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Antique Chair Restoration
I repair antique wood furniture for fun. I have been doing this for more than 40 years. There are a number of steps of restoring any antique and many variations of those steps.
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Molding Head Cuts Smoother Coves
Milling coves at the table saw is a great way to get large, customized moldings in any species you need. I use a different cutter.
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Doweling Jig Makes Great Mortises
I don’t have a mortising machine, and until recently I used my drill press instead. But, I find the doweling jig makes mortises as well as my drill press did.
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Walnut and Maple Bookcase Cabinet
This is a bookcase cabinet I built out of highly figured walnut and curly maple. The case was built as a gift for my wife to store her cookbook collection.
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To Stain or Not to Stain? eZine Readers’ Reactions
eZine readers share their thoughts about using stain on wood projects.
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Federal Serpentine Table
I made this Federal serpentine table in a class at the Furniture Institute of Massachusetts. The primary wood is cherry with cocobolo inlays and holly stringing.
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Style Isn’t All There Is to Substance
(Most) readers may not like the Mid-Century Modern style, but they appreciate that they can still learn from a project in that style.
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Lacquer Thinner Rejuvenates Wood Putty
If you have solvent-based wood putty that has sat too long in the can and now is as hard as concrete, all is not lost! Don’t throw it away.
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Handy Quilter’s Tool Checks Dimensions
My mother-in-law was a quilter, and among her supplies I found this aluminum measuring tool.
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Country Style Pantry
The unique drawer joinery, two-tone wood and clever integration of the drawer pulls into the faces bring some clever touches to an already-impressive piece.
