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Just finished up my most recent box. The lozenges are claro walnut, mahogany and movingue. I always prefer my light lozenge running horizontally across the pattern, as if the light is hitting if from above and the darker on the sides. The border is sterling silver with reverse diamond...

This is a box I made this week. It's my first attempt at using a quilt design (parquetry) of the mariner's compass. I could use your help with table saw jigs that help cut diamonds and triangles.

I have recently posted a couple of blog entries that featured my veneer guillotines so I thought I might post them aa a project. Of course I have two as I need one in my home shop and one in my winter shop. They are a little different in their cutting parts but the basic design is the same...

Random colors of trapezoid (45 degree) and rectangle combined together to form a board like this… .... not contented I continue with the sides… note that the first row nearest the miter top joint is bigger… The purpose is to have an extra waste materials for me to cut it using router (1/8...

This is the first of three sets that I made. I made this set ten years ago. The other two sets I made seven years ago. Time fly's when your having fun. I love to play chess, so I designed this set to have a complete chess theme through out the table and chairs. The center post of the table is...

This unit was made a few years back. Thought I would post it to show some more of my furniture projects. The faces of the the doors and drawers were left over parquetry flooring laid over plywood. Each panel of two diamonds contains 27 different pieces of timber. The rest of the cabinet is made...

Dipped my toe in the waters of parquetry today. Attended a class taught by Donna Hill here in Cincinnati at the Hardwood Lumber and More store. This is a Mariner's Star, approx 10×7, walnut and maple set into a field of mahogany. The hardest part was getting all the pieces to come together at...

This is a star pattern I found in a library book of traditional patchwork quilt patterns. The ends of the pieces were darkened in hot sand to make it look more over-and-under. This was surprisingly easy and the colour goes right through the wood, so it won't fade if you have to sand it. The...

The third of five boxes I have been working on, this box features a parquetry basket weave lid with a Pau Ferro veneer and mahogany border. The sides are also made from Pau Ferro veneer applied over ½ inch MDF. It is trimmed with walnut. The 10.5"x 8"x 4.5" box is finished with several...

This pair of keepsake boxes were a commison by a good friend here in Western Australia for his two Grandsons who live in the UK. He wanted something simple, but I said I don't do simple! So in order to maintain my interest while making them, we compromised and decided two 'simple' parquetry...

I've been on a little parquetry bender lately. I know, I know, there's probably a 12 step program out there somewhere that would help me kick the habit, but I haven't hit rock bottom yet and I'm still enjoying the ride. First I made these parquetry thresholds for a client and that got me...

This is a smoked oak veneer box with parquetry embellishment. The interior is a maroon velvet.

Ryoshibako - Japanese Document box Yes, and another Japanese project. As I said in my last post, it was about halfway through making my Japanese Incense chest, check it out here, that I decided to make a full suite of Incense Kodo related woodwork items to go with it. The two main pieces were...

After making a version of this clock face for a Christmas present last year for my wife (see my earlier posting for more details), I decided to make another in the form of a mantle clock. The parquetry design for the 24-point clock face is made of birdseye maple and sapele veneers embedded in...

One of my earlier works which has not yet been presented here. Just something to hang on the wall. Made of small scraps of veneer. It does not represent anything, it is totally random and abstract and has no upper or lower side.

I finally took the time to take some good pictures of my chess table. I posted this table over a year ago on Lumberjocks. I hope no one gets upset for me doing this. Thanks for looking First by making the chess set pieces. Then to add every piece into the actual table and chairs. 1. The top...

This credenza is the companion piece to a custom desk that I built. Both of them are decorated with a parquetry pattern in maple and ribbon mahogany. The parquetry was done as Boule work. With this technique all of the parts are cut in stacks of alternating veneers and give you two color...

This 54" diameter table top has Maple, Birch, Walnut, & Ebony. I cut the parquetry with a scalpel, using the "Window Method" The outside bullnose edge is glued up with "Five" 1/8" layers of solid maple. The radius rings of ebony, were glued up on radius templates, with "Three layers of 3/32" to...

Before getting into building my major projects for 2015 I've been trying to clean up my to do list of little shop projects. I the last few weeks I've built a new rolling tool cabinet, bottle jack veneer press and a portable workbench. One other item on my list is this Parquetry Guillotine. In...

Several weeks ago I completed and posted a knock down bottle jack veneer press and a parquetry guillotine. So I decided to put them to use and make a couple more basket weave boxes. The boxes are made from cherry and walnut veneers over a 1/2" plywood core. They are trimmed along the edges...