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Bashful ball-and-claw-foot chair

Bashful ball-and-claw-foot chair

Jake Cress is a gifted cabinetmaker in Fincastle, Virginia. Besides traditional pieces in the Chippendale vein, he makes whimsical “animated furniture,” several pieces of which can be viewed on his site. But my personal favorite by far has to be “Oops,” the embarrassed claw-foot chair that has dropped its ball, and wants to sneak it […]

Tools explained by a do-it-yourselfer

Tools explained by a do-it-yourselfer

Mark posted this classic Devil’s Dictionary of a DIYer’s definition of tools on Dinosaurs and Robots: DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings objects across the room, denting the freshly-painted vertical stabilizer which you […]

Tenori-Off

Tenori-Off

Discouraged by high prices and limited availability, Kentaro knew his chance at owning one of the much-sought-after Tenori-On electronic instruments were slim-to-none. Undaunted by those obstacles he created his own version – free of those extraneous LEDs, function buttons, chips, and well … electronics in general. Hey – everybody loves the feel of popping bubble […]