Woodworking making small pieces of wood from large ones |
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One of the priorities in remodeling/revising our new home was getting the "woodshop" set up. In exchange for this, the initial projects supported the further remodeling efforts - such as the library shelving and the like. But once those projects were under control, it was possible to get to many long-delayed wood projects. One of the first was to make a coffee table from one of the 2' x 7' pieces of walnut purchased in New Orleans in 1970. Then a few end tables and tables/stools for the library and for the kids. |
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Furniture |
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This is the coffee table in walnut. The legs and top were from American Black Walnut carried around since 1970. The skirt material was purchased locally. |
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This is Rob's old toy chest from the 1980's made from
African mahogany purchased in New Orleans in 1970. I finally added the
legs and base in 2005 |
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One of two footstools I made for the library. The
top is a burled veneer, the rest is oak to match the library shelves and
floor. The other footstool is enclosed on two sides to double as a shelf.
Yes, we have already outgrown the library. 2005 |
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This is a simple table combining walnut
and cherry, which look better together than I had thought. It was a good
way to use up some walnut shorts I had lying around the shop. They had
some nice figure and the top looks pretty good. This is the first time
I used the miter-dovetail-tenon joint on the corners of the top. It is
a very solid joint and does not move which is not necessarily a good thing
when doing a panel this wide. |
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This is an endtable for the living room. the top is bird's eye maple veneer, my first veneer project. The side panels are quilted maple, resawn to 1/4" thickness and the rest is cherry. The handle echoes the shapes of the complex miter dovetailed tenon joint used in the corners of the top. A very difficult joint, but pretty. | ||||
This is another veneer project with a
matched burlwood top and side panels also veneered over baltic plywood.
The drawer is of old honduras mahogany. I still have to turn the knob
for it, a year later. The casing is oak, which contrasts nicely with the
darker wood. This is probably the last of my veneer projects, as I prefer
working with solid wood. |
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Puzzle Box - this was a Christmas present
for Rich, who likes secret passages and mysteries |
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It's basically a shelf / end table made
of walnut and oak paneling, with a walnut top. But it has 5 secret compartments
in it. The first is opened by using a coin to turn two screws 90 degrees.
This releases the top, which lifts up and off at a false tenoned joint.
To see how it works click here. |
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This end table was a Christmas present
for Ellen. It is made of oak with lignum vitae knobs and the drawer bottoms
are aromatic cedar, since it is designed to hold her current knitting
projects - safe from the cat. The casters are so she can easly roll it
into the library when she wants to knit there. The top is heavy slate
floor tile so she can have her teapot on it and not worry. Drawers hand
dovetailed, of course, and the casing tenons let through. The top edge
also has dovetailed corners. |
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Christmas 2007 projects. The first was a table of the last of the afromasia I had on hand. Used walnut for the legs, which picked up some brown stripes in the afromasia very nicely.. | ||||
I made a practical file/end table for each of the boys. With a tile top. Walnut and oak to match some of the prior projects. | ||||
Other Projects |
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Studio Easel for Rob - shown in the middle of workshop
at its most cluttered. |
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For Christmas 2006, made a guitar for Tom from a kit by Stewart MacDonald. It sounds pretty good, and looks alright for a first effort. May make some more. |
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under construction |
Tom tries it out, Christmas |
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Spruce soundboard, ebony fretboard |
Rosewood back and sides, mahogany neck |
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Rob playing Tom's guitar |
Tom playing Rob's guitar (Martin D-15) |
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Workshops |
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The work shop - at least the woodshop side, after
post-Christmas rush has settled down |
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The ship model shop - before cleanup. The Niagara
model for Ellen is on the bench. The Raleigh is stowed in the box to the
left in the foreground. Plans above, and the "rigging table",
on casters, is also in the foreground. Very useful as it rotates easily
and frees up the workbench when rigging a model |
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