yarrow
bead-board miter
choppings
alfalfa stack
40 lbs
barn-wood cabinet door
gauging
marking tails
coping out the waste
winter pea blossom
butcher’s block
Jonah from behind
Late May, Part 2
dovetails
A Portrait of the Workshop in April
The provision for me in my shop this past week: cutting dovetails in black walnut for a chest, some goat-milk and lime paint for the butcher block legs, and finishing up the milling of the mighty locust.
White Oak Relief Press
Druckpresse, Quercus Alba
Bread Labor
Cabinet drawers
White oak frame
Cooler emboss and inlay
Carved Birch bowls
Finished Hope Chest
Here is the finished hope chest. The primary case, and lid frame are cherry, the drawer case and lid panels are black walnut, the trim is hard maple, the secondary wood for the drawers, till, and interior structural is white oak, the floor of the chest is eastern red cedar, and the drawer pulls are ebonized black walnut. The finish is 4 coats of danish oil.
Ebonized black walnut pulls.
The white oak till.
Hammered copper brackets for the lid support.
Hope Chest’s Frame and Panel Lid
Below are a few pictures of the frame and panel lid for the cherry and walnut hope chest.
A section of the cherry frame with a piece of walnut as a test panel.
The lid, dry fit with the panels installed.
A detail showing the hard maple ogee molding – all dry fit and held with gravity and friction at this stage.
