In contrast to his carefully-planned projects like the arcade machine, here Bob Clagett takes a chunk of wood imparted to him by his departed grandfather and improvises it into a functional piece of furniture:
The Samurai Carpenter runs down everything you need to know about wood expansion/contraction, and the importance of moisture meters:
Linn from Darbin Orvar takes a gorgeous slab of spalted maple, some pre-fab hairpin legs and makes a side table with a drawer. She also shows us how initial designs do not always work out and institutes a fix:
This is a great blend of design and craftsmanship. Here Laura Kampf devises a handsome, functional wire organizer for her soldering station:
Here Shannon Rogers goes over the features of his workhorse piece of shop furniture, the Roubo workbench. Hand tool users will find it informative; you power tool users, who typically have higher benches better suited to routers, may find it an interesting curiosity.
Steve Ramsey shows you how you can get and build effective dust collection for your small shop without spending a fortune:
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Furniture design is a fascinating realm where interesting, unique, and revealing pieces are improbably culled from a sea of nearly limitless possibilities. But if you use hairpin legs, i hate you and i hate your dumb face, dummy.