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DISPLAY CABINETRon Spears60”T x 24”W x 12”DWalnut, ash, boiled lindseed oil. “All the solid wood comes form a local mill. I cut the wood into strips with beveled edges then...

TORPEDO LEVELS John Pickrell Boise, Idaho One level is made with zebrawood and bloodwood, the other from bloodwood and fir.

SHAKER BOXESJohn PickrellBoise, Idaho Cherry sides and bottoms with lacewood tops.

ROCKING HORSE Bill BrunLongwood, Fl  Materials: Red oak; wool yarn for the mane and tail; soft leather for the ears.Finish: Miniwax Red Oak oil based stain; four coats of Minwax [...]

Drawings can only get you so far when you're designing a piece. Sometimes, when I'm stuck, I leave the drawing board and make full-size parts. Here's a sample joint I...

WOOD PIE SAFEEd KoenigCherry, walnut, osage orange, purpleheart, Brazilian satinwood, bloodwood, mahogany, lacewood, sassafras, basswood, zebrawood, boiled linseed oil, turpentine and beeswax. [...]

      I just finished the "Nordic-Style Bentwood Box' that was featured in your Dec-Feb 2009 magazine. I am 64 years old, and It was the best project I...

DOGWOOD HUTCH*** PowellCorvallis, OR  Pacific dogwood (Cornus nutallii); locally harvested and air dried, beveled glass, shellac and wipe-on poly.  “The dogwood boards were [...]

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...

“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 and...

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. [...]