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Techniques

Completed cherry table and mock-up — It sure is a downer to build a piece of furniture and realize when it’s finished that is doesn’t quite look right. Maybe the piece is too bulky for the space, or doesn’t quite match the rest of the furniture. Perhaps the proportions are off. Or maybe it’s just plain ugly. To minimize the chances […]

Building a Furniture Mock-up

This entry was posted in Joinery Techniques on November 10, 2014 by Bill Kovalick

When it comes to deriving drawer heights for a chest of drawers, there are several tried and true proportioning techniques that can be relied upon to create a piece of furniture that is pleasing to the eye. The simplest approach is a uniform progression in which each drawer has the same height. This approach doesn’t require […]

Calculating Drawer Heights for a Chest of Drawers

This entry was posted in Techniques on November 3, 2014 by Bill Kovalick

Short board cut diagonally — A technique for lengthening a board that involves cutting it in half diagonally.

How to Make a Board Longer

This entry was posted in Techniques on September 9, 2014 by Bill Kovalick

Multiple cedar bird houses — When embarking on a new woodworking project, I ask myself if the item of interest would be a good candidate for making more than one. This usually comes down to answering these specific questions: Can I use multiple copies? If I’m building a Murphy bed for the man cave, there’s no need to build more […]

Making Sense of Making Multiples

This entry was posted in Techniques and tagged bird house multiple copies on July 6, 2014 by Bill Kovalick