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My 1st Attempt at Greene and Greene Style Furniture

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The Beginning - With help from Darrell Peart

I've been an admirer of Greene and Greene style of furniture for a long time. I love the soft edges and exposed joinery and I think Greene and Greene were masters at proportions which is where I feel I am the weakest when it comes to design. I've been wanting to take my woodworking up a notch and try something a little more challenging than the stuff I've been doing and improve my design skills so I'd been looking for an appropriate project. When I read Darrell Peart's articles in Woodworking magazine a couple of months ago which included detailed instructions on building his Arched Aurora Night Stand I decided that it's time to try my hand at a Greene and Greene style project and that this would be the perfect project. It is an especially beautiful design using Greene and Greene elements and includes some components that would stretch by building skills, namely, the arched rail. I've done a lot of curved work but combining a cloud lift with an arch would be a bit more difficult than other curves I've done.

Not long after reading those articles I was pleasantly surprised to discover that Darrell is a fellow lumber jock. From the link on his page I discovered his book "Greene and Greene Design Elements for the Workshop" which has very detailed instructions on making various Greene and Greene components plus an interesting history about the brothers. That book combined with his articles will make this project much easier than it otherwise would be.

I actually started this project a few weeks ago. First step was to make the jigs for the arches. In Darrell's article he said "It may take more than one try to get usable results". He wasn't kidding. I didn't have the exact tools he called for in his instructions so I had to improvise on the techniques a little but I managed to get a fit that I was happy with after about 6 attempts. Here's the final jigs plus the first rail:

Brown Wood Flooring Hardwood Font


Wood Hardwood Flooring Wood stain Linens


Wood Rectangle Flooring Floor Wood stain


Second step is to mill the lumber for table. Since this project is requiring a large amount of time making jigs and doing setups I decided I may as well build two tables and I didn't buy enough lumber initially so I've got about half of the parts milled and a new stack of lumber for the rest.

Here's a shot of the legs ready to be mortised (with my new Mortiser), all the rails (ready to be cut with the patterns), and 2 halves of the first top:

Wood Hardwood Plank Wood stain Rectangle


And here's a shot that normal people would find pretty boring but I know most lumber jocks get as excited as I do over a stack of lumber so here's what I'll be using for the rest of the parts:

Wood Wood stain Hardwood Plank Varnish


And to cut the tenons I needed to buy a couple of new accessories for my Saw Stop so that I could use the dadoe blade:

Wood Rectangle Font Hardwood Wood stain
 

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#2 ·
The Beginning - With help from Darrell Peart

I've been an admirer of Greene and Greene style of furniture for a long time. I love the soft edges and exposed joinery and I think Greene and Greene were masters at proportions which is where I feel I am the weakest when it comes to design. I've been wanting to take my woodworking up a notch and try something a little more challenging than the stuff I've been doing and improve my design skills so I'd been looking for an appropriate project. When I read Darrell Peart's articles in Woodworking magazine a couple of months ago which included detailed instructions on building his Arched Aurora Night Stand I decided that it's time to try my hand at a Greene and Greene style project and that this would be the perfect project. It is an especially beautiful design using Greene and Greene elements and includes some components that would stretch by building skills, namely, the arched rail. I've done a lot of curved work but combining a cloud lift with an arch would be a bit more difficult than other curves I've done.

Not long after reading those articles I was pleasantly surprised to discover that Darrell is a fellow lumber jock. From the link on his page I discovered his book "Greene and Greene Design Elements for the Workshop" which has very detailed instructions on making various Greene and Greene components plus an interesting history about the brothers. That book combined with his articles will make this project much easier than it otherwise would be.

I actually started this project a few weeks ago. First step was to make the jigs for the arches. In Darrell's article he said "It may take more than one try to get usable results". He wasn't kidding. I didn't have the exact tools he called for in his instructions so I had to improvise on the techniques a little but I managed to get a fit that I was happy with after about 6 attempts. Here's the final jigs plus the first rail:

Brown Wood Flooring Hardwood Font


Wood Hardwood Flooring Wood stain Linens


Wood Rectangle Flooring Floor Wood stain


Second step is to mill the lumber for table. Since this project is requiring a large amount of time making jigs and doing setups I decided I may as well build two tables and I didn't buy enough lumber initially so I've got about half of the parts milled and a new stack of lumber for the rest.

Here's a shot of the legs ready to be mortised (with my new Mortiser), all the rails (ready to be cut with the patterns), and 2 halves of the first top:

Wood Hardwood Plank Wood stain Rectangle


And here's a shot that normal people would find pretty boring but I know most lumber jocks get as excited as I do over a stack of lumber so here's what I'll be using for the rest of the parts:

Wood Wood stain Hardwood Plank Varnish


And to cut the tenons I needed to buy a couple of new accessories for my Saw Stop so that I could use the dadoe blade:

Wood Rectangle Font Hardwood Wood stain
hey Don its look very promising sofare from here :) not that know anything of green and green
still way over my head to try that kind of stuff

looking forward to see the next installment

take care
Dennis
 

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#3 ·
The Beginning - With help from Darrell Peart

I've been an admirer of Greene and Greene style of furniture for a long time. I love the soft edges and exposed joinery and I think Greene and Greene were masters at proportions which is where I feel I am the weakest when it comes to design. I've been wanting to take my woodworking up a notch and try something a little more challenging than the stuff I've been doing and improve my design skills so I'd been looking for an appropriate project. When I read Darrell Peart's articles in Woodworking magazine a couple of months ago which included detailed instructions on building his Arched Aurora Night Stand I decided that it's time to try my hand at a Greene and Greene style project and that this would be the perfect project. It is an especially beautiful design using Greene and Greene elements and includes some components that would stretch by building skills, namely, the arched rail. I've done a lot of curved work but combining a cloud lift with an arch would be a bit more difficult than other curves I've done.

