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Question for the garage door build
November 22, 2024

Hi, This is my first post here so I apologize in advance if I break some forum rules by posting this here. i'm rather beginner woodworker when it comes to fine woodworking …
Questions for chairmakers
November 18, 2024

Hello all,In the attached image, what are these wooden straps connecting the legs to the seat called? I'd like to add this technique to my arsenal but I'm having trouble…
Lock Miter (Mitre) Joints
October 26, 2024

I am planning a matched pair of solid panel alder music & tv cabinets, of different heights but each 98cm wide and 50cm deep, and want to make each with…
walnut table top glue up crack
October 24, 2024

I recently attempted to glue-up walnut slabs (boards) to make a table top. Festool dominos were used to join the 2" thick boards. The glue up resulted in small (<1/64")…
Build a Classic Cherry Bookcase Aug 07, 2012
October 24, 2024

In this project, Mr Miller uses a routered tapered sliding dovetail to join the bottom shelf to the case side. This is my first time doing this. Am I correct…
Joinery that allows slab console table to be disassembled?
October 10, 2024

Please see attached photo.The slab top is 1 1/2 " thick red oak. The base and supports are mesquite I salvaged from a tree in my yard. After epoxy fill…
Compound miter settings for Bow Arm Morris chair
October 6, 2024

I am almost finished building the bow arm Morris chair from the American Furniture Design plans and Gregory Paolini's tutorial. All is going according to plan but I am now…
Wharton Esherick Music stand
September 16, 2024

This is a tricky joinery dilemma.I am planning to make the Wharton Esherick Music stand from 1951.As can be seen in the attached images the legs seem to continue up…
Misplaced Mortise Fix?
September 11, 2024

Ouch, I cut a mortise on the wrong side of a leg to a garden bench. The mortise is .75 wide, 1.5 deep, 3" long in a 2.5" square leg…
Making a cutting board thicker
September 11, 2024

I was working on a project and cutting down some 8/4 hard maple and noticed some very interesting pattern in the end grain. I cut it into some book matched…

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