Stickley No. 74 book rack from plans in Popular Woodworking. I know that quartersawn white oak is traditional, but I had a wide board of cherry that let me make the piece without any glue. And, I get to watch the cherry darken over the next decade or so :-).
Quartersawn white oak, LED backlight by www.photoglow.com, Cabot dark walnut oil based stain (2 coats over 2 days), Watco walnut Danish oil. Drawbored mortise & tenon joints. Through tenon on top. Christmas gift for my wife, 2012.
I bought their 2" sanding pad at the recent show here in Charlotte.
I used it for one grit on a bowl this weekend and the velcro part ripped off.
I took a pic and emailed it to support@woodturnerscatalog.com on monday the 18th basically asking them what I did wrong and that I was disappointed...
I have the patterns for this magazine, but can't find the magazine. I just need to know who designed the patterns for the miniature 3D ornaments (I think on page 36). Can anybody help?
This is very late, but this weekend is the annual Arts & Crafts conference at the Grove Park Inn. Hopefully thoses of you interested in this style and tradition learned of the conference and were able to attend: http://www.arts-craftsconference.com/ I have always enjoyed this in past years. I...
Walnut dresser I built for my grandson in 2003 and showed at the 2003 Mountain State Fair. This is a picture of the info placard and ribbons the piece won.
Overall view of the dresser taken at the Mountain State Fair in 2003. Blue ribbon in furniture division, judges choice award and overall Best of Show blue ribbon for crafts division.
Another end view showing the walnut burl bookmatches, through mortise & tennons with ebony pyramid pegs, handcut dovetails, relieved edges on top with sub-frame support.
Close-up of the front showing the reverse tapered legs, through mortise & tennons, solid walnut drawer fronts, arts &crafts style pewter hardware.
Quartersawn oak, fummed finish with Danish Oil & lacquer, leather upholstered cushion, this piece is my own design, had been built and in use (abuse?) in our home for several years before picture was taken, notice the baseboard paint on the legs.
For those who can remember my post from middle of last year, I tackled the popular Arts & Crafts Mission Bed from Wood Magazine. Well I finished it up right at the end of the year and am just finally getting around to posting pictures in my gallery. You can see my various photos here...
I'm about to tackle the largest project to date, the famous Mission Stylel Bed form Wood Magazine (http://store.woodstore.net/arcrbemist.html). I feel confident that I will be able to handle this project, nothing seems to complicated although it will probably take me a while since I'm a weekend...
Since I was digging these pics out for something else I thought I would post them here, too. This is an A&C coffee table I built on commission for a friend a few years back. I copied (actually went to the store and took measurements) a design from the Stickley Furniture Co. except I made a...