After a brief trip out of town last weekend, I was finally able to get a bit more time in the shop. I had previously left the legs for the Queen Anne side table in a rough state with the feet turned and ready for some serious shaping work. You may recall that I had [...]
Continue reading about Queen Anne Side Table: More leg shaping
After roughing out the legs on the band saw, the next step in the process was to turn and shaping the feet and to smooth the faces of the legs so that they could be marked out for shaping. This past weekend I worked on these steps. The feet were turned on a my lathe [...]
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In my last post I wrote about a lecture by Gene Landon that I recently attended which inspired me to try to do a period furniture piece. The piece that I will be building (and writing about here over the near term) is a side table from the Queen Anne period with beautiful cabriole legs [...]
Continue reading about Queen Anne Side Table: Roughing out the legs
This past weekend I finished work on a new table design made from Walnut. I showed its design previously in another post. Now, with the final coats of finish on it I wanted show you the completed project, talk about the details and get your take on its design. Construction Details First, a bit about [...]
One of my favorite woodworker/designer/craftsmen is Sam Maloof. I think that his designs are truly unique. He seems to have created a woodworking and design style all his own with the furniture pieces he has created over his lifetime. Recently I have been doing some reading on Maloof and some other designers – looking for [...]
