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Pictures to Replicate a Piece of Furniture
November 19, 2013

Often woodworkers have a piece of furniture that they would like to replicate. A few photographs imported to SketchUp can enable this process, but it helps to know what pictures…
Futures in the Shop – Real and Imagined
November 2, 2013

The previous discussion on the shop drawing package sparked my thinking about what we might expect in the future. Today, I think we can agree that "paper" is most often…
Growth of the Shop Drawing Package
October 23, 2013

I'm surprised at my having such a large package of paper in the shop these days. It grows by the day, and now takes a big binder clip to keep all…
Sheraton Desk – Applying Veneer Textures
October 5, 2013

This is a desk I'm currently re-producing, based on a Sheraton piece at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I have not started the finishing on this project yet. I…
Making a Windsor Bowback Side Chair – Part 8
September 23, 2013

In the last session, I modified the bow by tapering the end and extending the tenon through to the bottom face of the seat. In the process of making the…
Making a Windsor Bowback Side Chair in SketchUp – Part 7
September 8, 2013

In the last session, I created the steam-bent bow, based on a shape developed by eye, since there was no drawing or information in the magazine article. There is more…
Making a Windsor Bowback Side Chair – Part 6
August 25, 2013

I've finished the seat and undercarriage, now the top part of the Windsor Chair is remaining work to do. That means steam bending a bow and turning some spindles. Unfortunately,…
A Sheraton Desk – Making the tapered and fluted legs
August 9, 2013

This is a shift from the series on making a Windsor Bowback Side Chair. I'm currently in the shop doing an 18th Century Sheraton Desk, and want to show how…
Making a Bowback Windsor Chair – Part 5
July 28, 2013

In the last episode, we completed the undercarriage of the chair with the legs and stretchers in place and connected to the seat. At this stage of design you could…
Making a Windsor Bowback Side Chair – Part 4
July 13, 2013

In the last session, I positioned the legs at their respective angles to the seat face. We used angles specified by the Fine Woodworking article and used the sight lines…

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