch

FWW_Gallery, member | October 24th, 2012

Shaker-inspired cherry hutch

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Night Stand Walnut and Poplar

howdy25, member | March 2nd, 20123 comments

This was my second project and my first attempt at Mortise and Tenon joinery. After a few hang ups were worked out it turned out fairly well. I used Walnut for the top and bottom shelf and Poplar for...

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gab furniture & woodworks shop

gabfurniture, member | December 9th, 20112 comments

this is my dream shop it is 24'x45' it is a project of mine that hopefully will soon come true! i've placed the machinery in order that will work for me. i design and build to others specs, i also...

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Robbie's Woodshop

Robbie2527, member | June 18th, 2011

I would start off by saying that this shop would be my dream work shop because I would use every tool listed on my plan to make varios projects.

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Thomas Jefferson Swivel Windsor Chair

PineHillPrimitives, member | May 18th, 20101 comment

Thomas Jefferson Swivel Windsor Chair. I made this pretty faithfully to the one Jefferson designed and used to write the first draft of the Declaration of Independence. I used plans made by Craig...

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