2nd commissioned 'baby box'
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These 'baby boxes' are just a treat for me to build. This one is for a friend's niece and her husband for their baby who was born in December. Jim chose walnut and maple and I found this beautiful piece of walnut and though the pictures don't show it well is almost has some reddish tones to it. The maple in the lid has some very nice curl to it. This box is going to Texas, hence the Texas theme with the star and state shape for 2 of the teethers. The rattles turned out beautiful, showing the curl in the maple! Mitered/splined construction with a brass pin hinge. The mother/child is 1/4” walnut. I used an off-white canvas liner for the box and tray to lighten up the inside of the box and I think it compliments very well. It's finished with 7 or 8 or maybe more coats of wipe on semi-gloss poly and waxed. The rattles and toys are finished with a mixture of organic cold-pressed flax oil and organic beeswax.I hope little Henry enjoys his toys as much as I enjoyed making them :) And thanks for looking!
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My Mother's Cabinets
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Since I've been on a family theme of projects here is the cabinets I built for my mother. The cabinets and vent hood were built from scratch with MDF and bead board using just a table saw, router and some hand tools. The microwave cabinet included a plate rack, bread box, cutting board, potato box and pan drawer.
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Floating End Table/Shelf
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End tables for my parent's bedroom. All walnut. Constructing them was pretty easy. Cut some half laps on the table saw as well as a radial arm saw after I had glued up panels for each side. I didn't quite think about hanging them until late so I threw a piece of scrap purpleheart on top to hold it onto the wall. I also had to put some screws through the side to hold the solid piece of purpleheart. I was thinking about lacquer but ended up finishing them with boiled linseed oil and poly mix. I probably did a sloppy job on the hangar part of it but they're filled with books and stuff so I think it's perfectly fine as is.
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From the Bench: The Family Violin
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My personal story is about endings and beginnings, father, son, and daughters, completing one circle and starting another. My father, Henry Finck, was a professor of anatomy at the University…
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