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    Kevin Rodel

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    Kevin Rodel has been making custom furniture in Maine since 1979, when he joined the small crew of woodworkers at the Thos. Moser Company. Since 1986 he has run his own shop, focusing at first on furniture inspired by American Arts and Crafts pieces. Over the years he has expanded his designs to include influences from Europe and Asia, and increasingly personal interpretations of the style. In 2003, he co-wrote Arts & Crafts Furniture: From Classic to Contemporary (The Taunton Press), which traces the international scope of the Arts and Crafts movement. Click here to watch an audio slideshow about his work.

    • Ep 4: Pierced Cutouts and Carved Relief

      July 13, 2017

      Kevin uses a jigsaw, router and templates to make the cutout and relieved areas of the headboard. Then he adds a beautiful carved texture to the relieved area using a gouge.

    • Ep 3: Headboard & Footboard Rails

      July 6, 2017

      In this episode, Kevin makes the template he’ll use to curve the top rails, cuts mortises in the rails, puts tenons on the end, and finally adds the curves using the bandsaw and router

    • Ep 2: Shaping the bed posts

      June 29, 2017

      After cutting the mortises on a hollow-chisel mortiser, Kevin shapes the posts of this bed using a bandsaw, sander, and block plane

    • Inlaid Stickley Style Bed with Kevin Rodel

      June 29, 2017

      Modeled after a Stickley bed, Kevin Rodel’s version features a Glasgow-style inlay, pierced carving, and tapered posts

    • Ep 1: Introduction to Kevin Rodel’s Arts and Crafts Bed

      June 29, 2017

      Designed after a four-post bed by Gustav Stickley, this queen-size version features a Glasgow-style inlay and can be adapted to suit any mattress height. The construction is mortise-and-tenon, the posts…

    • Arts & Crafts Bed

      February 8, 2017

      White-oak bed is loaded with Stickley style and topped off with traditional inlay

    • Master Class: Classic Arts & Crafts inlay

      February 8, 2017

      Synopsis: Tackle the inlaid head- and footboard of Kevin Rodel’s Arts and Crafts bed. The design is based on Glasgow-style motifs and requires several templates for the curved channels and…

    • Dream Machines: Kevin Rodel’s Ulmia 1710 sliding tablesaw

      February 8, 2017

      Kevin Rodel has come to rely on his Ulmia tablesaw, which cleverly combines a tablesaw and a slot mortiser. Watch as he shows off the features of one of his all-time favorite tools.

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      February 18, 2016

      Start making the shelf parts, with the center section first.

    • shelf gridwork

      Limbert Coffee Table: Shelf Gridwork

      February 18, 2016

      Discover some tips for making a gridwork that has clean, crisp edges.

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