Not long after reading those articles I was pleasantly surprised to discover that Darrell is a fellow lumber jock. From the link on his page I discovered his book "Greene and Greene Design Elements for the Workshop" which has very detailed instructions on making various Greene and Greene components plus an interesting history about the brothers. That book combined with his articles will make this project much easier than it otherwise would be.

I actually started this project a few weeks ago. First step was to make the jigs for the arches. In Darrell's article he said "It may take more than one try to get usable results". He wasn't kidding. I didn't have the exact tools he called for in his instructions so I had to improvise on the techniques a little but I managed to get a fit that I was happy with after about 6 attempts. Here's the final jigs plus the first rail:

Brown Wood Flooring Hardwood Font


Wood Hardwood Flooring Wood stain Linens


Wood Rectangle Flooring Floor Wood stain


Second step is to mill the lumber for table. Since this project is requiring a large amount of time making jigs and doing setups I decided I may as well build two tables and I didn't buy enough lumber initially so I've got about half of the parts milled and a new stack of lumber for the rest.

Here's a shot of the legs ready to be mortised (with my new Mortiser), all the rails (ready to be cut with the patterns), and 2 halves of the first top:

Wood Hardwood Plank Wood stain Rectangle


And here's a shot that normal people would find pretty boring but I know most lumber jocks get as excited as I do over a stack of lumber so here's what I'll be using for the rest of the parts:

Wood Wood stain Hardwood Plank Varnish


And to cut the tenons I needed to buy a couple of new accessories for my Saw Stop so that I could use the dadoe blade:

Wood Rectangle Font Hardwood Wood stain
You is off to a good start, I am looking forward to the next installment!
 

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The Beginning - With help from Darrell Peart

I've been an admirer of Greene and Greene style of furniture for a long time. I love the soft edges and exposed joinery and I think Greene and Greene were masters at proportions which is where I feel I am the weakest when it comes to design. I've been wanting to take my woodworking up a notch and try something a little more challenging than the stuff I've been doing and improve my design skills so I'd been looking for an appropriate project. When I read Darrell Peart's articles in Woodworking magazine a couple of months ago which included detailed instructions on building his Arched Aurora Night Stand I decided that it's time to try my hand at a Greene and Greene style project and that this would be the perfect project. It is an especially beautiful design using Greene and Greene elements and includes some components that would stretch by building skills, namely, the arched rail. I've done a lot of curved work but combining a cloud lift with an arch would be a bit more difficult than other curves I've done.

Not long after reading those articles I was pleasantly surprised to discover that Darrell is a fellow lumber jock. From the link on his page I discovered his book "Greene and Greene Design Elements for the Workshop" which has very detailed instructions on making various Greene and Greene components plus an interesting history about the brothers. That book combined with his articles will make this project much easier than it otherwise would be.

I actually started this project a few weeks ago. First step was to make the jigs for the arches. In Darrell's article he said "It may take more than one try to get usable results". He wasn't kidding. I didn't have the exact tools he called for in his instructions so I had to improvise on the techniques a little but I managed to get a fit that I was happy with after about 6 attempts. Here's the final jigs plus the first rail:

Brown Wood Flooring Hardwood Font


Wood Hardwood Flooring Wood stain Linens


Wood Rectangle Flooring Floor Wood stain


Second step is to mill the lumber for table. Since this project is requiring a large amount of time making jigs and doing setups I decided I may as well build two tables and I didn't buy enough lumber initially so I've got about half of the parts milled and a new stack of lumber for the rest.

Here's a shot of the legs ready to be mortised (with my new Mortiser), all the rails (ready to be cut with the patterns), and 2 halves of the first top:

Wood Hardwood Plank Wood stain Rectangle


And here's a shot that normal people would find pretty boring but I know most lumber jocks get as excited as I do over a stack of lumber so here's what I'll be using for the rest of the parts:

Wood Wood stain Hardwood Plank Varnish


And to cut the tenons I needed to buy a couple of new accessories for my Saw Stop so that I could use the dadoe blade:

Wood Rectangle Font Hardwood Wood stain
Great start, I'll be following along as I've only just discovered Greene & Greene. :)

Jamie
 

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The Beginning - With help from Darrell Peart

I've been an admirer of Greene and Greene style of furniture for a long time. I love the soft edges and exposed joinery and I think Greene and Greene were masters at proportions which is where I feel I am the weakest when it comes to design. I've been wanting to take my woodworking up a notch and try something a little more challenging than the stuff I've been doing and improve my design skills so I'd been looking for an appropriate project. When I read Darrell Peart's articles in Woodworking magazine a couple of months ago which included detailed instructions on building his Arched Aurora Night Stand I decided that it's time to try my hand at a Greene and Greene style project and that this would be the perfect project. It is an especially beautiful design using Greene and Greene elements and includes some components that would stretch by building skills, namely, the arched rail. I've done a lot of curved work but combining a cloud lift with an arch would be a bit more difficult than other curves I've done.

Not long after reading those articles I was pleasantly surprised to discover that Darrell is a fellow lumber jock. From the link on his page I discovered his book "Greene and Greene Design Elements for the Workshop" which has very detailed instructions on making various Greene and Greene components plus an interesting history about the brothers. That book combined with his articles will make this project much easier than it otherwise would be.

I actually started this project a few weeks ago. First step was to make the jigs for the arches. In Darrell's article he said "It may take more than one try to get usable results". He wasn't kidding. I didn't have the exact tools he called for in his instructions so I had to improvise on the techniques a little but I managed to get a fit that I was happy with after about 6 attempts. Here's the final jigs plus the first rail:

Brown Wood Flooring Hardwood Font


Wood Hardwood Flooring Wood stain Linens


Wood Rectangle Flooring Floor Wood stain


Second step is to mill the lumber for table. Since this project is requiring a large amount of time making jigs and doing setups I decided I may as well build two tables and I didn't buy enough lumber initially so I've got about half of the parts milled and a new stack of lumber for the rest.

