How To Build a Sleigh Bed Taunton has instructions and a free plan for building a sleigh bed by Chris Becksvoort, author of The Shaker Legacy. He explains how to make the bed's posts, layout and cut the mortises and more. |
How To Make a Wooden Chess Set Shop Smith has detailed drawings for turning each chess piece. Free lathe patterns for the King, Queen, Knight, Rook and Pawn. The chess pieces are designed to fit on a chessboard with 2-inch squares. |
How To Build a Gun Rack Wayne of the Woods gives the directions for building a gun rack to store rifles and shot guns, which also has a storage shelf on the bottom. This is an open gun rack that hangs on the wall. |
How To Make Wooden Candle Holders Lee's Wood Projects provides a drawing with the measurements for making a candle holder pattern. Instructions are given for preparing and cutting the wood, lathe turning, sanding and finishing candle holders. |
How To Build Storage Cabinets Lowe's gives step-by-step instructions and measurements for making a storage unit from louver doors. The main materials for this storage cabinet consists of two sets of shutter doors and a panel for shelves. |
How To Build an Entertainment Center Lowe's provides a material list and step-by-step instructions for building an open faced entertainment center that has room for a television, VCRs, DVDs, cable boxes, satellite receivers, stereos and video games. |
How To Make Wooden Place Mats Lowe's has instructions for making place mats from an oak board. They explain how to finish the wood and suggest that you can customize the place mats to match your kitchen's decor. |
How To Make a Box Using a Bandsaw DoItYourself.com has instructions and illustrations showing you how to create a box that has a drawer by using your bandsaw to cut the pieces. A box's material can be scrap from another project or a block of wood. |
How To Make a Bed Osborne Wood Products, Inc. has instructions and images showing how to mortise a bed post, make a headboard, side rails and tiesters. |
How To Make a Leg's Pad Foot Taunton Press has an article by Lonnie Bird describing and showing you how to make an 18th-century style pad foot, using a bandsaw to cut the blank and a carving gouge, rasps and files to form it. |