Posts Tagged: period furniture making
Hardware Comparison
Posted by on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 in - 4 comments
Recently I received my December issue of Popular Woodworking magazine. While looking at it during lunch, one of my woodworking co-workers stopped to look at Glen Huey’s Line & Berry Chest of Drawers that graced the cover. • (Photo provided by PopularWoodworking.com) • After thumbing through …
How I Install Drawer Hardware
Posted by on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 in - 10 comments
• Recently I was talking projects with a couple of my woodworking buddies. One was working on a chest of drawers *&was complaining about having to measure, mark *&drill each pull for every drawer. I kind of smiled *&told him I have a simple solution shortcut for that. Below is a step by step …
How to install mortise butt hinges
Posted by on Monday, November 1, 2010 in - 1 comment
Installing PB-407 Butt Hinges • Currently I’m finishing up on a federal card table project. I am at a point where I need to make a decision on what to do with the hardware. After looking at a lot of photos of card tables, it seems that the tops were either hinged using traditional card table …
Installing a half mortise lock
Posted by on Monday, October 18, 2010 in - 2 comments
How I Install a Half-Mortise Lock • We were talking about woodworking projects the other day at work & the topic of drawer locks came up. A co-worker is finishing up a project & was feeling intimidated by the installation of a half mortise lock in a drawer. • He picked up a lock & was getting …