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Building a Flat Panel Door

A flat panel door can be defined as a door in which the panel has no bevel or hip raise.  It can still be considered a five piece door,  as it consists of two stiles, two frames and a panel.  The stiles are the vertical members of the frame, while the rails are the [...]

End Grain Cutting Board

This is the process I use for building an end grain cutting board like the one below. I made this using maple and cherry. I started with 2 pieces of maple and 2 pieces of cherry. Each piece was 3″ x 30″ and approximately 3/4″ thick. You can use thicker boards if that is [...]

Pen Boxes

I am making four pen boxes, two from hickory and two from oak.  I find it more efficient to make a production run of a number of boxes than just a single box.  These four boxes took me two hours to make, not including the finishing.   Short of breaking child labour laws you can’t make these boxes for less than what you buy them.  However, they are a fun project and enable you to use special wood for pen boxes which you can’t get commercially.

Pen Boxes

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