I had a customer in New York who had some odd shaped/sized kitchen cabinet doors, and they could not purchase something “off the shelf” to redo their cabinet doors. Since the doors covered the cabinet fronts entirely (i.e. European style cabinets) they wanted something that was the same measurements as their existing cabinet doors, but …
I had a client request a custom design for their cutting board. They wanted something that was 16 inches wide x 16 inches deep, and roughly 1 inch thick. They wanted a juice groove around the outside on all four sides (they called it a juice “trench” so tomato/tomato) and wanted to have indented handles …
I had a customer who had a small apartment in Brooklyn, and they wanted a walnut hall table with specific dimensions (50” long but only 9” deep) in order to fit a specific spot in the house. This happens a lot with me with my commissions. Someone has an idea what they want, but they …
A customer was looking for a coat hanger with a shelf above for their entryway, with specific dimensions for it (44” long) and couldn’t find one online that would match what they needed – so they approached me. They had a design based on a few pictures in etsy, so I was able to sketch …
We had a customer ask for a small, shaker style bench, for their mudroom. They wanted something about 36” wide to fit into a specific area, with some space underneath to put muddy boots. They also aren’t sure if they want to paint it or just polyurethane it or not, so they asked me not …
Had a customer who had inherited a cabinet from their family. They liked the cabinet, but wanted it to have a deeper top (to put photos and knick knacks on). The back of it was also a poor quality piece of plywood, since it was supposed to be up against a wall. However, the customer …
Recently at the Farmer’s Market, I had a customer come up to me and admired one of my laminated cutting boards which had a “juice groove” around the perimeter. She liked the work, but didn’t want a juice groove on it. So she asked me if I could make a laminated cutting board without one …
So the drawer joinery is cut, tested and cleaned up. I put in a dado in the back (for the back panel) and a groove in the front and two sides to hold the bottom. The bottom is ¼” thick luan plywood, which shows pretty nice. Glue up consisted of spreading the glue on the …
So with the tails cut, its time to lay out and cut the pins. Used my moxon vise to lay out the pins, using the tails piece as a template. From there, on to the joinery bench to saw them out, then clean out with a chisel. Once chiseled out, I used a smaller chisel …
First step is to layout the wood with marking to make sure you orient the boards properly and cut the dovetails in the right place and orientation. I do this with a series of triangles, which is something woodworkers have done for centuries. Then you scribe a baseline around the pieces with a marking gauge, …
