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Cherry Rocker Updated
This fun project was my first rocking chair, I am hooked on chairs after this experience. I'd really like to encourage anyone who wants to build chairs, to follow your dreams, it's not that hard, and with some great mentoring by the many chair makers out there, you can do it. Thanks for looking!
For design and instructions on building this rocker please visit our friend Hal Taylor .
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The Patriot Woodworkers Challenge Coin Displays Updated
Welcome to our album where we are going to build a collection of images from our past and present challenge coin display campaigns.
Frequently our members embark on a crusade to build challenge coin displays for our wounded service men and women who are recovering in the various military hospitals around our nation.
The challenge coin displays we build are made to hold the very precious silver dollar sized coins our troops earn while serving our nation.
Frequently our troops will be given a coin by their unit commander for a job well done, or they may be given one by the very same rescue personal who brought them off the battle fields. Wherever they receive their challenge coins, they are important to them, so they are important to us, and we want to make a place they can display them with pride.
The men and women seen in this photo album, have given consent to publish these images in the public domain. These images represent only a small fraction of the service members who have received our displays, we honor the privacy of those service members who do not wish to be shown here.
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Old English Plate Shelf Updated
The images in this album are an attempt to build a scaled version of an original plate shelf that our customer wanted. He printed an image of the original and let us do a take off on the image, scaled and modified to accommodate his old pewter molds that he collects.
The shelf is made of Curly Maple purchased from woodworker and lumber supplier http://www.bobkloes.com/. His lumber is some of the best to be found in North America.
I had a wonderful time building this replica, with modern tools and hand tools, these are the projects I look forward too.
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Wood Turning by a Newbie
Well I finally got into the shop today and finished up the lil bowl I started last night at the last minute right before the sun set. I rolled my lathe out to our patio because our garage is still full of our household kitchen contents from the flood we had over the summer. Even with the shop empty of foreign items, this is an outside process right now. So I just had about 15 minutes last night before it got to dicey to be turning in the dark. I was able to mount a chunk of walnut onto my Easy Wood Tools 3.5" Diameter Faceplate and get the outside of my lil 5" diameter bowl turned, then I shut it down. Woke up this morning ready to roll and finished up the bowl in about a half hour, it was so fun I went for another! I am finally getting a chance to get to know my Laguna 16-43 Lathe. I love it.
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18th Century Connecticut Blanket Chest Updated
This is a pine chest I made based on an American Woodworker issue that contained the plans to build this chest.
The chest in the issue is a reproduction of the actual chest made by John Wheeler Geer in the 18th century. To see the actual plan set in the American Woodworker issue go to Connecticut Blanket Chest .
I also built one in Curly Maple, I will post those images as well.
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Walnut Rocking Chair Updated
This chair is made from Black Walnut. The rockers and backrests are bent glue lams and the head rest is coopered. The curves throughout the chair are power sculpted using a combination of ROS and a right angle grinder with a 60 grit disk and a Kutzall grinder attachment. The entire chair is sanded to 800 and buffed with a 1200 Abralon pad before the first coat of finish is applied.
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Awards for Veterans Updated
This album contains images of some awards I fabricated for a veterans appreciation event formal dinner that was held by our local high school patriot club.
The club was founded and ran by our oldest daughter and our youngest daughter is the treasurer of the club. The kids in this club participate in Homes for Our Troops home builds and other local veterans events.
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Yugoslavian Clock Jewelry Case Updated
I had a customer bring an old gutted clock case from Yugoslavia that belonged to his grandma. He wanted the case converted into a jewelry case for his wife. He did not really have any ideas, so he told me to come up with something, and just do it, so I did!
The old clock case is oak, and it has a rounded bezel glass in the top middle of the door, I was very nervous having this around, if it broke, there would be no replacement for it.
The project was fun, and he and his wife were very happy.
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