DIY PROJECTS

I designed this outdoor table to accompany the chair featured in FWW #309, and the two are assembled in similar ways.

Tansu has long fascinated me. A tansu in an antique shop window contributed greatly to my taking up serious woodworking.

—This article is from FWW #21–Mar/April 1980. Most areas grow at least one timber species that is suitable for log work.

Synopsis: Copied directly from a 400-year-old Ming Dynasty table, this piece looks clean and simple but is constructed with a

Synopsis: Made using riftsawn beech and steel hardware, this easel has an A-shaped frame with angled legs. The central support

Synopsis: Just as you can with wood, you can make the hardware look older and more distinctive, create a custom

Synopsis: David Welter spent 30 years working at what is now The Krenov School, so it makes perfect sense that

Synopsis: This chest-on-chest tool cabinet has a traditional solid-wood upper carcase, but the lower cabinet has a hybrid structure. To

Synopsis: Copied directly from a 400-year-old Ming Dynasty table, this piece looks clean and simple but is constructed with a