Walnut Knockbox

Here's a dovetailed knockbox I've recently completed for a client in Florida. It's made of some nice air dried American Black Walnut, from the Amish in Ohio. Finished with a few coats of Osmo. A little metal housing rests inside of it.

Mahogany Trestle Table

Here is a Mahogany trestle table I finished recently. The table was done entirely by hand except for the cove molding. The base is finished with Osmo oil/wax. The top is finished with candlelight oil stain, sanding sealer, pore filler, three coats of 50/50 polyurethane, three full coats of polyurethane, and finally a French polishing buffing compound.

The joinery consists of drawbored mortise & tenons and through wedged mortise & tenons. All hand cut and chopped. All of the curves and heavy chamfers were made with a spokeshave. A 50° pitch smooth plane left the final surface on all flat areas and the spokeshave for the curved.