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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.


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	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

Tips from the shop

The Trick to Butterfly Inlays

Throughout our Mission Furniture line you will find butterfly inlay keys in the doors and tabletops. In many cases they appear to join two pieces of wood together, but they are really just for show and are about 1/8" to 3/16" thick.

The most efficient way to make the inlay is with the plunge router, but it is possible to use a fixed base router instead. The only problem with the fixed base is that you will have to tip the router into the cut by hand which will take some practice.

Whichever kind of router you use, its base must accept a Porter-Cable style template guide. The Whiteside guide system will fit DeWalt, Porter Cable, Black & Decker and some Sear's routers and many others. In each router bit package from Whiteside are suggestions on how to to use the bit. If your router base doesn't have a hole sized for a Porter Cable style template guide, you can buy an adapter to fit.

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The Custom made American Furniture Design Template Guide has 6 different butterfly keys ranging from 1 1/4" to 2 1/2" so you have a wide range to choose from for your project. Select the wood for the keys in a contrasting color like red and white oak, or a highly figured or quarter sawn material. This will help your project really stand out.

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To begin, route the butterfly's in stock 3/4" x 1 1/2" x 20" or as long as you need based on the size of the inlays. Attach the template guide to the router base without the removable collar. Install the centering pin and tighten the collar. Remove the centering pin and install the carbide bit. Adjust the plunge router depth so that it cuts 1/8" deeper than the template.

Either clamp the template to the stock or use double-sided carpet tape to hold it in place. Cut the butterfly inlays by following the pattern clockwise.

After you have cut the number of butterflies necessary for your project, use the bandsaw to cut them free from the stock.

Install the removable collar on the template guide. Adjust the plunge router depth to 1/32" to 1/64" shallower than the inlays that you have just made.

Clamp or tape the AFD template to the work piece. For vertical alignment, match the template to a glue line if possible. Route the recess. Be careful because the 1/8" solid carbide bit can be fragile. The guide will not create square corners and it will be necessary to use a chisel to cut them square for the inlay to fit.

Spread a thin layer of glue into the recess, put in the inlay, remove any glue squeeze out, cover the inlay with a piece of paper from a brown shopping bag. Clamp a board on the top and when dry, remove the paper by wetting the leftover paper. Use a sander if necessary or a scraper to level them with the top.

You have now completed a perfect inlay in the same manner as we do here in our shop.

For every woodworker that needs a cheat sheet! This chart will make even the hardiest mathematician smile.

AFD's Decimal Equivalency Chart

Great plans for a late summer project!

Mission Bed & Nightstands with Bedrail Hardware

Bow Arm Morris Chair

Over the years we have time and again made plans from furniture we have made and shared them with our friends not only in the United States, but all over the world. We pride our business on quality, heirloom furniture that you as a consumer can replicate at your shop or home. Every once in a while an opportunity comes along that we still sit back and say " I can't believe we made something this good that this is the result." This year our friends at FINE WOODWORKING did an article on our Bow Arm Morris chair. Needless to say we were amazed at the outcome.

We encourage you to take a look and see for yourselves the pride we take in our work. This chair built almost 17 years ago has won awards all over the US. It is one of our corner stone pieces that drives American Furniture Design. So please take a minute, sit back and relax, and look and see what out friends have done for us.

How to Build a Bow-Arm Morris Chair with Gregory Paolini
a Fine Woodworking installment in their Video Series

Nancy's Rocker with Footstool

Over the past six months, 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.

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!!!

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 twelfth 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 2010.

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