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Faux Drawer Front for Kitchen Cabinet
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Help Around the House host Henry Harrison helps a guest create a faux-front for the counter in front of his kitchen sink to match the kitchens antique cabinets. On his elbow grease scale of one to four, Harrison gives this job a two.
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Hope Chest
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Beautiful blanket chest. You?ll see how fool-proof the system is in building this blanket chest. The design utilizes a form of frame and panel construction that goes back hundreds of years. This joinery has proved to be durable and reliable, so if you?re thinking of making an heirloom project, here?s one that will last many generations.
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How to Build a Simple Drawer for Furniture
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A drawer is something that is frequently used when you build your own furniture. This article describes how to build a simple drawer unit that can be used in a variety of furniture applications.
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Jewelry Chest Box
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A fringe benefit in doing this site is that I have great readers. Last week, one of those great readers told me of a rare wood importer who was in my neck of the woods. After spending some time with him, I came away with a sample ? a short piece of Jacarand Copiaba.
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Jewelry Chest Box
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When I found that out, I put it back ? and then went and got it again. It has a super amount of very fine figuring and seems quite dense. It is about 1.5" thick. I thought if I could re-saw it to thin pieces, they would make great panels for jewelry chests...and maybe be in time for Christmas.
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Jewelry Chest Box
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What I was starting was the box for the raised panel frame we made a couple of week?s back with the CMT/Sommerfeld Junior Raised Panel set.
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Medieval Chest
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This article is a survey of chest construction and decoration techniques in the hope of inspiring woodworkers to build more medieval chests.
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Medieval Wooden Chest
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A Medieval Wooden Chest - Plans for a storage box that doubles as a camp stool.
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New England Pine Blanket Chest
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Building this charming chest will sharpen woodworking skills in a number of ways. At the same time, it will allow students to build and finish a treasured piece of furniture. Building this chest will pose more of a challenge than a beginner project. Basic construction is simple; there are no unnecessary frills or complex joinery techniques in this project. But re-creating this antique Massachusetts chest will help you to learn and master new skills such as installing hidden dowel hinges and joining boards with biscuits.
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Office Display Table
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The hallmarks of Shaker furniture are simplicity, utility, and a sense of craftsmanship that's nothing less than refreshing in today's world of shrink-wrap plastic and satellite TV. And, it's the rare woodworker who doesn't take up the challenge to emulate this style, with its classic clean lines and carefully fitted joints.
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Pirates Chest
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What little boy wouldn?t love to find one of these in their back yard!?! I looked in vain, all over the internet, for a simple plan for a Pirates Treasure Chest. So I decided to just make my own. I settled on box joints for the corners because they are very simple to make and really strong.
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Router Made Drawer and Door Pulls
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This tips and techniques article from American Woodworker Magazine shows you can make integrated pulls yourself using a router table and a few bits. They can be decorative or almost completely hidden. Of the four designs they?ll describe for you, two require special bits, but two use ordinary bits that you may already own.
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Sea Chest
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This chest is pegged and glued, not nailed. It dates from the 11th-Century.
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Secretary Desk
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This style of secretary desk is very handy for writing out the bills and other necessary paperwork. One nice thing is that when you get sick and tired of all this accounting, you can just flip up the lid and all papers, envelopes and check stubs fall inside, neatly out of sight and mind. Seriously though, it provides good storage, takes little space, and gives a fair size desk area to work on.
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Shop-made Drawer Pulls
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Plans for Shop-Made Drawer Pulls.
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Simple Chest
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This 3 page PDF document describes the construction of a small chest to hold valuables at an event and provide you with a seat as well.
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Simple Drawer Organizer
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Keeping track of your possessions is one of the toughest things to do! Well show you how to do it yourself!
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Six Board - Painted Chest
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A prototype in cheap wood for a future project in walnut. Standard six-board construction with nailed leather hinge. Pattern taken from chest on the Mary Rose, including spandrels in front
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Six Plank Hope Chest
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Hope Chests have been one of the premiere woodworking gifts for hundreds of years. They were given to young women to use to store all then things they collected in preparation for marriage.
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Solid Mahogany Chest of Drawers
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A mahogany storage case for your most prized possessions.
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