A woodworking workbench with various hand tools, including saws, clamps, a hammer, and chisels, arranged on and around it.

Forsythe Fine Woodworking

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Wooden box filled with various military patches, badges, and a photo of children in military hats, placed on a small wooden stand against a plain wall.

Ditty Boxes

A fountain pen with a gold nib and a wooden body lying on a wooden surface.

Writing Instruments

A wooden chest painted navy blue with the word 'FORSYTHE' in white letters on the side, open in a workshop. The inside contains several compartments with different wood patterns and finishes, including a blue and white patterned section and some inside compartments with wooden drawers.

Sea Chests

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A wooden door with an arched top and decorative circular cutouts, flanked by two green wall-mounted plants, set against a dark-colored wall.

What’s Happening in the Shop?

I received a Christmas present commission for a dresser-top challenge coin display, similar to the ditty boxes that I normally build. The key difference was that the recipient was prior Army with a joint-service, post-military career. I decided to go

Wooden pens were the first thing I starting selling when I started the business 10 years ago. I enjoyed writing with fancy pens and was making plenty of them for myself. I needed that vice to pay for itself, so I started making and selling various wo

Newly installed commission for another behind-the-door pantry cabinet. This one was built with solid red oak and to match the adjacent door, with colonial raised-panels, classical rail & stile profiles, and a wooden adjustable shelf system. This

Made some great progress on the dining room, which has been a bit of a blank canvas for years. Built out some corner cabinets, added wainscot, crown molding, and some soon-to-be-filled frames. I adjusted a few things from my original sketch over a ye

This small side project went to a fundraiser auction for the Greater Midwest Chief Petty Officers Association. It was built entirely from the scrap pile of this year's Chief Selects' vessel build, using those materials and hardware to build an oak mi

Feline approved.

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Here are the detail pictures for the sapele mahogany sea chest.
Cast iron hardware, upholstered sliding tills, and cedar lining/bottom.

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Sapele mahogany sea chest with cast iron hardware, upholstered sliding tills, and cedar lining/bottom.
Interior detail pictures in next post.

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Knocking out a Christmas present while still working on the Sea Chest. This one is a cherry Murphy Desk. Dovetailed corners, milk paint back panel on the book shelf, raised panel drop-down for the desk top.

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It never gets old.

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Quality control standards are relentless.

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