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Sea Chest
December 17, 2009

Doug Mooberry's sea-themed chest of drawers has the overall proportions, cock-beaded drawers, and reeded quarter-columns of a classic Chippendale. But Mooberry “kicked it up a notch” with...
Replicating Drawers in a Highboy
November 8, 2009

I'm continually building drawers and never are two the same. In starting a new piece of furniture I will "rob" one of my drawer designs in a previous piece. But…
Dimensioning Multiple Views of a Component
November 2, 2009

Dave Richards and I have covered multiple ways of handling dimensioning in several previous blog entries. One difference is my low frequency use of layers while dimensioning, and Dave's more…
chippendale lowboy
October 1, 2009

This is a project that came from Frank Gottshalls: "Making Furniture Masterpieces". It took me 6 months to make and is made from rough sawn oak that I dried and planed.…
Challenging Features in Thomas Elfe Breakfast Table
September 21, 2009

In my last entry I showed the making of a rule joint using one of Thomas Elfe's famous breakfast tables. The table has so many more interesting features that I…
Chippendale Stool
September 18, 2009

This was my first attempt at a classic style project. I went a little overboard in getting the tenons of the feet to show a lot of tension when grasping…
Game Table
September 4, 2009

Chippendale game table inspired by the original in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Primary wood mahogany, secondary woods, maple and southern yellow pine
Oval Chippendale stool
September 2, 2009

My first attempt at making this stool from a FWW book in the 18th century style. It was a lot of fun and quite challenging with the carving. JB
Coffee pot
August 31, 2009

Turned and carved from figured maple. Form copied from 18th century silver piece.
Mahogany Spice Box with String and Berry Inlay
March 15, 2009

I wanted to do a project to practice hand-cut dovetails. When I saw Steve Latta's spicebox (FWW #196) it looked like an ideal project with more than 100 dovetails. I enhanced…

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