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Hand-Carving a Mahogany Drawer Front

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Tommy MacDonald demonstrates a few of the techniques he employs to create hand-carved furniture details. MacDonald lines up the grain of the mahogany and securely fastens the wood to a worktable. After sketching a pattern onto the work piece (in this case a seashell pattern) he uses an assortment of hand tools to shape, refine, and finish the pattern.

 
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