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I’m the smallest person in our shop, yet I inevitably gravitate toward the largest projects. For the February 2009 issue of Popular Woodworking, I built a Shaker-inspired stepback that serves as a flat-screen entertainment center. Then, I decided it looked lonely in the living room, and built a Shaker-inspired case-on-case shelving unit with two drawers in the bottom. That one will be in the December issue of Popular Woodworking (which hits newsstands in the middle of November). Both of them are 7-1/2 feet tall (which is key, because it means I don’t have to dust the top , no one can see it).
But Chris is currently building a 13′-long walnut bench, which is a replica of an original from the White Water Shaker Village meeting house. The project will be featured in the Winter 2009 issue of Woodworking Magazine (on newsstands in mid-December). And after watching him wrestle with 13′ boards (and serving as his outfeed table), I think I’ll stick to 8′ and under. Chris, the large-project title is yours.
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Paul,
My bench was just easier to get to – and I used Chris’s bench for the last few years, so it only seems fair.
Good luck with the hybrid – wondering about the Japanese part though; is it going to be low to the ground?
That board in/on your bench is a 13 footer, is your bench doing double duty for Chris S?
I have started searching LVL here in the Central Valley,Ca.I am leaning toward Japanese/English/Roubo,Hybrid!
Working in Designcad 3d. I am learning S/U, I can import DWG’s files into SKP’s.
"But I’m Much Better Now!"
I got my Nov. 2009 PW today. You can add a new title, at least to your resume, "Cover Model."
With your recent victory, Megan, I’d think you’d be searching for projects requiring lots of high-quality hole boring.
Cheers — Larry Marshall