Shaker Candle Stand

I’ve done a few dozen candle stands as well as tilt tops. The one I am doing now is very unique. It appears in “The Complete Book of Shaker Furniture” by Timothy Rieman and Jean Burks. It’s quite unique, it has small drawers under the top, like the typical Shaker sewing stands, [...]

Jefferson’s Desk

Well, the desk is built and in the finishing stages. The desk is pretty straight forward, tapered leg table, actually, the ‘creative’ issue came in making it work as a computer desk with a slide for the keyboard, yet retain the period flavor.
The biggest challenge was to get the false drawer front out of [...]

Mitered Bread Boards

Bread boards are one of the best ways to counter cupping. Used predominantly in tables, they serve an abundant number of uses. I like them for case tops, especially with un-anchored tops like I use in a lot of my cases, where the top is hinged in the back to create a hidden [...]

Walnut and Turning

Today I am working on another Thomas Jefferson piece, and the Seed Press is about done as well, will post some photos when finished, the piece today is of walnut as well its a small writing desk , but we will add a twist, we will drop the front and add a slide so it [...]

In Memory

Have you ever met someone who was a friend from the first hello? that was Tim Rinehart.
If you recall, we went to the Woodcraft Benefit Auction for Tim….Tim passed over the weekend.
I only met Tim 2 or 3 times and spoke with him numerous times on the phone. Tim would always recount him and [...]

Drop Leaf Coffee Table

Want to show you some photos of the drop leaf coffee table, I used a wooden knuckle hinge and a flipper to support the leaves. Like I mentioned last time, I apply the knee blocks or sometimes called ears, to the sides as well even though they are typically hidden, note the way I [...]

Cabriolet Legs on a Drop Leaf Table

It’s not an issue, but one caution, I think the mistake I made in the ‘crash and burn’ blog was that I didn’t compensate for the knee. I fitted everything to the center top but didn’t check for the leaf closure, Don’t you do that!
This coffee table will be 14″ wide at the center [...]

Crash and Burn

Well, as most of you know, last week I was doing a table build with a friend of mine. Limited time, too much running my mouth and other folks dropping by, it got a bit hectic at times, but we persevered worked late, kept slamming away, got finish on the base Saturday morning to [...]

Some Web Site Changes

Charles is busy in the shop doing a one on one woodworking class, they’re building a beautiful walnut drop-leaf table, when done, we’ll post some photos.
But, since he’s gonna be quiet for a few days, thought I’d hi-jack the blog to let you in on a few changes that will be happening over at the [...]

New Project, and lots of finishing to do

I got the volume II on turning done….all filmed…so we are putting the shop back to a shop, moving the lathes back to their respective places, and getting the benches back in place…got the seed press finishing, and starting on a couple new projects….working on some shaker candle stands , which you will like i [...]