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adjustable lounge chair
my design inspired by early style 2 x 8 plank furniture one inch by 2 1/2 dowel was used on all corners too prevent racking bolts were only used on the lower arms and foot legs
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Eva's Cradle
3 commentsCradle I built for my youngest daughter. I was lucky to find these beautiful wide silver maple boards to construct body of cradle. Base is cherry and pivot points are ebony.
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Cherry bookcase with "floating" top
This is my first woodworking project I designed myself. Its cherry for the main carcase, pine ship lapped back, and an oak top dyed black. This was my first venture into knife hinges, which went...
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Barn-Wood Dining Table
1 commentThis table is built out of 100% solid white oak reclaimed from an old mule barn on our farm. The barn is around 100 years old so it makes for some interesting wood, cool spalting in areas. The...
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Bindemiddel Filing Cabinet
Filing cabinet of curly Birch, Black Walnut and laminated Birch.Dovetailed case, wedged through-tenon and mortise, and open slot mortise base.French lacquer and Tung oil finish. Made with...
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Æteriske Box
Box of Philippino Toog with mobile compartment. Handcut dovetails and open slot mortise.Tung oil exterior finish, light lacquer inside. Inspired from a James Krenov piece. Made with...
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The Wrighteous sideboard
3-doored sideboard of solid black Walnut.Drawbore pinned tenon and mortise assembly. Open slot mortise door frames.Handles of black Walnut and African Blackwood.Tung oil, Carnauba and Beeswax...
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Double Entry Doors
Double Mahogany entry doors with veneer/foam core. Panel glued with polyurethane adhesive and floating tenons glued with Titebond III. First attempt at making curved moldings and fitting curved mitre...
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Walnut Coffee Table
2 commentsThis table was designed and built as part of my second semester at the Sheridan College (Oakville, ON, Canada) furniture design program. We were tasked to create a table with a drawer under 6 sq ft...
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3D joints for saloon table
I have not come across this type of 3-dimensional joint so far. It was inspired by the wooden puzzles. Stock is 1 x 1 inch wide. Very easy to make on the table saw, using a cross-cut sled. All the...
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Trestle Table - Breadboard Ends
Traditional trestle table construction with breadboard top. The endcaps have 5 tenons inside - the center tenon is pinned/glued/fixed; the other 4 are pinned thru slotted holes and not glued to allow...
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Reed Bench
4 commentsBuilt entirely from hard maple and walnut. Joinery is the key to overall aesthetic as well as the strength of bench. The marraige of contemporary design and traditional woodworking techniques is...
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White oak vessel
4 commentsMade from a chunk of bfall-off from a dining table, this oak vessel's surfaces have been finished off using chisels. I am not much of a carver but do enjoy it when I get a chance.
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Oak Trestle Table
Oak Trestle table 8' 6" long by 3'6' wide. Bread board ends. Bent lamination was used to make the arched trestle. Gives it a nice gothic look.
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Pint-sized arts and crafts cabinet
3 commentsHere's a great little project that packs in a big Arts and Crafts punch. It's a scaled-down version of an Arts and crafts display case that I had originally built for Fine Woodworking. It incorporates the same features as the original, but requires less lumber and effort to build.
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Furniture
Dutch Pie Table is an old idea for a piece of furniture to have multiple uses; a round, half round or quarter round table with the remainder sections as shelves. Use it as storage shelves , then at...
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Cherry Shaker Sofa Table
American Cherry sofa table in the Shaker style. Front edge has a slight radius (1" over length). Construction is mortise and haunched tenons. Finish is 2 coats BLO, 4 coats of garnet shellac (1 lb...
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ALPHA and OMEGA Maple slab coffee table
1 commentThis beautiful Curly Maple slab was given to me, the person that previously had it didn't know what to do with it due to the cracks that formed from a too hot dry kiln, to me it was an opertunity for...
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Pennsylvania Tall Case clock
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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