FINISHED, FINALY. I entered these some time back so I will put up the link as well to all three. It has been a long time but we finally found the right fabric and glass. I will never start another project until all the parts are in possession. It takes away from the joy of building something only to find you still need one more thing. I think it took a year to find the right fabric and the right person to make them. Of all the projects I think I enjoyed the Mission chairs the most. The next project will be a pair of night stands using the Quilted Makore and figured Maple with walnut slats or panels on the side.

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Thanks for looking, sorry for the delay, enjoy

I came up with these designs as Christmas presents and ended up making six of them They are nothing more then 1 3/4” X 5” X 13” blocks of left over ends from other projects that I cut a 1/4” dado all around, drilled 3 2” holes part way through and added legs then sanded to 200 and finished with wipe poly.
Since then I have made 10 more and will bring them to the next show I do.

My wonderful wife Debbie has always wanted a Picnic Table so Saturday she came home with a load of 2X6s and 2X4s and asked me to show her how to make it. I gave her an introduction on each piece of woodworking equipment along with the safety talk, had her do a few practice cuts on some scrape and turned her loose while I stood there and admired her. Here are a few pictures of her efforts thus far. Next week end she should have it ready for use and I will fire up the grill and serve the food. Anyone close enough is welcome to join us for a steak. BYOB

I’m surprised it took me this long to get around to making one of these. I am waiting for the plugs to dry so I can cut them flush and sand them I think there are about 70 or 80. I have been making so much stuff out of Red Oak I am getting tired of looking at it. I may paint it white but I hate to cover the wood! It was a very easy project and everything came out perfect except for one part, don’t put the seat slats on until the back goes on first but except for that everything went together like a glove with no tweaking needed. “Thanks for looking”

About 4 weeks ago I was going through some of my more recent WOOD magazines and came across issue 180 Nov 2007. I have a lot of 4/4 Red Oak so I thought “So why not build this, what could it take, A week?) So I set off to build it. After a LOT of gluing up 2 and 3 boards to around 13” X 55” then planning them to 3/4” I was ready to start the fun stuff, squaring and dimensioning to the final sizes of the “Materials List” ; not such an easy task! First I thought it was me, and then I thought it was the tools out of square, and then I realized it was the wood. I never saw such movement in wood. It grew 1/16” in a matter of one week, I cut it again then a week later is was 1/8” to short, so I glued up a few more plus some extras. Well I checked and tweaked all my tools, sharpened my chisels now I was ready to do battle with the Red Oak. I am posting some photos of the first dry fit I did plus some photos of the Rough sawn lumber (Red Oak) I am using for this project. After I get a little closer to completion I will post some more for viewing. I sure hope this thing comes out good. I have learned a lot doing this project and the education has been valuable thus far.

When my 2 girls were small I had a small amount of chestnut that was left over from restoring my house but now the girls are all grown. I descovered that they still had the boxes I made them 25 years ago so I decided to make one for my grand daughter who is about the same age they were when I made them theres only I had to use walnut and maple this time. The handle is a little kitty cat I cut using my scroll saw. Thanks for looking.

Well I have been at this project for quite some time its really three projects. I started the chair then had to stop for some home improvements that had to get done before Thanksgiving. I had to put in a lot of 10 and 12 hour days but the biggest parts are done and now just things like the trim and a few paint touch ups are all that’s left of this phase. I put out a lot of pictures so I hope you all enjoy them. First photo is the sunroom which has a medallion designed by my wife, second is on of two Morris chairs, and the third is the dry fitting of the second of the pair. The bench seats and Morris chair cushions will be matched. The theme is “Mission 2007” or “arts and crafts”.

In 2002 from a cash of probably 80 year old growth walnut that I found in a barn that was being cleared from 67 Acres to make room for a shopping mall in Charlestown, WV. I came across this barn that had been knocked down and saw a lot of boards that I first thought were maybe oak or just part of the barn. There were 12” and 15” 12 to 16 feet long plus an assortment of skinny boars as well but everything was at least 1” thick so I loaded up the larges ones and left the rest. A few days latter I was stacking the lumber I found and upon closer examination it dawned on me that this was not oak (It was packed with so much dust from being in the barn for so many years you could not see the surface.) I took a knife and scraped away the surface and discovered that they were Cherry and Walnut of the best quality I’d ever seen! Realizing what it was I jumped in my truck to go back for the rest only to find it had been plowed under and destroyed. My heart sank so defeated I got back in my truck and headed home but realized just how lucky I was to get the 150 BFT that was there. Below is the end table I built to go with this story.

As you can tell I like the arts & craft era designs. Stickley and Frank Lloyd Wright’s concept of simplicity in furniture and living space inspire me. Here is something different. A pair of mission 1940s design being made of maple? More pictures to come when they are done. An arts and craft knock down book shelf with a art stand behind it.

Here are a few pictures of the sewing room and sewing machine tables I made for my wonderful wife.