Here's a shot of the legs ready to be mortised (with my new Mortiser), all the rails (ready to be cut with the patterns), and 2 halves of the first top:

Wood Hardwood Plank Wood stain Rectangle


And here's a shot that normal people would find pretty boring but I know most lumber jocks get as excited as I do over a stack of lumber so here's what I'll be using for the rest of the parts:

Wood Wood stain Hardwood Plank Varnish


And to cut the tenons I needed to buy a couple of new accessories for my Saw Stop so that I could use the dadoe blade:

Wood Rectangle Font Hardwood Wood stain
Hi Don,
You are off to a great start!
Good luck,

Darrell
 

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The Beginning - With help from Darrell Peart

I've been an admirer of Greene and Greene style of furniture for a long time. I love the soft edges and exposed joinery and I think Greene and Greene were masters at proportions which is where I feel I am the weakest when it comes to design. I've been wanting to take my woodworking up a notch and try something a little more challenging than the stuff I've been doing and improve my design skills so I'd been looking for an appropriate project. When I read Darrell Peart's articles in Woodworking magazine a couple of months ago which included detailed instructions on building his Arched Aurora Night Stand I decided that it's time to try my hand at a Greene and Greene style project and that this would be the perfect project. It is an especially beautiful design using Greene and Greene elements and includes some components that would stretch by building skills, namely, the arched rail. I've done a lot of curved work but combining a cloud lift with an arch would be a bit more difficult than other curves I've done.

Not long after reading those articles I was pleasantly surprised to discover that Darrell is a fellow lumber jock. From the link on his page I discovered his book "Greene and Greene Design Elements for the Workshop" which has very detailed instructions on making various Greene and Greene components plus an interesting history about the brothers. That book combined with his articles will make this project much easier than it otherwise would be.

I actually started this project a few weeks ago. First step was to make the jigs for the arches. In Darrell's article he said "It may take more than one try to get usable results". He wasn't kidding. I didn't have the exact tools he called for in his instructions so I had to improvise on the techniques a little but I managed to get a fit that I was happy with after about 6 attempts. Here's the final jigs plus the first rail:

Brown Wood Flooring Hardwood Font


Wood Hardwood Flooring Wood stain Linens


Wood Rectangle Flooring Floor Wood stain


Second step is to mill the lumber for table. Since this project is requiring a large amount of time making jigs and doing setups I decided I may as well build two tables and I didn't buy enough lumber initially so I've got about half of the parts milled and a new stack of lumber for the rest.

Here's a shot of the legs ready to be mortised (with my new Mortiser), all the rails (ready to be cut with the patterns), and 2 halves of the first top:

Wood Hardwood Plank Wood stain Rectangle


And here's a shot that normal people would find pretty boring but I know most lumber jocks get as excited as I do over a stack of lumber so here's what I'll be using for the rest of the parts:

Wood Wood stain Hardwood Plank Varnish


And to cut the tenons I needed to buy a couple of new accessories for my Saw Stop so that I could use the dadoe blade:

Wood Rectangle Font Hardwood Wood stain
I am so envious! Talk about a worthwhile undertaking. I have loved Greene & Greene designs since well before I had any idea who Greene & Greene were. I can't wait to get my shop to a point that I can start doing some Greene & Greene furniture. I am hoping to be able to take Darrell Pearts Blanket Chest Class @ Woodcraft in Seattle next year. It's pricey but I believe it will be well worth it.

I can't wait to see more on your project, especially the finished project!

It looks like you made a little trip to Crosscut there. I drive my son crazy because I stop in there once a week on our way to a weekly class we are taking downtown. I just love waling around looking at the beautiful wood and imagining the projects it could turn into.
 

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The Beginning - With help from Darrell Peart

I've been an admirer of Greene and Greene style of furniture for a long time. I love the soft edges and exposed joinery and I think Greene and Greene were masters at proportions which is where I feel I am the weakest when it comes to design. I've been wanting to take my woodworking up a notch and try something a little more challenging than the stuff I've been doing and improve my design skills so I'd been looking for an appropriate project. When I read Darrell Peart's articles in Woodworking magazine a couple of months ago which included detailed instructions on building his Arched Aurora Night Stand I decided that it's time to try my hand at a Greene and Greene style project and that this would be the perfect project. It is an especially beautiful design using Greene and Greene elements and includes some components that would stretch by building skills, namely, the arched rail. I've done a lot of curved work but combining a cloud lift with an arch would be a bit more difficult than other curves I've done.

Not long after reading those articles I was pleasantly surprised to discover that Darrell is a fellow lumber jock. From the link on his page I discovered his book "Greene and Greene Design Elements for the Workshop" which has very detailed instructions on making various Greene and Greene components plus an interesting history about the brothers. That book combined with his articles will make this project much easier than it otherwise would be.

I actually started this project a few weeks ago. First step was to make the jigs for the arches. In Darrell's article he said "It may take more than one try to get usable results". He wasn't kidding. I didn't have the exact tools he called for in his instructions so I had to improvise on the techniques a little but I managed to get a fit that I was happy with after about 6 attempts. Here's the final jigs plus the first rail:

Brown Wood Flooring Hardwood Font


Wood Hardwood Flooring Wood stain Linens


Wood Rectangle Flooring Floor Wood stain


Second step is to mill the lumber for table. Since this project is requiring a large amount of time making jigs and doing setups I decided I may as well build two tables and I didn't buy enough lumber initially so I've got about half of the parts milled and a new stack of lumber for the rest.

Here's a shot of the legs ready to be mortised (with my new Mortiser), all the rails (ready to be cut with the patterns), and 2 halves of the first top:

Wood Hardwood Plank Wood stain Rectangle


And here's a shot that normal people would find pretty boring but I know most lumber jocks get as excited as I do over a stack of lumber so here's what I'll be using for the rest of the parts:

Wood Wood stain Hardwood Plank Varnish


And to cut the tenons I needed to buy a couple of new accessories for my Saw Stop so that I could use the dadoe blade:

Wood Rectangle Font Hardwood Wood stain
ok I got this G&G bug ,......so I'll watch and learn from you…....keep it going looks great so far…...
 

