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I'm no stranger to using router templates for flush trimming, but I white-knuckled it with these chair parts.  The long curves meant the grain dire...
Recently I viewed a project by "hairy" called Chum Bucket. I thought this project was a quite unusual but an interesting project. I liked it, so I ...
[spongebob 4 years later.jpg] It's been 4 years since I built the 1:6 scale model of the "Dolphin" chair by Hans Wegner.   Back then, I didn't hav...
Last year I got a good deal on Marketplace for an assorted stack of white oak planks.  I used some of it on the hot tub chair, and will use it on t...
The original design had a notch on the front leg under the seat that was a stop for the folding chair.   Since that notch would serve no purpose in...
Another wood project for the truck is a wood floor for the bed. I want to have straps and planks much like the bed floors of older trucks, but with...

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