Herb A Ritter - Furniture Maker

Herb A Ritter - Furniture Maker Please inquire about custom pieces as I love commission work. You can view my portfolio on my website

Just put the finishing touches on one of my third semester projects for Gary Rogowski’s Online Mastery Program through t...
05/24/2026

Just put the finishing touches on one of my third semester projects for Gary Rogowski’s Online Mastery Program through the

Only requirements were that it had to be a standing cabinet and utilize knife hinges for the door.

I designed a small whiskey cabinet and tried my hand at Kumiko for the first time as well.

Pretty pleased with the results and half the bottle of Scotch is gone due to stress of installing said knife hinges for the first time ever 😉

First try at making a Kumiko panel. Went surprisingly well and was nice not hearing machines all day long.
05/09/2026

First try at making a Kumiko panel. Went surprisingly well and was nice not hearing machines all day long.

After going down multiple rabbit holes on YouTube while being mesmerized watching Kumiko videos decided to give it a sho...
04/29/2026

After going down multiple rabbit holes on YouTube while being mesmerized watching Kumiko videos decided to give it a shot. First on the to do list was making the jigs for trimming the angles at repeatable lengths. Had some cherry and wenge laying around that worked out well.

We will see how’s this plays out as I’m not particularly known for my patience!

Never gets old making shavings. Working some cherry with a Lie Nielsen No. 4
04/28/2026

Never gets old making shavings. Working some cherry with a Lie Nielsen No. 4

Crazy figure on this Sapele veneer that was delivered today.
03/25/2026

Crazy figure on this Sapele veneer that was delivered today.

Humidor no. 2 - Burled walnut w/ curly maple accents
03/22/2026

Humidor no. 2 - Burled walnut w/ curly maple accents

European Walnut Burl humidor coming along. Veneer from Still need to add the hinges. Ordered some Neat Elite hinges fro...
03/21/2026

European Walnut Burl humidor coming along. Veneer from Still need to add the hinges. Ordered some Neat Elite hinges from but do not have an 8mm spiral bit so waiting for that to arrive

Just received my logo medallions from and they are better than expected! These are nice solid pieces with great attenti...
03/20/2026

Just received my logo medallions from and they are better than expected! These are nice solid pieces with great attention to detail and turnaround was quick. Using the template makes easy and quick work of installation. Would highly recommend ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

One of our three projects for the second semester of Online Mastery Program is a saber leg foot stool. Upholstery was ...
03/18/2026

One of our three projects for the second semester of Online Mastery Program is a saber leg foot stool. Upholstery was done by Rainbow Upholstery in Raleigh, NC

Humidors slowly coming along….🐌
03/18/2026

Humidors slowly coming along….🐌

I enrolled in Gary Rogowski’s Northwest Woodworking Studio’s Online Mastery Program this fall and our first project is a...
12/05/2025

I enrolled in Gary Rogowski’s Northwest Woodworking Studio’s Online Mastery Program this fall and our first project is a Sushi box. Design is completely up to us but has two requirements - it has to have hand cut half lap joints and has to have some shaping involved.

I decided to make a complimentary pair with opposite profiles on the lids. The convex box is very similar to the box Gary made in the FWW #139 article and so I took that design and made one with a concave lid to complete the pair.

Box sides and bottom are black walnut and lids are ambrosia maple. Bottom interior is lined with mulberry paper. Half lap joints are reinforced with Kakuri wooden nails.

For the concave lid I used a scrub plane, cooper’s plane, travisher, and card scraper.

Convex lid and all 4 box sides were shaped with block plane.

📸Photo Credits: Neil Boyd Photography

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