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The Beginning - With help from Darrell Peart

I've been an admirer of Greene and Greene style of furniture for a long time. I love the soft edges and exposed joinery and I think Greene and Greene were masters at proportions which is where I feel I am the weakest when it comes to design. I've been wanting to take my woodworking up a notch and try something a little more challenging than the stuff I've been doing and improve my design skills so I'd been looking for an appropriate project. When I read Darrell Peart's articles in Woodworking magazine a couple of months ago which included detailed instructions on building his Arched Aurora Night Stand I decided that it's time to try my hand at a Greene and Greene style project and that this would be the perfect project. It is an especially beautiful design using Greene and Greene elements and includes some components that would stretch by building skills, namely, the arched rail. I've done a lot of curved work but combining a cloud lift with an arch would be a bit more difficult than other curves I've done.

Not long after reading those articles I was pleasantly surprised to discover that Darrell is a fellow lumber jock. From the link on his page I discovered his book "Greene and Greene Design Elements for the Workshop" which has very detailed instructions on making various Greene and Greene components plus an interesting history about the brothers. That book combined with his articles will make this project much easier than it otherwise would be.

I actually started this project a few weeks ago. First step was to make the jigs for the arches. In Darrell's article he said "It may take more than one try to get usable results". He wasn't kidding. I didn't have the exact tools he called for in his instructions so I had to improvise on the techniques a little but I managed to get a fit that I was happy with after about 6 attempts. Here's the final jigs plus the first rail:

Brown Wood Flooring Hardwood Font


Wood Hardwood Flooring Wood stain Linens


Wood Rectangle Flooring Floor Wood stain


Second step is to mill the lumber for table. Since this project is requiring a large amount of time making jigs and doing setups I decided I may as well build two tables and I didn't buy enough lumber initially so I've got about half of the parts milled and a new stack of lumber for the rest.

Here's a shot of the legs ready to be mortised (with my new Mortiser), all the rails (ready to be cut with the patterns), and 2 halves of the first top:

Wood Hardwood Plank Wood stain Rectangle


And here's a shot that normal people would find pretty boring but I know most lumber jocks get as excited as I do over a stack of lumber so here's what I'll be using for the rest of the parts:

Wood Wood stain Hardwood Plank Varnish


And to cut the tenons I needed to buy a couple of new accessories for my Saw Stop so that I could use the dadoe blade:

Wood Rectangle Font Hardwood Wood stain
This looks very nice. What specific magazine was the article in? I would not mind giving it a shot. I love the work of Mr. Peart and the Greene and Greene style.
 

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The Beginning - With help from Darrell Peart

I've been an admirer of Greene and Greene style of furniture for a long time. I love the soft edges and exposed joinery and I think Greene and Greene were masters at proportions which is where I feel I am the weakest when it comes to design. I've been wanting to take my woodworking up a notch and try something a little more challenging than the stuff I've been doing and improve my design skills so I'd been looking for an appropriate project. When I read Darrell Peart's articles in Woodworking magazine a couple of months ago which included detailed instructions on building his Arched Aurora Night Stand I decided that it's time to try my hand at a Greene and Greene style project and that this would be the perfect project. It is an especially beautiful design using Greene and Greene elements and includes some components that would stretch by building skills, namely, the arched rail. I've done a lot of curved work but combining a cloud lift with an arch would be a bit more difficult than other curves I've done.

Not long after reading those articles I was pleasantly surprised to discover that Darrell is a fellow lumber jock. From the link on his page I discovered his book "Greene and Greene Design Elements for the Workshop" which has very detailed instructions on making various Greene and Greene components plus an interesting history about the brothers. That book combined with his articles will make this project much easier than it otherwise would be.

I actually started this project a few weeks ago. First step was to make the jigs for the arches. In Darrell's article he said "It may take more than one try to get usable results". He wasn't kidding. I didn't have the exact tools he called for in his instructions so I had to improvise on the techniques a little but I managed to get a fit that I was happy with after about 6 attempts. Here's the final jigs plus the first rail:

Brown Wood Flooring Hardwood Font


Wood Hardwood Flooring Wood stain Linens


Wood Rectangle Flooring Floor Wood stain


Second step is to mill the lumber for table. Since this project is requiring a large amount of time making jigs and doing setups I decided I may as well build two tables and I didn't buy enough lumber initially so I've got about half of the parts milled and a new stack of lumber for the rest.

Here's a shot of the legs ready to be mortised (with my new Mortiser), all the rails (ready to be cut with the patterns), and 2 halves of the first top:

Wood Hardwood Plank Wood stain Rectangle


And here's a shot that normal people would find pretty boring but I know most lumber jocks get as excited as I do over a stack of lumber so here's what I'll be using for the rest of the parts:

Wood Wood stain Hardwood Plank Varnish


And to cut the tenons I needed to buy a couple of new accessories for my Saw Stop so that I could use the dadoe blade:

Wood Rectangle Font Hardwood Wood stain
Don,
Darrell lives up in washington and I believe he does classes there. He occasionally comes to OC California and does a Greene and Greene design elements weekend workshop I & II. I HIGHLY recommend taking his classes. Talk about breaking through glass ceilings!! My Greene and Greene furniture has sure taken a leap forward. Love the finish product. I'm currently working on a lowboy entertainment center styled in the G&G. Love the design. Great work!!
 

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First Screw Up

This week I got all the mortises cut into the legs without any problems. My new Grizzly mortisor is working really nice.

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I got all the parts except for the tops cut to size and the tenons cut. I thought everything was going great until I realized that I cut the tenons wrong on all of the rails. I won't repeat the language I used in the shop unless someone asks :). I fixed them by glueing little pieces onto every tenon.

Hand tool Tool Wood Metalworking hand tool Hardwood


I'm glad I got the first screw up out of the way, the rest of the project should be easy…
 

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First Screw Up

This week I got all the mortises cut into the legs without any problems. My new Grizzly mortisor is working really nice.

