1368 days ago
by Eric M. Saperstein |
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Article By Stanley D. SapersteinArtisans of the ValleyMaster Craftsman, Emeritus
”As we complete the first decade of the of the 21 first Century we at Artisans of the Valley has noticed a new trend in the collectible and Antique markets which challenges the established definition of furniture values. Artisans discusses the trend of restorations focused on circa 1920-1940 “collectible” furniture.”
Complete article available at the link below:
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1383 days ago
by Ancientwood |
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Ancientwood, Ltd. has been selected to supply a 7 foot Ancient Kauri table for ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition! This event is taking place in South Range, Wisconsin, August 3-10. Ancientwood is very excited to have this inspiring opportunity and are pleased to be able to contribute to this deserving family.
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1481 days ago
by GaryK |
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Here starts something I always wanted to make. A pie crust table. This picture will give you an idea of what it will look like..
..Now mine will have a top that looks like this one, but I plan on doing something different for the legs. I will be unique. It’s something that just came to me...
Lets start with the top. I had the perfect piece of 6/4 mahogany that I have been saving for this. The problem is that it was a little too short for the diameter top I wanted to make.
Here ...
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1527 days ago
by ccpenco |
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One of the people that my dad works with in my company has asked me to make for him a Pen complete with a leather case + a wooden box for his boss. I guess that he thinks that a good gift will improve his chances of keeping his job. Either way, i have to make it really good.
He has given me pretty much free reign on what wood to use etc. So this will be an important project for me because it is one where i can really see if i’m any good at designing, etc.
I ca...
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1537 days ago
by Tim & Candy Hicks |
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I got the limb 100% sanded, my husband is inlaying turquoise in the base, next we will drill the holes for the cord.
The dark spot you can see on the base is where we applied sanding sealer, there is a bit of rot so this helps harden the wood and it also keeps the glue from staining the wood when we inlay the turquoise.
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1560 days ago
by Rob Bois |
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I’m actually about half-way along in this project, but will try to get all caught up in this first entry. I call this a wine secretary since it is a wine cabinet for my dining room that is basically modeled after a traditional drop-front secretary. I started out by building a Sketchup model to help me visualize the project and generate a cut list.
!From Wine Secretary(Sketchup model)!
For materials, I chose Honduran mahogany, which is as close as I will be able to get to the Car...
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1852 days ago
by flink |
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Hi There!
I for one, really like the way brass looks with a rich background of mahogany or dark oak. I also love engraved brasswork.
This morning as I drank my morning six-pack of diet coke, I was checking my regulars and came across a link to a person who does steampunk stuff and had a procedure to do brass etchings of anything you can photocopy. It’s relatively simple, and can be done with materials you can get at the borgs.
Below is the photocopy “negative” (le...
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1900 days ago
by woodwkr |
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Below the coffered panels are the skirt panels. These were in better shape than the coffered panels and had a “rope” mould along the top edge. The rope mould was mostly new construction, ( poorly done ) and was replaced with new mould that I ran and distressed. It started to look like this was at least the second installation of these panels because some of them were cobbled together and mis-matched. It became easy to find where they originally belonged, because their length match...
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1901 days ago
by woodwkr |
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First, let me say that this project was not an historical renovation. I tried to approach it that way as much as I could, but we did not have an unlimited budget and the client wanted the job done as soon as possible.
Ok. I will start at the top and work my way down.Below is one of the few pieces of the original crown that survived.
I believe that the original ceiling must have leaked, or been damp, because the crown and coffered panels needed allot of work. We did not have the time t...
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1902 days ago
by woodwkr |
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We did not have enough space to layout the entire room on the floor, so once I got a sense of how things went together, I measured everything, assigned a number to each one of the parts and plotted all the pieces on the computer. Much easier to drag around and piece the puzzle together. (also much less likely to break some very old and brittle wood) 17th century meets 21st century. :)
Some of the notes appear below.
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Then a rough draft layout by our designer. (click to enlarge)
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