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Sewing room and tables
Here are a few pictures of the sewing room and sewing machine tables I made for my wonderful wife.
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Misson chairs
As you can tell I like the arts & craft era designs. Stickley and Frank Lloyd Wright’s concept of simplicity in furniture and living space inspire me. Here is something different. A pair of mission...
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Hind sight is 20/20
In 2002 from a cash of probably 80 year old growth walnut that I found in a barn that was being cleared from 67 Acres to make room for a shopping mall in Charlestown, WV. I came across this barn that...
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Maple Morris Chair for an Arts & Crafts home
Well I have been at this project for quite some time its really three projects. I started the chair then had to stop for some home improvements that had to get done before Thanksgiving. I had to put in...
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Keep Box
When my 2 girls were small I had a small amount of chestnut that was left over from restoring my house but now the girls are all grown. I descovered that they still had the boxes I made them 25 years...
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Mission Bookcase
About 4 weeks ago I was going through some of my more recent WOOD magazines and came across issue 180 Nov 2007. I have a lot of 4/4 Red Oak so I thought “So why not build this, what could it take, A...
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Adirondack chair
I’m surprised it took me this long to get around to making one of these. I am waiting for the plugs to dry so I can cut them flush and sand them I think there are about 70 or 80. I have been making so...
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Picnic Table
My wonderful wife Debbie has always wanted a Picnic Table so Saturday she came home with a load of 2X6s and 2X4s and asked me to show her how to make it. I gave her an introduction on each piece of...
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Candle Holders from scrap
I came up with these designs as Christmas presents and ended up making six of them They are nothing more then 1 3/4” X 5” X 13” blocks of left over ends from other projects that I cut a 1/4” dado all...
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I just wanted put up the photos of three projects that are now FINISHED, FINALY
FINISHED, FINALY. I entered these some time back so I will put up the link as well to all three. It has been a long time but we finally found the right fabric and glass. I will never start another...
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Something I needed to do for about a year.
I Cleaned the shop out for the first time is over a year because of going up north to see my dad as often as I was able before he passed on. Looking at the first photo is a shot looking into the shop...
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Finished Night Tables
I had been Blogging this for a while but just could not get time to finish it. Even in the photos it looks finished but I am waiting for the draw handles (Black arts & crafts) The sides are Quilted...
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Bob's CHEVALET project
After a little over two months I finally finished my CHEVALET I made a few cuts just to see how it felt to cut with it and I am amazed at the precession you can attain from such a massive piece of...
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Modified Gustav Stickley #74 mission style book rack
Below in the first photo are all the parts for the book rack pre-finished. I chose cherry because of its working properties as well as its elegant look after the wood darkens and takes on a rich...
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