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Plain pine box out of 3/4" knotty pine, dovetail joinery, glued and screwed. No visible screws inside or out. Clear lacquer finish, steel wooled and waxed. Have designed two other…

The legs on this mahogany are turned 45 degrees, and are attached with a sliding dovetail.  The front and back are a single piece of wood cut and reassembled to…

The furniture of Jefferson's Monticello is the topic of this year's Working Wood in the 18th Century conference, co-sponsored by Fine Woodworking and Colonial Williamsburg. Jefferson himself (in the person…

This live edge ash coffee table is from a tree taken down some fifteen years ago when we built our house. We had several cherry and ash logs. I stickered,…

Had a great idea for Christmas... My girlfriend, her sister and her parents love tea, so I bought them all cast iron teapots. They showed up (beautiful) in UGLY, torn…

For quite a while now we have had a snaggle of cables lying on the kitchen counter for the purpose of charging phones, iPods, etc.  This was a sore point…

This bookcase cabinet was built by me as a Christmas present for my wife as storage for her collection of cookbooks.  The cabinet is built from highly figured walnut and…

This was featured in FW Issue 201, November/December 2008. It is made from cherry instead of the original mahogany. It was a challenge and learning experience.

My kids have lots of electronic devices that need charging. The transformers and cables are both unsightly and a pain to manage. I built these to help with both. The…

Learn to make a strong, attractive wall-hung cabinet like this one by Garrett Hack. The smart sliding-dovetail case construction creates a very sturdy cabinet and makes it easy to attach…