Table Rectangle Wood Floor Flooring


I got all the parts except for the tops cut to size and the tenons cut. I thought everything was going great until I realized that I cut the tenons wrong on all of the rails. I won't repeat the language I used in the shop unless someone asks :). I fixed them by glueing little pieces onto every tenon.

Hand tool Tool Wood Metalworking hand tool Hardwood


I'm glad I got the first screw up out of the way, the rest of the project should be easy…
first screw up
first glue up

simple from here

that's the spirit !
 

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Back on Track

Well I'm back on track after last weeks screw up with the tenons. I've got them all fixed and fitting properly now. I'm relearning a lot more than I expected with the mortise and tenons. I've done them before but it's been about 20 years and I forgot a lot more than I realized.

I finished cutting the cloud lifts on the legs and got all the parts for the base to a point where I was able to start dry fitting them. Now I mostly just have a lot of sanding and I'll be able to start glueing these up.

Brown Wood Rectangle Flooring Wood stain


Rectangle Wood Wood stain Hardwood Flooring


Rectangle Wood Floor Wood stain Flooring


Brown Table Rectangle Wood Floor


Table Tableware Rectangle Wood Flooring


I also had to build 2 more jigs. On the jig I built for cutting the bottom of the rails I used a solid piece of wood rather than screws to hold the rail in place like Darrell shows in his article. Now I know why he did it that way. The same jig needs to be used to cut the much wider side panels also. Insted of fixing the other jig I just used it as a template to cut a second one. I also completlely forgot a bout a jig for the cloud lift detail on the bottom of the legs. I started on it a couple of weeks ago and finished it up today. It's a bit different than Darrells but it does the job.

Table Wood Wood stain Workbench Flooring


Wood Table Wood stain Plank Flooring
 

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#18 ·
Back on Track

Well I'm back on track after last weeks screw up with the tenons. I've got them all fixed and fitting properly now. I'm relearning a lot more than I expected with the mortise and tenons. I've done them before but it's been about 20 years and I forgot a lot more than I realized.

I finished cutting the cloud lifts on the legs and got all the parts for the base to a point where I was able to start dry fitting them. Now I mostly just have a lot of sanding and I'll be able to start glueing these up.

Brown Wood Rectangle Flooring Wood stain


Rectangle Wood Wood stain Hardwood Flooring


Rectangle Wood Floor Wood stain Flooring


Brown Table Rectangle Wood Floor


Table Tableware Rectangle Wood Flooring


I also had to build 2 more jigs. On the jig I built for cutting the bottom of the rails I used a solid piece of wood rather than screws to hold the rail in place like Darrell shows in his article. Now I know why he did it that way. The same jig needs to be used to cut the much wider side panels also. Insted of fixing the other jig I just used it as a template to cut a second one. I also completlely forgot a bout a jig for the cloud lift detail on the bottom of the legs. I started on it a couple of weeks ago and finished it up today. It's a bit different than Darrells but it does the job.

Table Wood Wood stain Workbench Flooring


Wood Table Wood stain Plank Flooring
Looks like you got it all figured out they are looking good. Enjoy the sanding.
 

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#20 ·
First glue-up

Getting all the mortise and tenons to fit good is taking a bit longer than I thought it might. I have to admit that I'm actually enjoying the hand labor though. Being able to hear music while I'm working is a nice change from the usual noise of machines. The joints are not quite as good as I'd like so I'm using Gorrilla glue which is space filling and will help make up for the sloppy joints. Anyways, here's the first side glued up. Hopefully tommorrow I'll get another side glued up and get the front and back on the following day.

Wood Wood stain Hardwood Plank Flooring
 

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#21 ·
First glue-up

Getting all the mortise and tenons to fit good is taking a bit longer than I thought it might. I have to admit that I'm actually enjoying the hand labor though. Being able to hear music while I'm working is a nice change from the usual noise of machines. The joints are not quite as good as I'd like so I'm using Gorrilla glue which is space filling and will help make up for the sloppy joints. Anyways, here's the first side glued up. Hopefully tommorrow I'll get another side glued up and get the front and back on the following day.

Wood Wood stain Hardwood Plank Flooring
Looks like you are having fun! Good job!
 

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#23 ·
Rolling along

I didn't make as much progress as I'd hoped a couple of weeks ago when I posted my last blog but I just started a 2 week break for the holidays and am planning to spend most of it in my shop. With any luck I'll get these finished before I go back to work.

I hate typing and I do a lot of typing at work so I'm mostly going to let the pictures do the talking:

I've got both both frames glued up, here's one:

Wood Flooring Hardwood Wood stain Plywood


One top glued up and ready to cut to size:

Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain Plank


Fronts and sides for both drawers milled and fitted:

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And a good example of why one should be very carefull using Gorilla glue to make up for sloppy joints. The joints are comming out very strong but it's difficult to judge just how much glue to use to fill the spaces without having it leak out:

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And since I needed to sharpen my new chisels I had to buy yet another new tool. If I had known I would have to buy so many new tools to get through this project I would've started something like this a long time ago:

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#24 ·
Rolling along

I didn't make as much progress as I'd hoped a couple of weeks ago when I posted my last blog but I just started a 2 week break for the holidays and am planning to spend most of it in my shop. With any luck I'll get these finished before I go back to work.

I hate typing and I do a lot of typing at work so I'm mostly going to let the pictures do the talking:

I've got both both frames glued up, here's one:

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One top glued up and ready to cut to size:

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Fronts and sides for both drawers milled and fitted:

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And a good example of why one should be very carefull using Gorilla glue to make up for sloppy joints. The joints are comming out very strong but it's difficult to judge just how much glue to use to fill the spaces without having it leak out:

Wood Wood stain Hardwood Musical instrument accessory Flooring


Table Wood Wood stain Hardwood Plank


And since I needed to sharpen my new chisels I had to buy yet another new tool. If I had known I would have to buy so many new tools to get through this project I would've started something like this a long time ago:

Gas Composite material Auto part Machine Font
This is coming along great.

