Recent content by daveknuth

Beautiful work.

Thanks for your input

The walnut was from a neighbor. I bought the logs from him and had them sawn up. I had two 12/4 boards and used them for the sides. I sawed the sides on the bandsaw and glued them up, two boards per side.

I am making a walnut bombe chest similar to the one Ed Stuckey drew plans for. I am thinking about veneering a cross banding around the drawers. I have never seen it done on period pieces but I like the idea. I am wondering what SAPFM members think. Is it a good idea or not worth the trouble?

I changed my email address and I am not able to sign in at the SAPFM website. I tried changing the password but I do not get an email to change the password. I also did not get the summer email for Pins and Tails. I can however sign in to the Forum.

I am attempting to make a dining /parsons table (I prefer 18th stuff but the kids don't like it). I am making it out of solid wood and I plan to make 4" aprons on the end of the table the same grain direction as the top which means the apron will have very short, vertical grain. Can I cross...

I am having a 30 x 40 building put up soon with a 10 x 30 storage area inside the 30 x 40. That leaves a 30 x 30 or a 20 x 40 (with a 10 x10 alcove) shop area depending on where I put the storage area. Which is better for a shop: a 30 x 30 square or a 20 x 40 (with small alcove) rectangle?

I am redoing a chair I made 44 years ago for my Mom which I now have. It needed some improvements so I proceeded to make the seat thickness narrower by 1/2" and made the front rail  round instead of having a flat part. The first picture is before I did anything, the second and third are in process.

How do you finish walnut with maple inlay? I like walnut that has a brown color which I get by staining with orange dye but I’m afraid it will ruin the maple. I am afraid I might have to settle with unstained walnut.

I recently built two wing chairs for my daughter. I assume that I need 2 1/2" coil springs for the base of the chair but I cannot locate any. Does anyone have a source for such a spring?

I, like many of you, love an old finish but how to achieve it is a challenge. I have been to public places with hand rails and I have often thought - that is what I want to replicate - a well worn, rubbed, low sheen look. So I made a sample of dye stain and then wiping stain (SWilliams) and then...

I really enjoyed the opportunity to participate in the Winterthur SAPFM Furniture Program. Thanks to all who made it possible. In the Selected Objects Study, one of the pieces was a Philadelphia Queen Anne arm chair. Where the arm and the back post meet, a through mortise and tenon joint was...

I inherited a table from my Mom and I am making it more acceptable to a 18th century furniture lover

How does one go about asking permission to copy a piece in a museum that doesn't normally do that or at least has not been approached about it. Thanks for any help.

I am making a Philadelphia chair with through tenons. Did the original chairs have wedges in the tenon in the back or were these repairs add later? I saw a close-up picture of a reproduction from Kittinger and it had no wedges in the back. Also what is the best way to do the through tenon so...