Once the lid was completed I turned to instal its hinges. Using a utility knife I outlined the shallow sink where the hinges were to be embedded. I used narrow and wide...
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I always stress to my students the importance of "designing WITH the grain". By that I mean designing a piece with grain orientation in mind, not only for [...]
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In this blog entry I will show how the hope-chest case was glued together. 1. The sides were glued to the bottom and await the next stage: dropping on the two end...
The legs for my hope chest were made from old furniture discarded by Harvard University. Harvard has a place called "Harvard Surplus Center", or as we used to nickname [...]
Old one was getting a bit beat up, one grandBRAT needed a desk for HIS computer. Decided to make a new bottomhalf, and just re-use the small hutch from the...
The last version of the hope-chest was the one that both my clients and I loved the most. It called for a frame and panel construction and a lid that once used...
