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This 6-ft.-long Shaker settee has a clean, elegant silhouette enhanced by its dramatic ebony finish. It has six turned legs and three stretchers, instead of the usual four and two. To improve on the classic Shaker design, Becksvoort beefed up the leg-to-seat joint using stepped tenons, which eliminates the possibility of breakage at the shoulder. The seat is shaped with a tablesaw, router, and hand tools. Dimensions: 17 in. deep by 72 in. wide by 33 in. tall What's Included: Extensive full-size and scale drawings Complete cutlist Step-by-step companion article

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9781631869587

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"Christian Becksvoort has been a professional woodworker for 40 years and a FWW contributing editor for 25. ""After all these years,"" he says, ""I still work alone. Each piece is designed, laid out, constructed, glued up, sanded, and finished by me."" He builds between 20 and 30 pieces each year, and they range from chairs, tables, and chests of drawers to lamps, clocks, and small sleighs. Favorite furniture style? ""Shaker, of course."" Favorite rock band? ""The Cowboy Junkies."" He is the author of the woodworking classic, the Shaker Legacy (The Taunton Press, 1998)."

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