Twisted Tree Fabrications

Recreating a traditional "slipper chair". The original legs were removed and replaced with a custom, handcrafted cherry wood leg and arm frame.

A unique side table for a reading chair. Grain-matched “waterfall” corner miter joint for the top and side panel with dovetail splines inserted for additional strength. Bent lamination construction was used for the arched legs.

Modern nightstands made of red oak with grain-matched mitered corner joints around the drawer cabinet.

A simple office storage cabinet for a repeat customer. Cherry wood that is stained Dark Walnut color.

The Surrey Side Tables were made for the same room installation as the loong table (of previous post). American cherry wood with iron acetate ebony stain (a natural solution that blackens certain woods).

This custom great room console table is the longest furniture piece (ten feet) that has been created in the TTF shops. American Cherry wood with iron acetate ebonized color.

Did you know that the grain appearance of the wood that is used in your furniture depends on where and how the boards were cut from the forest log?

FLAT SAWN is most typical because it is the quickest and least expensive method of milling the log. The grain appearance is often described as a "cathedral pattern" because of similarities to church cathedral shapes.

RIFT SAWN lumber is the best for structural integrity because it resists the bowing, bending, and cupping that occurs with flat sawn lumber. The grain lines are parallel and run the length of the board.

QUARTER SAWN is the most desirable, especially in oak lumber,, because of the cross-grain streaks and flecks that appear perpendicular to the typical lengthwise grain lines. These streaks are actually the medullary rays of the wood fibers that grow from the center of the tree outward towards the bark.

On the right: mass-production table leg construction with metal screws that need to be regularly tightened.

On the left: quality craftsmanship with wood mortise and tenon table leg construction that will last a lifetime without needing to be retightened.

Concept...design...creation.

The process of making a handcrafted mortise and tenon joint.

Traditional Mortise and Tenon Handcrafted at Twisted Tree Fabrications One of the woodworking joints that we often create at Twisted Tree Fabrications is the traditional mortise and tenon joint. It is most commonly used when co...