Projects of Ron Evers

These projects are by Ron Evers of Beeton, Ontario, Canada revers@accglobal.net

 

 

 

 

"I built this silver chest for my wife Jeanne, Christmas 2001. It is constructed of: ¼ cut White Oak in the Carcase, ¼ cut Red Oak in the drawer fronts, reclaimed Walnut in the drawer sides and backs, and ¼” solid white ash set in a dado in the back. The box joints are ¾”x¾”. The finish is paste wood grain filler followed by three coats of satin poly. The top two drawers are lined with flocking with the bottom drawer finished as the exterior. The drawers are mounted on full extension glides for accessibility."

 

 

 

"A view of the drawers open showing the flocking and the sliding dovetail joints retaining the drawer fronts.  "

 

 

 

 

Knotty Walnut, Wall-Hung Cupboard

 

 

The inspiration for this cupboard came from free download plans for “Martha’s Vineyard Cupboard” at Popular Woodworking.
http://www.popularwoodworking.com/features/fea.asp?id=1025

 

 

 

 

As is my habit, the dimensions were changed slightly to suit the materials on hand and the construction technique was also changed. The cupboard was constructed of knotty Black Walnut and the door panels were made from 3/8” spalted / curly / birdseye maple for contrast. The back-boards are reclaimed fir ceiling boards out of an old farmhouse. Who says that you have to have clear wood to build fine furniture?

 

"I liked the above finished product so much that I decided to build two more,
one of Butternut and one of Cherry,both with Walnut door panels.
This is a great project for using up a bunch of those short pieces of wood
that tend to collect around the shop."

 

 

 

 

 

I have built most of the furniture in our home which I designed and built 25 years ago. Here is a Grandfather Clock, of my own design, I built about 15 years ago out of solid walnut. 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a Walnut Corner-cupboard, again of my own design.  The back panels are 3/8" solid book-matched walnut.  This is a two-piece unit. 

 

 

 

 

 

More oak and ash in this Buffet & Hutch (own design).  The back is made from reclaimed fir ceiling boards from an old farm house. 

 

 

 

 

This bookcase is made of Butternut (own design) and the open back is made of 3/8 solid book-matched  butternut. 

 

 

 

 

 

This "kitchen cupboard" (own Design) is built from  1" maple.  The door panels are of pine.  The lower left door opens to a slide-out flour bin

 

 

 

 

 

And finally me, with a Willow cupboard (own design) I built for my wife Jeanne, Christmas 1998. 

 

 

 

This mahogany coffee table is made up of pieces of my late father's students of 15 - 20 years ago.  At the end of a school year dad would gather up parts of student’s unfinished work and bring them home with the expectation of assembling them "some day".  When he passed on last spring I gathered up some of these "scraps" from his shop and brought them home.  Each rail, leg and the top carried the name of a different student.  Some of the pieces were pretty rough; it took 8 hours just to get four legs to match in size.  The legs are actually cherry and all the other parts are mahogany.  The cherry was so old that it matched perfectly with the red mahogany.   It was finished with paste wood filler and three coats of satin poly. 

 

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This cherry folding table is finished with boiled linseed oil and turpentine (50:50) followed by three coats of poly. 

 

 

 

 

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This pine folding table had only two coats of oil/turps when these pictures were taken.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This wall-hung corner cupboard is constructed of 1/4 cut oak.  The wood had originally been glued up for casket ends, which I purchased when the factory closed up ($2.00 ea).  I cut the original casket panels back up into individual boards since some of the glue lines were failing.   The door panel is raised on both sides so as to be flush with the rails and stiles.  Inside the cupboard, there is one shelf at the mid point.  The front board in the shelf (exposed edge) is oak and the remainder of the shelf and the top are constructed of pine to reduce weight.  The finish is composed of paste wood filler and three coats of satin poly. 

 

 

Ron's Custom Made Router Table

Ron also sent in shots of his own self-made custom router table.To see it, please click HERE. When you're finished there, please click on BACK at the bottom of that page, to return to this Group's directory or on HOME to return to the site's main directory.

 

 

 

There were plans for a corner curio in the February 92 issue of Canadian Workshop that I liked the appearance of. However, the plans called for it to be constructed of oak veneered particleboard with solid oak trim, and I do not like to work with particleboard.I wished to construct it from solid walnut to match our living room furniture but lacked enough 6’ stock to construct it as per drawings. I had a lot of short pieces of walnut typically less than 5’ in length and a very few pieces of more than 6’.

 

 

 

The two backs were made using a stile & rail construction but with a difference – the stiles were not continuous but were spline joined to the full width rails to “stretch” my material.

 

 

 

Not having enough long material to make the face frames, I spline joined pieces together at a point where the joint would be concealed by the molding between upper and lower sections of the cupboard.

 

 

 

Finishing consisted of:

Sanded to 180 grit prior to assembly,

 

 

 

For Christmas 2000 I constructed quilt racks for my wife, daughter and daughter-in-law. Two were made from ash and one cherry.

 

 

 

 

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