Woodworker's Journal 2001-25-1, страница 90

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Readers Enhance our Designs

See the Smokes

Knowing they were in there wasn't enough: it seems that

Nick Medwid

of Medina. Minnesota, wanted to see the cigars in his humidor. Accordingly, he put a glass top on the box he built from our plans. Nick also added some inset shelves and. instead of the mahogany we used, he went with padauk. We're not sure if his cigars are an exotic species, too.

needs to pick it up and haul it off to a rodeo. He also stuck with oak for his trunk, leaving off (he walnut strap design we'd incorporated. Still, either version makes a ciassy container for all your neckerchiefs, pardner.

Tom Kropp wins a Bosch 1294 VSK detail sander for his contribution to End Groin. Send your letters and photos to: End Grain, Woodworker's Journal, P.O. Box 261, Medina, Minnesota 55340. If we publish yours, we'll throw your name in a hat for our free tool drawing. Photos of projects from Woodworker's Journal or Today's Woodworker are eligible.

A Trunk for Traveling

Looks like Tom Kropp's trunk gets more travel than ours. Although the design was based on earlier generations' luggage, we intended our Steamer Trunk to be used for storing linens and sweaters. Tom, of Allenton, Wisconsin, has more of an on-the-go version. It's saddled up only temporarily, but he added wooden ring loop handles on the ends in case he

The Humidor first appeared in the July/August 1996 issue of Today's Woodworker,

Doing Doors

The first inset doors Bill Gelatka of Prince Frederick, Maryland, ever made were on his version of our Entertainment Center III, He stepped up to the challenge, and added a few of his own modifications to our plan, as well. While keeping our dimensions and overall construction, Bill enclosed the side units and the drawers in the center of the unit behind additional doors. In order to get it ready for the whole family to enjoy. Bill made his

The Steamer Trunk appeared in the September/October 1993 Today's Woodworker.

Entertainment Center III, built by Bill Gelatka. first appeared in the March/April 1997 issue of Today's Woodworker.

entertainment center out of solid red oak and oak plywood, stained it with Minwax Golden Pecan stain and finished it with three coats of Hydrocote satin polyurethane.