David Boeff Furniture Maker

Well I completed the knuckle joints on the rear swinging legs.  They work ok, but squeak a little.  Which means they are too tight some plac...

The rear legs on the Townsend Card Table swing out to support half of the top when it is open.  To accomplish this the rear legs are attache...

 I cut the rear apron from a piece of hard maple that I had in the shop.  It is 7/8 inch thick, so I think it will be strong enough.  Also, ...

I have a ten foot piece of 8/4 mahogany that is about 14 inches wide that I can not pick up myself.  Doug Moulder offered to come over and h...

I completed the knee carving on the second leg today.  Did a little clean up of the carving with files,  no sandpaper in case I want to go b...

I took a break from carving this morning and decided to make the knee blocks for the legs.  My thought was that I might attach them now befo...

At this point  in the project, I have decided to carve the knee pattern.  I could save it till later but I decided to get more of the carvin...

My wife and I were on vacation and went to visit my daughter in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  Had a great time visiting with the grandkids. ...

I had to take a break from carving the  ball & claw foot because my honey do list was piling up.  We are hosting a party in a couple of ...

This is the third post following the progress of carving the Newport Ball and Claw Foot.  Again I used time lapse pictures to record the st...

Hopefully you enjoyed the first time lapse video.  This one is a little better since I changed the angle of the camera.  The goal of this c...

I haven't posted for a few days because I painted the porch and other chores.  But I have been working on carving the second ball and cl...

I keep track of my hours on the woodworking projects.  This foot has taken more hours than any of the ball and claw feet that I have carved....

Well I did get some time in the shop yesterday and today.  So I made some progress on the first ball and claw foot that I need for the Towns...

Luke Addington asked if the talons looked fragile.  I did not make mine too thin.  I think I could make them  thinner and still be somewhat ...

I shaped the legs using hands tools.  The rear legs are pad feet with no carving, so they are good to go. The front legs have ball and claw...

I am finished with practice.  I need to get moving on the real table.  I am going to make the blanks and cut out the shapes for the 4 cabrio...

 I did not leave enough material to carve the upper part of the claws on the first ball and claw, I thought I had better do another to make ...

This week the Mid-West Tool Collectors organization held their spring meeting in Columbus, Ohio.   I have always wanted to go to one of the ...

Woodworking the the summer is a lot harder than the winter.  The weather here has been wonderful the last few days, so it has been hard to s...

I spent some time yesterday working on refining the Newport ball and claw foot that I had rough carved before we went to Williamsburg. I un...

I took a break from woodworking over the Memorial Day weekend. My wife and I went on a road trip to Colonial Williamsburg.  It was our first...

The Townsend Card Table is obviously a Newport piece of furniture. If I were to put a Philadelphia ball and claw foot on the table it would ...

Doug Moulder and I made a trip yesterday to Wellsboro, PA.   It is about a 5 hour drive from my house, so having someone along makes the tim...

Today I put together the apron, right side and the leg.  To this I added two 2x2 legs cut from a 2x4. So the front and side are the actual ...

I went back to the drawing board and worked on the top view of the table.  This accomplished the view and dimensions of the cyma curves whic...

The day before yesterday I cut out the sample cabriolet leg on my band saw.  Now it needs to be shaped.  The Newport style of leg is not rou...

I completed the profile drawing of the table and made some decisions about the size of the table. So far the table is 28 inches tall to the...

I have researched the John Townsend Card Table from books and publications about as thorough as I can.  I would like to see one but there ar...

I am excited about a piece of furniture I have seen in a book John Townsend Newport Cabinetmaker from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The bo...