I bought a bottle of Gorilla glue a few years ago and never got past using half of it. I did not care for the foaming action and difficult removal of squeeze out.

Don't be fooled, just because it foams and expands, it is not a structural gap filler. For that you want to use epoxy or epoxy and sawdust.

Gorilla glue is not among my arsenal of adhesives.
 

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#31 ·
All cleaned up.

The gorilla glue squeeze out was much easier to clean up that I expected but I could still kick myself for not applying masking tape before I saw the drips starting. It would have saved me a couple hours of work.

I'm really enjoying my time off from work and being able to spend my days in my shop instead of my office and I'm making some great progress. In the last few days I've accomplished the following:

1. Frames fully trimed and cleaned up. I just need to do the ebony plugs and they'll be ready for finish.
Here it is with some mineral spirts so you can see what it's going to look like once it's finished. I'm still debating weather or not I should dye it like typical Greene and Green furniture because I generally much prefer clear finish over any kind of stain. I would love to hear other peoples opinions on this.

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2. Drawers fully glued up and also ready for plugs and final sanding:

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3. Spent several hours practicing making plugs. Since any screwups with the plugs will be very difficult to fix and since Gaboon Ebony is about $100 bd I decided it would be a good idea to practice with some Hickory on scrap wood until I knew exactly what I was getting into. Once I was comfortable I tried one with ebony on some scrap wood. I sprayed a little shellac on it to see what it would look like finished but I didn't let it dry before taking this photo so it looks a bit splotchy. (I don't plan to use Shellac for the real finish)

Tommorrow I'll be making a trip over to my local Woodcraft store to pick up a few more small tools I need to do the smaller plugs and the splines on the top. Plus another trip to Crosscut hardwoods to pick up some lumber since I misscalculated and didn't get enough to make the second top and the shelfs….

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#32 ·
All cleaned up.

The gorilla glue squeeze out was much easier to clean up that I expected but I could still kick myself for not applying masking tape before I saw the drips starting. It would have saved me a couple hours of work.

I'm really enjoying my time off from work and being able to spend my days in my shop instead of my office and I'm making some great progress. In the last few days I've accomplished the following:

1. Frames fully trimed and cleaned up. I just need to do the ebony plugs and they'll be ready for finish.
Here it is with some mineral spirts so you can see what it's going to look like once it's finished. I'm still debating weather or not I should dye it like typical Greene and Green furniture because I generally much prefer clear finish over any kind of stain. I would love to hear other peoples opinions on this.

Brown Wood Rectangle Flooring Floor


2. Drawers fully glued up and also ready for plugs and final sanding:

Table Wood Rectangle Floor Flooring


3. Spent several hours practicing making plugs. Since any screwups with the plugs will be very difficult to fix and since Gaboon Ebony is about $100 bd I decided it would be a good idea to practice with some Hickory on scrap wood until I knew exactly what I was getting into. Once I was comfortable I tried one with ebony on some scrap wood. I sprayed a little shellac on it to see what it would look like finished but I didn't let it dry before taking this photo so it looks a bit splotchy. (I don't plan to use Shellac for the real finish)

Tommorrow I'll be making a trip over to my local Woodcraft store to pick up a few more small tools I need to do the smaller plugs and the splines on the top. Plus another trip to Crosscut hardwoods to pick up some lumber since I misscalculated and didn't get enough to make the second top and the shelfs….

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Looks good Don . I think you might of really had a mess on your hands if you had put tape on the glue up ,it can be all but impossible once it has glue on it and has dried . I was wondering if you put glue on both pieces ? polythene glue only needs glue on one surface and some moisture on the other side of the joint. Like others have said if you have a loose joint 5 minute epoxy might have been a better choice. As far as stain goes if this for you make it the way you want it.
 

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#38 ·
Working on the tops

I almost titled this "Screw Up #2" since I had a little mishap when cutting the spline slots on the first top I made. I had my router set up in a table and cut the slots in all of the breadboard ends. Then I pulled the whole router with plate out of the table, flipped it over, and cut the slots on my top. Then I discovered that the router had somehow moved a strong 1/32" and the slots were noticably off center. I let out a pretty good string of 4 letter words but then realized that this was actually a good thing. I still had to glue up another top and was using lumber bought at a different time than the original lumber so my 2 tops weren't going to match very well anyway and I had more than enough lumber to make 2 more. I also still needed to cut the bottom shelfs and the first top was large enough to be cut down for a shelf. So I really didn't lose any work and will have a better matching set of tables when I'm done. I also tightened down the locking mechanism on my routers to prevent this from happening again.

I've now got both tops cut to size and along with the breadboards:

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Aside from the tops I've also got the drawers hung and fitted plus the top rails cut and ready to attach to the frames:

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#39 ·
Working on the tops

I almost titled this "Screw Up #2" since I had a little mishap when cutting the spline slots on the first top I made. I had my router set up in a table and cut the slots in all of the breadboard ends. Then I pulled the whole router with plate out of the table, flipped it over, and cut the slots on my top. Then I discovered that the router had somehow moved a strong 1/32" and the slots were noticably off center. I let out a pretty good string of 4 letter words but then realized that this was actually a good thing. I still had to glue up another top and was using lumber bought at a different time than the original lumber so my 2 tops weren't going to match very well anyway and I had more than enough lumber to make 2 more. I also still needed to cut the bottom shelfs and the first top was large enough to be cut down for a shelf. So I really didn't lose any work and will have a better matching set of tables when I'm done. I also tightened down the locking mechanism on my routers to prevent this from happening again.

I've now got both tops cut to size and along with the breadboards:

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Aside from the tops I've also got the drawers hung and fitted plus the top rails cut and ready to attach to the frames:

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Looks great so far.
 

