Floating Top Entry Table
This mitered case and veneered top make this project an interesting challenge. This floating top entry table was a project that I designed and built for the 2025 Grizzly Makers…
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Double Bevel Marquetry
Careful layout and precise cutting are the keys to getting a beautiful marquetry panel. It’s difficult to describe the excitement I feel when I start a new double-bevel marquetry project. The ability to conjure up a picture from nothing and …
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Furniture Restoration Guide
Learn how to repair typical damage Thirty-five years ago, I traded $125 worth of work for the mid-19th-century Empire chest-of-drawers pictured here. You could argue that I paid too much, because the amount of work involved in restoring it …
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How to Make Banding Inlay
A mark of true craftsmanship, bandings are much more than just decoration. Stop for a moment and take a good look at a piece of furniture that you admire—say, a card table from the Federal era. At first glance, you …
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‘Bookend’ Inlay
Make four variations of Federal inlay with heat and a few simple tools. While one revolution was winding down, another was gaining force. The Federal period, from about 1780 to 1820, saw both the rise of the nascent United …
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