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This was a "commissioned" piece for my inlaws. I ebonized the poplar using black TransTint dye and India Ink. First coat Dye/ink in Zinsser Seal coat. Second coat Dye/ink in 50% ethanol. Third coat Dye/ink in seal coat again. I ended with a few coats of Arm-R-Seal.

"My Tell-Tale Heart" box series was designed and created to celebrate my younger brother's wedding. Right from the start I knew I wanted to make them a special box. They got married on Halloween which was a big influence on the design. Taken from one the most famous pieces of gothic...

This is another bow saw made with the kit from Gramercy Tools. The previous I had made into a swan neck, this time I wanted to follow their original design. I toyed with making it out of ebony because I had seen a beautiful one on the internet but opted not to because of cost. I had been...

Here is the poor man's version of ebonizing wood! 10 parts water to 1 part black latex paint brush on sand down raised grain seal it up I almost got in trouble with this because the water made my drawers expand and I had to sand them back down to a very snug fit. The result is pretty decent...

About a month ago I was inspired to make this box. It took a total of 30 days from start to finish to make it. I believe this is the hardest project to date to make. Every piece had to be custom made, all the angle cuts drove me crazy to say the least. I used a 1/2" hand wood chisel to do all...

This is a White Oak coat rack that I made with custom ebonized hooks. Shelf was installed with a dado joint and the support is a french cleat. Hooks are ebonized with first a coat of strong black tea and then a steel wool/vinegar mixture. I also blacked the screws with super blue. . . . The...

We were given a 40" TV from my in-laws (won in a raffle). The problem was we had an "old style" TV stand that didn't fit one of these "new fangled" flat panel TV's. So our new TV sat on a couple TV trays butted together for a while. I decided on the Woodsmith issue #169 Wide-Screen TV Cabinet...

Note: Originally posted in October 2007 to my woodworking blog at www.affyx.com which was a just a redirect link to Blogger - well the big brains at blogger have tagged my site as a "spam blog" (it isn't) and although I've asked for it to be reinstated, I think LJ might be a better place to...

The table top is heart pine that was harvested from Eglin Air Force Base after a hurricane. The base is poplar that has been ebonized using India Ink. The reverse taper leg idea came from the following project. http://lumberjocks.com/projects/58392

This marble machine has 2 lifters, 4 paths (nail board, slalom with tipping lever, bell track and clickclock tower, bottleneck), a tipover container for 150 marbles and a "sound box" filled with bells, gongs, springs, woodblocks, etc. The marbles will be transported with the "Cateye wheel" to a...

I had a bunch of tools just laying on the shelf beneath my bench that was a driving me crazy so I decided to make a set of drawers to organize and declutter the shelf. My neighbor was cleaning out their attic and gave me a couple of old table leaves that I decided to use to make the chest. The...

This was inspired by a torso carving in a book by Dick Onias. I took certain liberties, but the pose is very similar. I like the subtle twist at the waist and the effect that lifting the left arm has on the chest. I made it out of a chunk of Bradford Pear that broke out of our tree. I hate...

These are sister-in-law gifts. The design is inspired by Philip Weber. He has many imaginatively designed and beautifully crafted boxes http://weberboxes.com. The top is curved. The boxes are of Yellowheart and ebonized walnut and of maple with ebonized walnut...

I posted these to show a sample of ebonized walnut with lightly white washed maple & Poly finish.

This Basswood Rose was much easier carving than the Oxboard. The pattern for this was an advertisement for a porcelain Knick-knack in a magazine

My latest infill. #4 size, length is 9", width is 2". Metal is low carbon steel from mcmaster carr. Infill is ebonized walnut. The reason for the ebonizing was "just to try something different". I seen one I liked that was ebonized walnut, and I had walnut. Iron is a Hock. Chip breaker is 1/8"...

Sorry for the poor pics, it was hard to capture this in a good light. It's made from solid ash usinf dados, half laps and Miller dowels (I love these things). Shelves are adjustable. Face frame is a glued on, no biscuits or anything. I have not added the back yet, but it will be a black 1/4...

I finished one desk!!! But it looks very much like table. I wanted to use this one for lap top computer. If there is no drawer, it must be a table. Made with walnut, ebonized walnut, and maple. Drawer is hidden as apron and made with cherry. 17×34 x 31 This time… tried dark wood combination.