Projects of your dreams

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Feel free to add anything here you are going to make/want to make, is in the pipeline or is something you have seen and might make in the future.
This wooden chesterfield for example



That would look great in my back yard

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I have a few bucket list items I need to sort through and organize, but I do love the A&C styles and I'd be nice to replace the ugly glass top table with something "fun"

Nothing personal on my immediate list,  
but I do want to find some antique hutches that interest me to duplicate someday,  maybe in retirement.

Figuring out how to do something you have never done is what makes a good challenge.

You'll be looking out for some QS oak then Splint, I just looked at stickley.com, quite an interesting story and masses to drool over on their website.
But it's a busman's holiday for you Bent...
Stickley is timeless, but Makintosh is insane!

got a maloof style low back chair half done that got put on the back burner. on the to do list is a Krenov style chest on stand and a hall table of yet to be determined design.
great thread renners !

working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

Potz, I remember reading the Cabinetmakers Notebook by Krenov when I was trying my luck as a cabinetmaker. The thing I remember to this day is him saying you need 30 good clients and not to overstretch yourself. It was as I recall a good read.
might be good wisdom ? ive loved and wanted to do one since i first saw his. ive seen some nice ones posted here.

working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

Makintosh makes me think of when Dinosaurs walked the Earth, massive compared to A&C and Stickley forms. He was big on those flared legs. If it wasn't beefy, it was 2 stories tall. 

I have never made tall clocks. Always wanted to, but this house has zero room for one, and I don't plan to move. Heck, we don't even have room for mantle clocks, I'm SOL on clock sitting spaces. :-( Wall's are pretty full so even wall clocks are a hard thing to hang. Maybe I can make a watch. 
I see Charles Rennie Mackintosh pieces are commanding a high price


I get that they're collectable but they just don't look all that comfortable... unless of course that was the idea

Yeah, the chairs are a bit over the top, but certainly gives one a place to hang their trench coat before sitting!

My main draw to his stuff is in the details, pimping out without going full frontal fugly. Strong lines in the A&C style with the cool colors in the glass works
This is probably mine.    walnut primary, Holey String, Poplar and Ash secondary.   Posted it some time ago.
Don't think I want to tackle another one, just to lazy.  
This

Ron

Yes Ron, remember that well! The layout and inlay work are real skills!
Have you actually stuffed it full of spices or has it been "claimed" by another for more nefarious purposes? 
yeah that was some damn nice string inlay.

working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

I just looked your chest up Ron, it is an exquisite piece, so when you did the inlay work with the 1/8 " bit, did you have a template to work to and a guide bush?
Failure to launch.
It was never going to be popular anyway. What was he thinking? a thread about woodworking on a woodworking site for woodworkers?
I would have posted on the Good Ole Boys thread but it seems to have been shut down,
Reminds me of that other place. 
Mind your fingers everyone.

yeah what happened here ? lets get it going again ? as for good ol boys that was my decision and had martin close it due to the disruption !!! enough said.

working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

Who would have thought that a thread where Rich starts off by calling people names could have gone south.  Shocking.  

--Nathan, TX. Hire the lazy man. He may not do as much work but that's because he will find a better way.

nathan, dont say his name man !!!!! 

working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

I'm like Harry Potter and not afraid of to say Voldemort's name.  

--Nathan, TX. Hire the lazy man. He may not do as much work but that's because he will find a better way.