Hello and welcome to my blog!  This post continues a series in which I’m building a wall mounted media cabinet of American black walnut.  In this post I will detail the process of building the sliding doors, specifically focusing on the changes that I have made to the design of these …
Hello and welcome to my blog! This post continues a series in which Iâm building a pair of credenzas, one of American black walnut and the other American black cherry.  In this post I will focus on the cherry credenza as the cabinet facade comes to life in the form of …
This post continues a series in which I am building a butler’s desk of American black walnut. Â In the previous post I had completed installing the web frames, which act as supports for the drawers. Â With the web frames now completed, I can turn my attention to the ‘desk’ side …
Hello and welcome to my blog. Â This post is a continuation of a series in which I am building a part of medicine cabinets in white cypress and currently working on the doors. Today’s post will revolve around the cut out of the upper door rail, detailing of the frame …
Hello and welcome to my blog, today I’m continuing with the cabinet door. Â This post will start off much like the ones before it…..with a large Disston saw ripping white cypress. I find it important to lead my cut by working at an angle such as this and by keeping …
In this post I will detail the mortises and tenons required to attach the left side stile. Â To chop mortises I first layout my lines with a mortise gauge. Â The mortise gauge scribes lines with a cutting edge and helps reduce the change of damaging the mortise landing. Â I then …
This cabinet, which features scissor hinges, is not conducive to a typical frame and panel door, to my eye. And so I’ve been moving toward a design which minimizes the appearance of the frame work, first by putting it flush with the panel (the panel will not be recessed) and …
Hello and welcome again to my blog. Â In this post I am in the beginning stages of building a door which will enclose my medicine cabinet. Â I’ve chosen white cypress for this cabinet and have continued along with white cypress for the door as well. This door may like quite …