At the Bench
“When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thought in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman”
Jean de la Bruyere
Half Blind Dovetails
Seat Carving w/ Travisher
Seats Saddled
Drilling Staked Stool Mortises
Wedged Tenon
Seat Carving
Half Blind Dovetails w/ beaded edge
Gluing in Miter Keys
Wedged Tenons
Raised Panel
Setting Leg Rake & Splay
Upper carriage taking shape
Dutch tool chest before painting
Side bead moulding plane
Hand forged chest lift installation
Clock door frame rail & stile
Cabinet door rail & stile
Fitting a drawer
Walnut Lap Desk
Pins & Tails
Chest of Drawers Carcass
Applying moulding
Hand-cut half lap joints
Mirror Frame glue up
Pine Box Dovetails
Hardware install
Saber Leg Stool Legs
Saber Leg Stool Dry Fit
Spanish Cedar milled and stickered
Veneered panels w/ inlay
Humidor glue up
Kumiko Panel
Butternut Bennch
Panel Glue Up
Vacuum Press for Veneer
Working the vacuum press
Half Blind Pins
Dovetails
Half Blind Drawer Front
Tenons
Flushing up inlay