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English Tudor Style
This English Tudor set has been influenced by a set we found in a 1920 furniture book on English Furniture. The canted backs and the curved armrests make these pieces very comfortable to sit in. The double crested back lends a sense of style that fits well on any patio or deck. Traditionally built of Teak, they can also be made with California Redwood, White Cedar and White Oak. These woods are excellent choices and all will weather very well. Both the Bench, Chair and the Table! Purchase both plans for $25.95, plus Free Shipping in USA.


Adirondack California Style
In the early 1900's in the upper New York State Adirondack Mountains this style of chair first appeared. The Chair has a low seat; wide arms curved back and a very comfortable footstool. The back has a single 3 position adjustment that makes it very comfortable for all. This Love Seat compliments the Chair & Footstool and makes a complete set, perfect for any patio. The Love Seat is just perfect for reading, visiting with a friend or just idling away the hours. Both the Love Seat and the Chair & Footstool Purchase both plans for $25.95, plus Free Shipping in USA.


The Mission Bedroom Combo
This complete bedroom set includes the Mission Bed & Nightstand, the Mission Dresser and the Mission Hope chest. When finished, these projects will be the talk of the town. Each piece is built to compliment the other. Selected hardwoods and grain patterns can make these projects heirlooms for generations to come. THE BEDROOM COMBO which includes the Dresser, Bed and Hope Chest retails at our regular price of $57.85. Purchase all 3 plans plans for $49.15, plus Free Shipping in USA.


The Mission Dinning Room
This set sets your dinning room apart from all the others. The straight lines of the Arts & Crafts era combined with quarter sawn hardwoods makes this set an outspoken leader in the "do it yourself" plan.
THE DINING ROOM COMBO which includes the Table & Chair, Buffet and the Sideboard retails at our regular price of $65.80. Purchase all 3 plans for $55.95, plus Free Shipping in USA.


The Shop Combo
What more can we say? THE SHOP COMBO Includes 161 the Acorn Workbench, 277 Andy Rae's Tool Cabinet and 237 JB Hetzel Tool Chest. Retail $57.85 Purchase all 3 plans for $49.20, plus Free Shipping in USA.


SAVE ALMOST $70.00 ON OUR SPECIAL COMBINATION PACKAGE
	Over 25,000 copies of this workbench plan #161 have been sold in the past two years. Scott Landis in his Taunton Book, The Workbench Book, said that this was the very best American Designed bench on the market.... Purchase the hardware kit and the plan is supplied FREE. UPS shipping charges are about $50.00 for the vise kits, but we will ship the COMBO Package FREE in the USA!!!!!

THE ACORN WORKBENCH & HARDWARE KIT

Making Perfect Dowling Joints

In the next few months AFD will review the most important woodworking joints used in furniture building. We will start with the basic doweling techniques followed by splines, dados, stop-dados, rabbeted, half dovetail, full dovetail, cross lap, t-lapped and dovetail lapped joints.

For any joint using dowels it is important to own two tools. A set of dowel and tenon centers will last a lifetime along with a self-centering doweling jig. Using these two tools will assure perfect dowel joints in almost all applications. Compare the cost of biscuit joiner at $150 to $200 and a self-centering jig and the dowel centers are a bargain.

In a face frame application two ¼” dowels in the rails and stiles make a perfect joint. This technique is best done with a self-centering doweling jig. Align the pieces and make a pencil line a ½” down from the top of the stile and rail. Be sure the line is across each. Using a brad point bit, align the jig to the pencil line and drill 2 holes in the stile. Register the jig on the end of the rail on the pencil mark and drill two more holes. Install the dowels with glue and join the pieces together with clamps. Be sure to check that the face frame is square.

The corner butt joint can be made with the self-centering jig for the rail, but it will be necessary to use the dowel centers to align the holes to the stile. Start by marking the location of the dowels for the rail and again use a ¼” brad point bit to drill them to the proper depth. When finished install the dowel centers and align the boards. Tap the stile with either your hand or a wooden mallet and the resister points on the dowel centers will mark the board perfectly. This is an impossible task without the simple dowel centers.

The mid rail butt joint follows the same procedures and assures a very strong joint. Based on the size of your material it maybe necessary to increase the size of the dowels that you use in all three of these applications.

Nancy's Rocker with Footstool

Over the past three weeks, our orders for Nancy's Rocker have been blowing up the phone lines and email. This has proven to be the best launch of a new design in the 18 years we have been open for business. And for FYI.. we have partnered with Whiteside Router Bits to have the 5 degree offset bits that will be needed to complete the rear legs.

After months of drawings and redrafts Nancy's Rocker is complete.
2- 36 x 48 C.A.D. generated sheets with parts shown FULL-SIZE!
1- 24 x 36 C.A.D. generated sheet showing the footstool FULL-SIZE!
Designs for Jigs to help you along the way
32 pages of detailed construction on rocker and jigs
Plan rated intermediate ( even strong beginners ) can complete using the full size drawings
This plan has become our number one design as of the first of the year!!!

Country Rocker

This is a traditional rocker found throughout America. Sometimes called the Boston rocker, you will find this style of rocker on front porches and living rooms across the country. If you enjoy turning, this piece will be a joy to build. Construction is pretty straight forward and it is a good project for the beginning chair builder.

Mission Rocking Chair

This Rocker is owned by Jim McNair, the graphic designer of our catalog. Inherited from his Grandmother, Clara Moreland, it is a true Art's & Crafts design. At almost a 100 years old, it is very comfortable to sit in. The assembly is done with mortise and tenon joints

Enjoy your woodworking, and share your skills and knowledge with others.

Brian and all the folks from American Furniture Design Co

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WIN A GRIZZLY TABLE SAW: We are pleased to announce the eleventh year of our Furniture Design Contest. We will award a Grizzly Table saw to the woodworker who creates the best piece of furniture from an American Furniture Design Plan. The Grizzly table saw is rated by American Woodworker Magazine in a recent comparison of table saw, as their "Best Buy". You may also submit designs of your own. You will need to supply two color photos of your piece, a front view and a side view along with a description of the materials that you used. Your photos will not be returned. We plan to have 3 finalists and from them we will award the Tablesaw on December 15, just in time for Christmas 2009.

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