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#41 ·
Plugs and Splines

Had I realized there are a total of 40 decorative plugs and splines required for each table I might have chosen some other project. This is going to get real tedious by the time I'm done but I think it will be worth it…

The bread board spline is pretty straight forward. Here's a trial spline I made with hickory and a black sharpie for practice:

Brown Wood Rectangle Table Flooring


For the plugs on the legs I made a few jigs to help mark the cuts. If I just layed them out with pencil I'm sure I would have screwed up a bunch of them. I really wish I had cut these before I assembled the frames. Then it would have been easy to just make a new leg if I screwed one up. These jigs should significantly reduce the likelyhood of that though:

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After lots of trial and error and practice with the jigs I finally got brave enough to try doing the plugs on the back of one table:

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#42 ·
Plugs and Splines

Had I realized there are a total of 40 decorative plugs and splines required for each table I might have chosen some other project. This is going to get real tedious by the time I'm done but I think it will be worth it…

The bread board spline is pretty straight forward. Here's a trial spline I made with hickory and a black sharpie for practice:

Brown Wood Rectangle Table Flooring


For the plugs on the legs I made a few jigs to help mark the cuts. If I just layed them out with pencil I'm sure I would have screwed up a bunch of them. I really wish I had cut these before I assembled the frames. Then it would have been easy to just make a new leg if I screwed one up. These jigs should significantly reduce the likelyhood of that though:

Wood Handwriting Wood stain Font Plank


Wood Rectangle Hardwood Font Flooring


After lots of trial and error and practice with the jigs I finally got brave enough to try doing the plugs on the back of one table:

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Brown Chair Wood Rectangle Table


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Definitely looks like it will be worth it to me. Looks real good so far.
 

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#43 ·
Plugs and Splines

Had I realized there are a total of 40 decorative plugs and splines required for each table I might have chosen some other project. This is going to get real tedious by the time I'm done but I think it will be worth it…

The bread board spline is pretty straight forward. Here's a trial spline I made with hickory and a black sharpie for practice:

Brown Wood Rectangle Table Flooring


For the plugs on the legs I made a few jigs to help mark the cuts. If I just layed them out with pencil I'm sure I would have screwed up a bunch of them. I really wish I had cut these before I assembled the frames. Then it would have been easy to just make a new leg if I screwed one up. These jigs should significantly reduce the likelyhood of that though:

Wood Handwriting Wood stain Font Plank


Wood Rectangle Hardwood Font Flooring


After lots of trial and error and practice with the jigs I finally got brave enough to try doing the plugs on the back of one table:

Loom Wood Creative arts Flooring Hardwood


Wood Wood stain Hardwood Table Plank


Brown Chair Wood Rectangle Table


Brown Wood Table Door Wood stain
Love it ,so fine , Niiiiiiice
 

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#51 ·
Not going to make it...

I really hoped that I would finish these up by the time my holiday vacation ended but since that was a week ago and I still have a lot of plugs to do I'm pretty sure that's not going to happen. :) They're going well, just slow, and there is a lot of them. I'm about 3/4 done cutting the holes in the tables but still need to cut and install the plugs.

I did manage to finish the splines in the tops completely and even got the first coat of finish on them:

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#52 ·
Not going to make it...

I really hoped that I would finish these up by the time my holiday vacation ended but since that was a week ago and I still have a lot of plugs to do I'm pretty sure that's not going to happen. :) They're going well, just slow, and there is a lot of them. I'm about 3/4 done cutting the holes in the tables but still need to cut and install the plugs.

I did manage to finish the splines in the tops completely and even got the first coat of finish on them:

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this is some serious good work don

very clean
the splines and plugs proud are just right

well done !
 

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#67 ·
No more Plugs!

I've got all the holes and plugs cut and if I never have to cut another Greene and Greene style plug again I'll be very happy… Just kidding, I love the way these look and I will be doing more projects in this style. It is really nice to be able relax and listen to music while I work instead of machinery for a change but they do get really tedious after a while. Next time I'm going to make a few everytime I'm in the shop instead of waiting until the end and having to do all of them at once. I still need to insert all the plugs so I don't have any photos to show that will look any different than previous shots but I know how well a blog without photos goes over on LJs so I gotta post something. :)

I was having a little trouble cutting the plugs off after pillowing them so I came up with this nifty little jig. At first I thought I was a genius but then I remembered the old crosscut box my Dad used when I was a kid. This is really the same thing only smaller. Now I feel kind of stupid for not thinking of it sooner…

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And for final sanding I made use of a sanding ball that I got from Harbour freight a couple of years ago and forgot about. It's great for sanding odd shaped curves and it did the job of a few grits of normal paper real easily. This is the "Fine" grit and I also have a medium and a coarse.

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#68 ·
No more Plugs!

I've got all the holes and plugs cut and if I never have to cut another Greene and Greene style plug again I'll be very happy… Just kidding, I love the way these look and I will be doing more projects in this style. It is really nice to be able relax and listen to music while I work instead of machinery for a change but they do get really tedious after a while. Next time I'm going to make a few everytime I'm in the shop instead of waiting until the end and having to do all of them at once. I still need to insert all the plugs so I don't have any photos to show that will look any different than previous shots but I know how well a blog without photos goes over on LJs so I gotta post something. :)

I was having a little trouble cutting the plugs off after pillowing them so I came up with this nifty little jig. At first I thought I was a genius but then I remembered the old crosscut box my Dad used when I was a kid. This is really the same thing only smaller. Now I feel kind of stupid for not thinking of it sooner…

Wood Hardwood Machine tool Machine Engineering


And for final sanding I made use of a sanding ball that I got from Harbour freight a couple of years ago and forgot about. It's great for sanding odd shaped curves and it did the job of a few grits of normal paper real easily. This is the "Fine" grit and I also have a medium and a coarse.

Wood Tire Gas Machine Sports equipment
When I get time I really need to go through the entire series of your blog. And it is a good thing you sent a few pictures a long or I would have had to FLAG you, whatever that does. Can't wait to see the finished project I do like the Greene on Greene Style.
 

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#75 ·
Almost there...

All that's left is drawer pulls, the bottom shelfs, and a few more coats of finish. I decicded to stick with a natural finish and I'm glad I did but the tops came out way lighter than the rest of it. I will probobly put some dye on it to help it blend better. Here's one of the tables with the first coat of finish:

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#76 ·
Almost there...

