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This is a 3 drawer gentleman's chest of Peruvian walnut and cherry. The case is constructed with handcut dovetails. The drawers are coopered and feature drawer slips with sliding housed dovetails and through dovetails. Finish is BLO and a handrubbed Daly's Pro Fin. www.wrightwoodworks.com

I've been wanting to try out some of the more traditional joinery methods since I've been perusing this site daily and checking out more advanced skills here and elsewhere on the web. I've been reading a lot (and I mean a lot) about dovetails, box/finger joints, mortises & tenons, etc. online...

A lot of handwork on this case. I left the dovetails and through-tenons proud. Which made sanding and finishing a little fussier, but I like the look. Finished with shellac and pastewax. Some people don't seem to care for pastewax over shellac, but i do.

My wife was shopping for baby things few months back (we were expecting a baby that is now born) and found a nice basket in a baby store. The store was selling some stand for the basket but, obviously, I suggested my wife that I can build a cradle to fit the basket. After some discussions...

I have had this old painting that was owned by my Oma and Opa, it was painted by a local artist in Hudson, OH. His name is on it and on the back, Al Koenig. I did look him up and he's since past along with my grandparents. This painting is dated 1981. As with most grandparents, things around...

The grooves on the legs were done with the table saw and the inlay dutchmen were handcut Finished with 2 coats of Varathane white wash stain for bottom and Semi Gloss Poly for the top. April 2018

This box was an experiment with double (or inlay) dovetails. The woods used in this box are: Front/Back - Honduras rosewood Sides - Caribbean rosewood (this wood has incredible change in color…light-to-dark…with even the sliightest change in viewing angle, as it's turned in your hand, the...

This was for my sister Katy for her birthday and is my first box with my new Veritas 14 tpi dovetail saw. I was able to cut much smaller and tighter dovetails than on my other boxes. I was also using my newly made 1:7 dovetail marker. So far, I've done all my dovetails by eye but I needed...

The one is walnut with a carved purple heart pull. Finish is BLO, Sprayed Lacquer and Wax. The bottom is purple velvet. The pull was the first time I've tried carving and it actually turned out ok. Dovetails are hand cut. The top is rabbeted to fit into the box. 6×3 5/8×2 7/8

Ever worked with bog-wood? Please continue reading to find out my thoughts. I've got a commission to make a knife, including a leather sheath to go with it. The client asked if I would mind using a piece of Swedish bog-wood for the handle that he had treated with PEG (polyethylene glycol) for...

After pulling the apple wood and mulberry out of the kiln yesterday, I felt compelled to plane it down and see what I had. This was the result. It is the same dimensions as the last project that I made, and was lots of fun to build. Mulberry is very easy to work with, which made chiseling out...

I've been carting my tools around in a canvas shopping bag…until now. I made a big, solid tool box/tote out of Merbau. Hand cut dovetails, drawers, plane holders and a custom chisel holder that slides in and out of a rail. The hand hold is Maple, Jarrah, Merbau and a sliver of Ebony veneer...

Well I finally finished this thing and here it is!

The whaleend shelf is my second craftsman product and the first I took while attending a workshop at a once-a-weeknight class at a local high school. That was a great way to get into the mindset of becoming a craftsman/woodworker. The top technique I learned was hand-cut dovetails. In much of...

I've been working on this boxes this week after work. The pin boards are made from Black Walnut, Tail boards are Spalted Maple and the top/bottom are Aromatic Cedar. I picked up the cedar/maple from Rockler's Seattle store for 50% off. The store is closing down after 30 years and moving to a new...

This is the 2nd box i've made in my life time. The wood is reclaimed from Ballpark bench seating (there was a lot of frustration in the "reclaiming" process). Since i used 1/2 blind dovetails i cut the dados on my table saw. The rough cuts for the box were done on the table/band saw and final...

I call this joinery radial dovetails. If your interested, I have a blog on its construction. The woods used in this box are curly maple, Caribbean rosewood, and hickory. Instead of traditional angles, the dovetails were cut from two perspective points per each corner as you can see below...

My son's clothes were scattered between two different chest of drawers. Both chests were o.k. but not much to look at or easy for him to open either. The time came to build something worthwhile for him and perhaps something that will be passed from family member to family member over the...

This is my first dovetailed box. I built it for a Christmas present but really that's just a good excuse to do something I've been wanting to do anyway. This is my first set of handcut dovetails for any complete project. It's also my first time working with cherry or maple. The finish is BLO...

This is the dresser that I made for my daughter. It is the first real piece of furniture that I have made. I started building it four years ago after reading The Joiner and the Cabinet Maker. It is made almost entirely by hand with my collection of vintage Stanley planes and chisels. It has been...