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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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Night Stand Walnut and Poplar
3 commentsThis 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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Girls toy chest
Made for a friend. All of the 16 mortise and tenon joints were cut by hand and the chest boards were jointed with a very old plane. Corners were mitered and reinforced with maple keys...
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gab furniture & woodworks shop
2 commentsthis 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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Side Table
This was loosely based on an old side table that I use as my computer desk. This project really helped me develop my skills. It required hand-cut dovetails, more intricate mortise and...
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Robbie's Woodshop
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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Bonnet Top Highboys
4 commentsSeveral of you members wanted to see a better view of these 2 highboys I finished for my wife this past April. Making them at the same time was a big time savings. All together, they took about...
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papa's shop
My shop is on the main floor of a dedicated building. I have a full metal shop on the lower floor where my dust collector and compressor live. I like to have multiple...
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Twin Bonnet Tops
7 commentsAs a woodworking hobbyist in my spare time, I had always wanted to make the highboys in FWW issue #117 from 1996. With the work and detail involved, I figured it would be just as frustrating if...
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Shaker style coffee and end tables
2 commentsSimple design made of cherry. The tops are bookmatched, legs are tapered on all four sides, bottom shelves have breadboard ends that are mortised into the legs and hand cut dovetails on the drawers.
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Shaker coffee table
Shakers didn't have coffee tables. Probably didn't have coffee, either. But if they had I'm guessing this is what their coffee tables might have looked like. Built for the gallery show posted...
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Cherry linen press/ Entertainment center
1 commentCherry linen press. Frame and panel construction with mortise and tenon joinery. It has graduated drawers with hand cut dovetails front and back. Turned feet and all mortise and tenons are pegged...
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Thomas Jefferson Swivel Windsor Chair
1 commentThomas 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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Butterfly Tavern Table
Light Figure Tiger Maple Butterfly Tavern Table. Stained with aniline Dye, Shellac, and top coat of wax.
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Windsor Low Back Writing Arm
2 commentsThis is a Windsor Low Back Writing Arm. I made it by splitting green Maple for the legs strechers and arm stumps. Red Oak was spit from the log to make the back spindles, and kiln dried poplar was...
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Massachusetts Flat Top Highboy
13 commentsI made this Tiger Maple Highboy after seeing one made from about 1750. This version has over 195 handcut dovetails, all solid wood drawer sides and bottoms, and 2 hidden drawers. The crown molding I...
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Colonial Tool Cupboard
1 commentI felt in need of some practice to "tune-up" my hand tool skills. My planes were living in an old dresser - a constant pest to have to get in and out the old worn drawers and their protective...
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