Projects And Design

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Video Workshop: Build a Bow-Arm Morris Chair

by Gregory Paolini

Learn how to make a comfortable, Craftsman-style recliner with step-by-step video instruction

Video Workshop: Matt’s Monster Workbenchby Matt Kenney

Build a massive, maple workbench from start to finish with expert instruction from a Fine Woodworking editor.

Video Workshop: Build a Small Cabinetby Tim Rousseau

Watch our new, free series and see how Maine furniture maker Tim Rousseau crafts a frame-and-panel case piece

Video Workshop Guideby Fine Woodworking editorsWatch how a piece is built step by step. Download a detailed project plan so you can build it yourself.See more on Tables

Video Project: One Bookcase, Two Looksby Philip C. Lowe

Join Phil Lowe for our newest video workshop. See how to make a basic bookcase and then get two options for the base. Watch each step of construction in this nine-part series.

A Better Way to Build Boxesby Doug StoweExpert jigs and tips speed the processSee more on Boxes

Build an Elegant Dining Chairby Matthew Teague

Check out our new video series and watch as Matthew Teague demystifies the chairmaking process. Follow the construction step by step from design to final finish.

PROJECTS FOR THE WORKSHOP

A Slick Tenoning Jig

A Low-Cost Spray Booth

Try This Versatile Mortising Jig

New-Fangled Workbench

The Gallery

Arts and Crafts

Arts and Crafts Upholstered Bench
Bud Johnson Laytonville, California Materials:Red Oak Gallery Home

SEE YOUR WORK IN THE GALLERY. Find out how.

Inside Furniture Design

Tall Case Pieces from the Irion Commissionby Jonathan Binzen

A slideshow gallery of the “greatest American period furniture ever built,” crafted by the Irion Company Furniture MakersSee more on Regional Design

Pro Portfolio: A Vision in Whiteby Jonathan BinzenSee stunning examples of work by a self-taught woodcarver who's the modern-day equal of 17th Century master Grinling GibbonsSee more on Carving

Pro Portfolio: Arts and Crafts Explorerby Jonathan BinzenOne woodworker's career path leads through a wide-ranging furniture styleSee more on Styles and Forms

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