Ron Stewart

The giraffe's tail is is a compound shape formed by a circle, ellipse, and trapezoid. [06.00 Tail Dimensions.jpg] I made a template and used it to...

Cutting the legs turned out to be one of the most troublesome parts of the project, and the part where I made the most mistakes. My original plan ...

Before I could start drilling the dowel holes in the part faces, I had to make the angle-specific drill guide blocks I mentioned in a previous post...

I found four good 8' long, 12" wide, 4/4 poplar boards at the lumberyard, along with a 4' long, 7-1/2" wide, 8/4 board for the legs. Theoretically,...

This series of blog posts describes the design, planning, and construction of the giraffe bookcase I built in 2021 for my daughter, son-in-law, and...

Before I started veneering, I came up with a concept for protective grills. Here's a rendering. Note the narrow frame on top and bottom, and the wa...

There are several ways to attach veneer: hide glue, contact cement, cold glue in a press, etc. The only method I've ever used is the iron-on wood g...

Disclaimer: There is no woodworking content in this post. It exists to show the final pre-veneering steps of the build--the steps that turn cabinet...

The back panel is very simple. It has a bunch of holes for the mounting bolts. There was nothing hard about them. It has a big hole in the bottom...

Each cabinet is a relative simple box. The only thing that made it at all difficult (or, more accurately, inconvenient or awkward) is its size: 43....

This blog series provides some details about the Wenge and Zebrawood speakers I built in 2013. I didn't design these speakers; I built them from...

This blog was pretty light on details (at least compared to my more recent ones). To close it out, here are some of my "showcase" photos from 2006....