All that's left is drawer pulls, the bottom shelfs, and a few more coats of finish. I decicded to stick with a natural finish and I'm glad I did but the tops came out way lighter than the rest of it. I will probobly put some dye on it to help it blend better. Here's one of the tables with the first coat of finish:

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It's looking good Don!

You make me jealous, if I ever get time I have to get a G&G inspired piece made. I am a fan of G&G and have a ton of books on them in my library. I just lack the time to make a piece that is not for a client.

Wonderful work!
 

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#82 ·
Working on the Finish

The more I looked at the tops the less I liked how much lighter they were than the rest of the tables. I decided to go ahead and dye the tops according to the instructions. I'm really glad I did, the tops are blending much better and I'm really liking the way dye looks compared to stains. I may even dye the rest of the table to get it all to blend together better. I normally love the varience of colors in wood when it's finished naturally but in this case I think it distracts from the design a bit. Here's one of the tables with the top newly dyed top and the shelf added. The shelfs are also comming out much lighter so they will definately be getting some dye. Next week end I'll do the pulls and other than that it's nothing but a few more coats of wipe on poly to and I'll be done.

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#83 ·
Working on the Finish

The more I looked at the tops the less I liked how much lighter they were than the rest of the tables. I decided to go ahead and dye the tops according to the instructions. I'm really glad I did, the tops are blending much better and I'm really liking the way dye looks compared to stains. I may even dye the rest of the table to get it all to blend together better. I normally love the varience of colors in wood when it's finished naturally but in this case I think it distracts from the design a bit. Here's one of the tables with the top newly dyed top and the shelf added. The shelfs are also comming out much lighter so they will definately be getting some dye. Next week end I'll do the pulls and other than that it's nothing but a few more coats of wipe on poly to and I'll be done.

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Very cool Don a great job .Beautiful
 

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#92 ·
Hickory Pulls

Yea, I know these are supposed to be made out of Ebony but I don't cut anything out of ebony until I've practiced it a bunch with Hickory. It took a number of tries to get the drill press setup just right but this was otherwise pretty easy to make. Tommorrow I'll attempt to make the real ones and if all goes well then my next blog will be titled "Ebony Pulls", if not it will be titled "Screwup #2"...

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#93 ·
Hickory Pulls

Yea, I know these are supposed to be made out of Ebony but I don't cut anything out of ebony until I've practiced it a bunch with Hickory. It took a number of tries to get the drill press setup just right but this was otherwise pretty easy to make. Tommorrow I'll attempt to make the real ones and if all goes well then my next blog will be titled "Ebony Pulls", if not it will be titled "Screwup #2"...

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Having had enough of my own "Screw Up - 1 through 1,000", I am rooting for you to post "Ebony Pulls"... Good Luck because the practice ones look great.
 

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#95 ·
Ebony Pulls

Ebony pulls are done and mounted. I even got the first coat of finish on them. I almost had to call this blog entry "Scewup #2". I drilled the holes for the screws to mount the pulls about 1/8" off center. It wasn't enough to allow the screw to pop through but it was close enough breath a sigh of relief when I noticed it.

Here's one of the pulls installed on a drawer and still a little wet from the wipe on poly:

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And the jig I used to drill the holes:

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#96 ·
Ebony Pulls

Ebony pulls are done and mounted. I even got the first coat of finish on them. I almost had to call this blog entry "Scewup #2". I drilled the holes for the screws to mount the pulls about 1/8" off center. It wasn't enough to allow the screw to pop through but it was close enough breath a sigh of relief when I noticed it.

Here's one of the pulls installed on a drawer and still a little wet from the wipe on poly:

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And the jig I used to drill the holes:

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A few nervous moment with spectacular results…can't wait to see the finish piece…well done…BC
 

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#102 ·
Lagavulin

I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate the completion of a project like this than my favorite 16 year old single malt…

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Except for maybe my favorite Anejo:

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Things I learned:
- Green and Greene were some amazing designers. I already knew this but I have a much better understanding now.
- So is Darrell Peart.
- The Hall brothers deserve far more recognition than they get. If you don't know who the Hall brothers are then read Darrells book.
- Measure 3 times, cut once. Twice just doesn't seem to be enough anymore.
- Never use an air hose to blow dust off of your bench when you're working on tiny ebony plugs.
- Ebony splinters hurt as much as glass splinters do but at least they're easy to see when trying to remove them.
- Wood dyes are way better than wood stain. I will definitely never use stain again by choice.
- I probably should have picked something a little simpler for my first attempt at Greene and Greene style.
- I'm glad I didn't.

Thanks to everyone for the encouragement and praise. This was the most enjoyable project I've done in many years. I'll post these as a project once the finish has cured enough to bring them inside and get some good pictures.

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#103 ·
Lagavulin

I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate the completion of a project like this than my favorite 16 year old single malt…

Table Bottle Desk Wood Drawer


Except for maybe my favorite Anejo:

Table Furniture Wood Drawer Wood stain


Things I learned:
- Green and Greene were some amazing designers. I already knew this but I have a much better understanding now.
- So is Darrell Peart.
- The Hall brothers deserve far more recognition than they get. If you don't know who the Hall brothers are then read Darrells book.
- Measure 3 times, cut once. Twice just doesn't seem to be enough anymore.
- Never use an air hose to blow dust off of your bench when you're working on tiny ebony plugs.
- Ebony splinters hurt as much as glass splinters do but at least they're easy to see when trying to remove them.
- Wood dyes are way better than wood stain. I will definitely never use stain again by choice.
- I probably should have picked something a little simpler for my first attempt at Greene and Greene style.
- I'm glad I didn't.

Thanks to everyone for the encouragement and praise. This was the most enjoyable project I've done in many years. I'll post these as a project once the finish has cured enough to bring them inside and get some good pictures.

Table Furniture Wood Desk Writing desk
Lagavulin 16 is the best. I've enjoyed this series - great job!
 

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