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Welcome to My
Woodworking Gallery
Here are some of the pieces I built,
and with the exception of the bed, from my own design.
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This couch table
is made out of walnut, with maple inlay and a book-matched
birdseye maple top. |
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Here is a
detail:
The drawers have an inset pull contour
with maple as the backing. I cut the inside of the curved side
moldings by passing the wood through a lowered blade on the tablesaw
at an angle relative to the blade, so it cuts an arc. The
drawer sides are sycamore, and are dovetail joined.
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This Chinese
Ming Dynasty designed table is built out of cherry wood, and
patterned after an antique table I saw in a Denver museum
(of course the original did not have a glass top). Cherry wood is probably the
best working wood I have come across. It is truly a
pleasure to work with. |
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I love the look of inlay. This
example is from a swiveling carousel bookcase that is built out of
walnut with maple inlay. I cut the inlay slots with a router,
then glue the narrow strips of the inlay wood in, and after the glue
dries I hand plane the inlay flush.
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Here is an
end-table made with cherry legs, moradillo sides, a cherry
top and bottom with bubinga inlay and a bubinga drawer pull.
The drawer sides are sycamore dovetailed together. |
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This Japanese styled floor lamp
appeared in the premier issue of "Home Furniture" magazine by
Taunton press. The frame is made of purpleheart and the
grating is made of lapped together maple strips with a very fine
rice paper shoji screen covering. The four sides each have a
different pattern of the maple strips, for added interest.
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This pencil-post
bed was built out of solid cherry with a cherry Danish oil
finish. I used 2 inch thick side rails with mortise
and tenon joints held together by bolts inserted from the
sides (note the brass bolt covers). This is to enable
the bed to be completely disassembled. |
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This child's rocking chair was made of
locust wood, which is very difficult to work, having rowed grain,
but the beauty of the wood makes it worthwhile.
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This shoe bench
was built out of locust wood as well, having a lapped maple
grating with 3 mil Mylar as the screen. The Mylar
makes it much more durable than a paper shoji screen would.
The doors in the front slide side-to-side in slots.
The ends have a book-matched locust panel. |
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Bowls, |
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Bowls, |
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And more bowls |
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Many of these bowls have natural bark
edges, I like the effect and contrast. |
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