January 03, 2016
It was rumored that Leeler and her brother preferred Bell Jars to Banks. They stuffed their earnings into the Jars and buried the Jars in and around their small farm. Long after Leeler and her brother passed, the locals couldn't resist the possibility of discovering hidden treasure and the property was pockmarked and riddled with potholes, trenches and plow marks. ...
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January 01, 2016
"Luce del Paradiso" - All 4 sides have Alabaster doors which open to the interior. The interior bottom has a 6"x 6" thin Alabaster plate inset into the bottom panel. The top also has an inset very thin 6"x 6" Alabaster plate flush with the Cherry top. A spotlight from above fills the interior with the diffuse light from the Alabaster top plate. When the doors are closed, the light will ...
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January 01, 2016
Plans for a Tall Cherry Table with 3 drawers filled with stacked
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December 30, 2015
The previous Cherry Table gave me permission to make these three tall variations. I have to get these sketches to the drawing ...
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December 18, 2015
Curly soft maple, Quartersawn and Curly Cherry. It's a traditional Shaker table design. I slimmed the legs, table top and aprons by 1/8" all around. Below is the plot. Here is the rough cut lumber. and here the lumber cut to size...(except the soft maple for the drawer sides and ...
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December 12, 2015
Tool Cabinet at the foot of the shop. Here is a detail with the doors
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December 01, 2015
The workstation setup for the dusting process. The test tubes above the dollar guides and blank bills contain the graded currency ink dust. The ear droppers resting on the shelf also contain the ink dust. I'll "poof" the ink onto the bills after spraying them with fixative and use the guides above each bill to direct the ...
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December 01, 2015
Working up these bills with Rabbit Skin Glue. I'll encase the bills with several layers of glue to give them a fossilized quality. These are to be used as grounds for painting or dusting in a new grid. ...
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August 12, 2015
The beautiful and intense Maria....Casta
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August 03, 2015
Took some time away to make this Moxon Vise for my woodshop. All 8/4 Hard Maple with Hardware from BenchCrafted.
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