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I'm still just dry fitting here in order to see how things would look with a light inside. [20200118-IMG_3418.jpg] The original plan was to mount t...

Like the spiral pendant, my plan is to use cherry for the ribs and top and bottom caps, anigre veneer, and a BBP ring as the base for the removable...

Boys and Girls, While wading through the members roll call, I noticed Keifer a long standing member. I considered one of his articles posted long a...

There's nothing much to see here.  With all the pieces sealed, the glue-up took all of 10 minutes. The roll of masking tape was the perfect size to...

Installing the veneer strips didn't quite go as planned. My initial idea was to apply a little contact cement to hold the overlapped end in place. ...

[woodworking-winter-2022-fb-cover.png] Craftisian Woodworking Awards - Winter 2022 Edition - entry period is over and we ended up with 15 entries....

Originally posted in January 2020 As part of the Spiral Veneer Pendant Lamp project, I came up with an inner shade to envelope the light bulb: ...

So I pushed one of the unfinished drawers into it's place in the cabinet and couldn't get it out without help. And that help was installation of a ...

This cabinet is essentially a crate with wood-frame exoskeleton and hinged door. Dimensions were set because the crate is what it is… The depth of ...

 This series of posts documents the design and construction of a storage cabinet I built to hold my wife's sewing machine and related accessories a...

Few parts of this project went smoothly, and the final door assembly was no exception. It started well enough. Attaching the outer trim wasn't too...

 My wife wanted a light/whitish finish for the cabinet. Maple is pretty light toned, so my first thought was to use a clear water-based poly finish...