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Reed Tansu
Commissioned in 2012 by client for private residence in Maryland. Although initial inspiration came from more traditional Tansu cabinets, some would say I have used the term incorrectly, I retained...
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Guest apartment
We recently completed the addition of a small guest apartment and now I have been working on finishing it. We built custom mahogany cabinets for the kitchen and I have been busy making the furniture...
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Essential Workbench
2 commentsThis project was completed using Lon Schleining's plan from Fine Woodworking Magazine. The bench is constructed from hard maple. I finished the top with danish oil, the base is finished with an oil...
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Arts and Craft Dining Chairs
3 commentsThese are the first of 12 chairs that I am making for my two son's and their families (6 chairs each). The first set is made from Red Oak, the second set will be made from White oak. The chairs were...
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Floating Top Coffee Table - Australian Jarrah (hallway table adaption)
1 commentA coffee table that was adapted from the Dec 2012 edition article "Float the Top". Constructed from Australian Jarrah (which is like trying to work reinforced concrete!), and was finished with 3...
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Walnut and Cerajiera Crotch Dining Room Set
2 commentsThis 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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Mission Style Walnut Bed
Mission Style Bed Used Matt Berger's main idea and drawings as a guide. Project flow was real nice. Everything came together well. Unfortunately, all the lumber we had for this project was 84...
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New Workbench
New Bench: Top is reclaimed African Mahogany countertop. Base is from some Old Growth Dougals Fir that had been cut and stored in an attic over 40 years ago. Drawbore Mortise and Tenon constructionI...
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Lamp Table, Greene and Greene Style
2 commentsLamp Table, Greene & Greene Style The cherry lamp table is 22 inch L by 20 W by 22 H and has a 16 inch square frame base. It sits nicely between two arm chairs in a music listening and reading area...
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Baby Cradle
1 commentCrafted of solid Ash, finished with a cinnamon stain and topcoated with lacquer. Details include pegged mortise and tennon construction at the leg to foot joint. The pegs are pillowed and made...
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Walnut Table
1 commentSolid walnut table with maple bow tie. I made this table with all hand cut tenon and lots of chisel work for the mortise. I had never done tenon and mortis and my chisels were whack. In the process...
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Charles Rohlfs Chair
This is my interpretation of Charles Rohlfs chair. I was inspired to make this after seeing a copy by another woodworker and then reading the story about the valuation of this chair. I secretly hope...
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Side Table
My father-in-law had made a table similar to this for my wife when she was younger, and had been using that table in his television room for remotes and such. One day my wife decided she wanted that...
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Writing desk
Writing desk for my daughter, Materials: Cherry, quilted maple and tiger striped mahogany inlay, holly and ebony banding and cuffs. Finish: Amber shellac, non-wax shellac sealer/ wipe on varnish
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Re-Created Gustav Stickley Strap Hinge Writing Desk
3 commentsModeled after a Gustav Stickley writing desk (ca. 1900). Quarter sawn white oak with mission brown trans fast dye and Tried and True varnish oil. The desk is 12 1/4" deep by 26 1/2" wide by 54 14"...
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Quilted maple Arts and Crafts Sideboard
2 commentsArts and Crafts quilted maple sideboard. The drawers are solid tiger maple and dovetail and the back is 3/4" tiger maple shiplap.
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Pennsylvania Spice Box
2 commentsI made this Pennsylvania spice box from plans published in FW #196 by Steve Latta. I modified the feet (I did not like the original flat bracket feet and thus made ogee bracket feet) and the...
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