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Readers Gallery
From Fine Woodworking Issue #178
Jim Kilton
A donated log provided the raw material for the 6-1/2-in.-dia. by 3-in.-tall spalted-maple bowl (top). The shouldered vessel (middle), made from Norfolk Island pine, has a diameter of 7 in. and measures 7 in. tall. After turning the 9-in.-dia. by 2-in.-tall flower vessel from maple (bottom), Kilton painted the outside surface to look like marble. All the bowls were finished with lacquer and then waxed.
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Benjamin A. Wood
Wood made this table (14-1/2 in. deep by 54 in. long by 31-1/2 in. high) out of American black walnut. The design combines the subtle curves of Asian furniture, sculptural elements used by Sam Maloof, and the delicate look of twin aprons that Wood saw on a Ross Day piece. The table is finished with five coats of an oil mixture (consisting of equal parts polyurethane, boiled linseed oil, and raw tung oil) followed by a coat of paste wax.
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Donald Rogers
Rogers made this banister-back chair from a photograph in the book Furniture of the Pilgrim Century by Wallace Nutting. Made entirely from maple, the chair measures 20 in. deep by 21 in. wide by 46 in. tall. The molded, arched top was created as a turning and then sawn in half. The finish is milk paint followed by linseed oil. Rogers estimates the chair took about 40 hours to build.
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Richard C. Cheek
Several years ago, while perusing a catalog, Cheek spotted a chest he knew he’d want to build someday. The catalog stayed in a safe place until last year, when he came across some quilted mahogany that would work perfectly. The finished chest, which took about 600 hours to complete, measures 10 in. deep at the top, 17 in. deep at the bottom, 21-1/2 in. wide, and 58-1/2 in. tall. Cheek used alder as a secondary wood. He curved the inside faces of the drawer fronts to match their outside faces. As a result, the drawers incorporate curved dovetails. For the finish, Cheek used a sealcoat of shellac, followed by a gel stain, a wiped-on gel varnish, and five coats of wax. |
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