Projects

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.

SHAKER CABINET by George Bradley.Red oak solid and plywood with a lacquer finish.“I've always been fascinated with the Shaker and mission cabinet styles. The face frame and doors [...]

  Red oak solid and plywood, aniline dyes and polyurethane. Tim Raml Baltic, SD  “The doors for the entertainment center are mortise and tenoned with square pegs.  I [...]

  The Dust Deputy converts an ordinary shop vacuum into a hi-efficiency cyclone vacuum.  It separates 99+ % of all dust and material before the vacuum barrel solving filter clogs and [...]

Q. I’m building outdoor furniture from rough cedar. When I cut the wood, it’s soaking wet on the inside. Should I use polyurethane glue since it’s a moisture-cure glue? A. Not [...]