Black Woodworks

Don Kerkhof

Don Kerkhof

Shop photo by Andy. Top view of the simple sled, showing the rails and register blocks with router cuts. Here you can see my target lines on the bottom face and edge, so here I had a few more passes to make. After each pass, I dropped the router bit another 1/8". 2-1/2 hours of total cutting...

Shop photo by Andy. Another view. The bevel is 15 degrees, so I simply cut three register blocks, with one that will bump against the edge. Slide it over every 1", and pull the router through for a perfect cut, and a true edge all the way around.

Shop photo by Andy. How does a small shop create a regular and true back bevel on the underside of a new desktop? If the edges were straight, I could use my skill saw jig. But, this top has two different radiused ends, so the saw won't work. Bring in my old router sled!

A close-up of the ceiling crown assembly for a soon-to-be-finished set of cabinetry to enclose a residential salt-water fish tank. More pics to come.

What to do with three highly-figured Walnut slabs, all matching and cut from a single crotch log? Andrew came up with this unique low table. The legs, like the arms of a propeller, come together at a central point, and are canted at a 30 degree angle to better show off the incredible flame figure...

Built entirely of solid and highly figured Walnut, all harvested from the Black Family Farm, this set of four matching chairs feature seats cut from a single Walnut tree crotch, and they have excellent feather and flame grain. Linseed Oil and beeswax finish. Conceived and constructed by Andrew. ...

Designed by Andrew, and built by Aaron in the shop, this piece was created for a private client in Wisconsin, and was only delivered this week. We pressed Heavy Birdseye Maple veneer in the shop for the kidney-shaped top, and for the curving aprons. The veneer flows through the concave drawer...

Having just moved back to the States from Europe, this couple really wanted to create a new kitchen space that reflected their love of everything European. Crisp, white, and clean, this kitchen includes Italian-designed metal drawer boxes with integral soft-closing slides, aluminum-framed cabinet...

Many years ago, I purchased the brass tea table from a customer's garage sale, thinking that someday, I would build some sort of table to hold it. What style though? And, would it be a coffee table, a low table? In the end, I decided to elevate the beautiful brass tray, with the intention of the...