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shaving horses
One thing I hear from people about a lot is the shaving horse I made, based on one designed by my friend John Alexander. It’s discussed on Alexander’s website www.greenwoodworking.com – in my intro on...
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PF on Roy Underhill’s “The Woodwright’s Shop “
In the winter of 2007, I travled to North Carolina to shoot another episode of Roy Underhill’s PBS program on woodworking, “The Woodwright’s Shop.” I brought along some carved boxes, and we ran down...
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“three footed chair”
three footed stool, ash & cherry This turned chair has a beveled panel for a seat, captured in grooves in the thee seat rails. This requires that the seat rails all be at the same height. This is...
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boxes
I recently have been working on a few boxes; this one is nearly done. It is made like most of my boxes; riven green oak for the sides, front & rear. This one features a white oak lid as well. The...
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Box pintle hinge detail
box pintle hinge detail This detail photo shows 2 boxes, back to back. the one on the left is completed, the one on the right needs its lid attached. It shows the extended section of the rear board,...
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joined chests
joined chest with brackets, oak & pine Last year, and now this year too, I made a few joined & carved chests. These are one of my favorite forms; mostly because there is plenty of area to...
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new joined chest
chest with drawers This is a new joined chest with two drawers, just finished recently. Oak, with white pine for the chest lid and floor, drawer bottoms and rear panels. I based it loosely on an...
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carved design
chest with drawers, side panel Here is the side panel from the joined chest with drawers. This is a good example of what you can get away with while doing this style of carving. This pattern repeats...
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another joined chest
Braintree chest restored PF repro of Braintree chest Here are two joined chests, one an original I have been restoring, the other is a reproduction I made, just about to leave the shop…this one is...
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carved panels
carved panel with layout Here is a sample panel, patterned from one in the chest I finished a week or two ago. The right hand half of this one shows the layout for this pattern; with the left-hand...
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