After getting the body together, the next step in the process was to trim the overhanging material from the back and top to be flush with the top and then to rout the channels for the binding and purfling. The binding will be placed along the seams of both the back and top where they [...]
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I’ve been progressing on the legs for the Queen Anne Side Table. In my last post, I had shaped the feet and reworked the heel transitions on the legs. This left the tasks of adding and shaping the knee blocks, cutting the mortises and trimming the posts to final size to be done. The first [...]
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Recently there has been a lot of buzz in the woodworking community about the new Festool Domino joinery system. If you have not yet seen this system, it’s kind of like a Biscuit Joiner on steroids. However, different from the small circular blade on a Biscuit Joiner that cuts a football-shaped groove, the Domino cuts [...]
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