Woodworking Page
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... Orchard, in upstate New York (near Rochester). Jean and I obtained a set of Better Homes and Gardens plans, modified them extensively, and the two of us built this little house in the orchard... |
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Inspired by the Piet Hein collection of super-ellipse furniture, we've used this table since the late-1960s... |
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I've always loved old-fashioned porch swings. So I thought "why not one in the living room?". Well, why not? We've now had this swing in our living room since the mid-1970s - it's absolutely great... |
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... Woods. I designed this equilateral A-frame cabin, which we built in the West Virginia mountains in 1963. See the story for interesting deck design and front closure... |
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My father-in-law and I designed and built these in the early-1960s to help solve the space problem we had in our one-room apartment; we still use these bookcases... |
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This was designed and built as a hanging bed, so you could swing yourself to sleep. Alas, it's been converted to a waterbed, so the ropes now are for show only... |
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... Backyard. This was a long-weekend project: Saturday - buy and cut framing 2x4s; Sunday - assemble and glue trusses, make door, prefab ends; Monday - erect and roof... |
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I made these bookcase modules for Jennifer in the late 1980s, so that she could have any arrangement of short/wide to tall/narrow book cases, and easily change rearrange... |
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This wine rack easy comes apart, for storage or moving, and is expandable both horizontally and vertically... |
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... River Bank. These steps solve a nasty bank problem and fit nicely into the environment... |
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After remodeling our kitchen we needed a table for the new breakfast nook. One of the advantages of this design is that the legs come off, for easy moving through doorways... |
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A few little "quickie" projects that turned out pretty well, such as this handy shop stool. It gets a lot of use... |
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