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Making a Joint Stool from Trees, Part 2: No-Lathe Legs
In my last post, I showed how I did the layout and joinery for my new joint stool, which is a 17th-century design that I have wanted to try out for years. I built the piece from wood taken from … Continue reading
Making a Joint Stool from Trees, Part 1: Layout and Joinery
Ever since I got this book, I have wanted to make a joint stool from a tree. The grainy picture alone should give you an idea of how long ago that was. The book is Make a Joint Stool from … Continue reading
Requiem for a Shade Tree
One of my favorite things about our little suburban yard has been the 100-year-old post oak tree–a species of white oak that you don’t see much down here on the coast. It was a beautiful shade tree, sheltering the west … Continue reading
Building a Dining Table, Part 2: Clamps and Pegs
The majority of my time on this project was spent surfacing the boards for the top. I hand-planed all the boards from the rough-sawn stock, and I must have carried out four or five garbage bags of wood shavings in … Continue reading
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