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Free Plan: Frame-and-Panel Bed
A lot of time is spent refining what may seem like the small details of this frame-and-panel bed, but the effort pays off in the handsome inlaid piece with six-sided posts, headboard, and footboard.
Free Plan: Light, Strong Sawhorses
These easy to make sawhorses are light, sturdy, and stack neatly when not in use. A simple scarf joint with a spline is glued and screwed to the legs, and that's all there is to the joinery.
Free Plan: Six-Board Chest
Mike Dunbar will show you how to reproduce an 18th-century original and fine-tune your hand-tool skills at the same time.
Free Plan: Humidor
Building a humidor the right way requires careful consideration of the wood choice and joinery to ensure the proper humidity for cigars. This plan gives the basics you'll need to successfully build a humidor, and from there you can let your design sense run wild.
Nice legs: Mitered, shaped, and a bridle joint too
Peter Schlebecker’s chest of drawers sits on a delicate base with unusual legs. See the step-by-step process for making the legs.
Plan Spotting: Platform Bed and Murphy Bed Ideas
Here are two plans for contemporary beds we spotted out on the Web, a Murphy bed and a platform bed. The designs are very different, but both beds are at home in contemporary settings.
Looking ahead: Furniture Society Conference 2009
A look back at the 2008 conference and a sneak peak at the 2009 conference in Boone, North Carolina
New on Fine Woodworking
Heirloom Sled
jbschutz | November 20th, 2009
Jewelry "Books"
trialsman | November 20th, 2009
Cedar Jewelry Box
franco88 | November 20th, 2009
Recent comments
Re: Becksvoort honored
Congratulations! Having worked with Becksvoort on a number of occasions I can definitely say he truly is a master craftsman, and the honor is well-deserved. And the state of Maine is one of the most progressive in terms of honoring, promoting, and keeping its craftspeople. Kudos to them as well.
posted: 11:50 am on June 23rdTwo facts you might now know about Christian Becksvoort:
1. He has a great design eye, and his portfolio extends well beyond just Shaker reproductions.
2. He is also the author of In Harmony with Wood, an out of print (so get it wherever you can) book that gives a comprehensive look at wood from tree to plank and beyond.