Trying Greene & Greene Design Elements

You call this “practice”? Looks to me like you’ve got those techniques down pretty well. The thired is my favorite.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

3 great boxes , i like them all

-- Paul , Calfornia

Nice Phil,

What’s your finger joint technique?

What did you use to inlay those nouveau poppies?

-- Scott - Chico California http://chicowoodnut.home.comcast.net

i’m sure they will like them ,they look really good.

-- john, Moose Jaw, Sask, j.soika@shaw.ca

Scott the finger joint is cut in any way you prefer (table saw or router). The trick, which is Peart’s not mine, is to do an extra f/b and side that will be a throw away. When pillowing the fingers assemble with the spare f/b or side and sand away without worrying about marring the face with your sanding. A friend tried rounding over with the router but the hand-sanded pillowing is much more appealing.

The inlay was using the router inlay kit.

-- Phil in British Columbia

Nice job one the box. I like the inlays

-- It's better to have people think you're stupid rather than open your mouth and remove all doubt.

I have found it difficult use Darrell’s technique to make the fingers different sizes like I did on the drawers for my night stands. the fingers are progessivly larger as they go up. I did use the pillowing technique (extra throwaway) and that worked out nicely.

Nice job. Is the material for the inlay holley?

-- Scott - Chico California http://chicowoodnut.home.comcast.net

Yes Scott the inlay is holly. You’ve got me thinking about the jig set-up for cutting progressive sized fingers – interesting.

-- Phil in British Columbia

I like the boxes. I’v never seen spalted apple before.

I also got the G&G bug and I’m planning to make a bedroom door and bedroom set out of walnut. The aurora dressers are nice but i’m not that crazy about the beds. Have you seen any G&G beds that you like?

-- Sorry the reply is so long. I didn't have time to write a short reply.