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NOTE: Repost from another web locatation to preserve the memory... In November of 2012  I went to see my Aunt and Uncle over the weekend, and came...

 [01.06 Folding Work Table - Top and Support Structure.jpg]   Before I started assembling the support structure, I cut 10-degree bevels on the bott...

The heart of the table is a support structure for the thin plywood top, and the heart of the support structure is a lattice of I-beams. Each I-beam...

[01.09 Folding Work Table Mounting Bracket.jpg]    A section of the wall on the front side of the garage was just the right size for the tables. I ...

Because the tables will reside in an unheated garage, I decided to finish all surfaces with three coats of water-based poly (General Finishes High ...

 [01.07 Folding Work Table - Leg.jpg]   The legs are frame-and-panel assemblies. They were a bit of work to build because of the tapers and X-brace...

This is the start of a blog series on my Folding Work Table and Storage Bracket project.   I’ll preface this section by repeating that, for the mos...

  [01.06 Folding Work Table - Top and Support Structure.jpg]   The tabletop is just a 1/4" plywood panel with a 2” wide sassafras frame. The frame ...

While the edges of the backrest parts were still square, I cut the mortises for the dominos.  Ganging the rails together made a self-supporting str...

A while ago I poured some epoxy over cholla canes to make some pen blanks. But the epoxy went exothermic and made enough of a mess that I thought a...

Now that the main chair frame is nearly done, I can move on to the independent backrest frame.  I started by creating another template to define th...

Because my seat frame components are probably not quite as thick as those in the original, I compensated by making mine slightly wider an limiting ...