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This urn is for a good friend of over 25 years.  She saw the urns I build for my husband and me, and asked if I would be able to build one for her....

I built the cabinet from maple to save money. Now it was time to try to darken it to the middle-toned mahogany finish our friend wanted. I knew I d...

 [11.00 Door Details.jpg] Earlier, I had cut the doors to size and drilled the hinge cup holes. Before I could apply finish and add the brass disk...

Now it was time to work on the brass disk wing disks. Each disk would fit into a shallow (about 0.04” deep) 5/8” diameter well. Before proceeding,...

[10.00 Drawer Details.jpg] The drawer boxes were easy to build. I made them from 12 mm Baltic birch plywood. I prefinished the insides with poly, ...

This is the start of a blog series about my Butterfly Cabinet project. It started over a year ago with a request from my wife’s best friend for ...

[04.00 Case - Details.jpg] Most of the case parts are between 12” and 13 1/2” wide and required two-board edge glue-ups. I don’t like having glue ...

The glue-up was easier than it is for most projects. It involved gluing the sides and center assembly to the top and bottom panel.   [08.00 Case - ...

Does anybody know who I can contact regarding this sites possible recovery of a personal message? I think I deleted by mistake, was sure I saved it...

Initially, I planned to use sapele for the cabinet. Unfortunately, it’s 60% more expensive than maple, so I opted for the latter, knowing that I’d ...

orStarting here since these form the basis of it all. I want this column to be all finished before making the lamp base. There are target dimension...

I have completed the fenders for the first model.  I decided that I would create the fenders for the model to be painted since I am using poplar fo...