Black Walnut

Jewelry Box Made From Love
April 18, 2023

Jim made this jewelry box for his wife as a Valentine’s Day gift. All the joints are hand cut and the lid was bent by making fine kerf cuts. Inside…
Venetian Console-inspired Table
December 7, 2022

Inspired by an 18th-century Venetian console, this table was a study in curves and bent laminations. The jigs were designed in Rhino 3D. The edging, apron, and legs are all…
Spalted Maple and Walnut Table
December 7, 2022

Challenged to design and craft a table with legs and aprons splayed using compound angles, Rex simplified things by using a no-math tablesaw setup block, as described by Steve Brown…
Table Inspired by Sawyer’s Barn
April 5, 2022

The inspiration hit Phillip while walking through his sawyer’s barn. He saw a badly checked, but beautiful, piece of American cherry and knew he could find the right design for…
Black Walnut and Burl Chest of Drawers
May 29, 2020

A client with a collection of more than 250 traditional crooked knives asked for a chest of drawers to hold some of them. After making this black walnut/burl cabinet and…
Gentleman’s Writing Desk
May 29, 2020

This gentleman’s writing desk was designed for a client’s loft living space in a former industrial warehouse. Stanton chose the kidney-bean shape because he wanted to avoid right angles in…
280- Walnut Rocking Chair
November 21, 2019

Houston credits his mentors, James Cooper and Chester Cornett, with inspiring all his chairs. “In 1974, James forced me to make a dinner chair with an axe. Shortly after that,…
280- Desk with Chatoyance
November 21, 2019

A longtime fascination with chatoyance, that beautiful illumination of light shining on wood that you have to move back and forth to see, led Tierney to design this desk. “I…
W275- Sapele, Black Walnut, and Ebony Game Table
March 22, 2019

The clients who commissioned this table wanted a game table with multiple playing surfaces. There are two inserts that fit inside the frame: one has a chessboard with a backgammon…
W275 – The Ripple Box
March 22, 2019

The contour carving on Kennedy’s Ripple Box represents the concentric circles that emanate out when a pebble is dropped into still water. Each ring is 10% bigger than the one…

Page 1 of 4

UNLIMITED membership - Get access to it all

Start Free Trial Upgrade Membership

We hope you’ve enjoyed your free articles. To keep reading, become a member today.

Get complete site access to video workshops, digital plans library, online archive, and more, plus the print magazine.

Black Walnut

Get the latest from Fine Woodworking Magazine

#315-JAN/FEB 2025

#314-Tools & Shops 2025

#313-NOV/DEC 2024

#312-SEPT/OCT 2024

#311-JULY/AUG 2024

We hope you’ve enjoyed your free articles. To keep reading, become a member today.