Projects

Drawings can only get you so far when you're designing a piece. Sometimes, when I'm stuck, I leave the drawing board and make full-size parts. Here's a sample joint I made before [...]

WOOD PIE SAFEEd KoenigCherry, walnut, osage orange, purpleheart, Brazilian satinwood, bloodwood, mahogany, lacewood, sassafras, basswood, zebrawood, boiled linseed oil, turpentine and beeswax. [...]

      I just finished the "Nordic-Style Bentwood Box' that was featured in your Dec-Feb 2009 magazine. I am 64 years old, and It was the best project I have ever [...]

DOGWOOD HUTCH*** PowellCorvallis, OR  Pacific dogwood (Cornus nutallii); locally harvested and air dried, beveled glass, shellac and wipe-on poly.  “The dogwood boards were [...]

MUSIC BENCHCurtiss C. Bohall11 7/8" T x 15"D x 22"LCherry, brass“My wife needed a bench for her new keyboard.  It had to have wheels with a top that was easily removed. [...]

“CHANGING” TABLE Cliff ReidLouisville, KYSolid walnut, poplar, shellac and gel varnish. “I made this chest for my daughter to celebrate the birth of her first child, Sam. [...]

CHARGER CABINETBill KurtzPine, tung oil “The cabinet houses power strips with surge protectors to charge all our hand held electronic gear.  The legs and base are joined with mortise [...]

LINGERIE CHESTMike Rosenberg,Tecumseh, MichiganRed oak, poplar, plain sliced red oak plywood, Polyshades Bombay Mahogany “The piece is one of a five-piece bedroom set I built for my wife. [...]

CURIO CABINETArt SudakPoplar, curly maple, 5/4 purple heart, 1/4" maple plywood, wipe on oil & urethane mix. “My curio cabinet was one of my first attempts at custom furniture. I [...]

    Have you ever slid a piece of 1/4-in. plywood into a 1/4-in. groove? It ain't pretty. It's a fact of life that plywood is undersized in thickness and this results in ugly [...]

BLANKET CHESTFabian LittleWalnut and oak (cut by a local sawyer), orange shellac, poly urethane and paste wax.“I built the blanket chest for my wife. I used frame and panel construction. I [...]

This newly redesigned router table is packing tons more storage space and sporting a totally overhauled chasis while retaining its cool running router carriage and dust collection system.