| Amish Furniture Construction Techniques | | 2008-05-30 07:57:16 | | Most people are under the impression that the Amish use nothing but hand tools, like block planes, hand drills, buck saws and the like when they build furniture. This is not the case. While it’s true they don’t use the “plug and play” type tools you see all the time like circular saws. What they do use is belt or air driven tools. They’ve basically adapted the same technology our country used in the early part of this century.
Behind their shops you’ll find 2 things a diesel engine and a fuel tank. The diesel engine is hooked up to a drive shaft that runs under the floor of the shop. From there they have a belt that goes up into whatever piece of equipment they need to produce their furniture. Planers, drill presses, table saws and a few others are the most commonly use equipment.
No don’t get me wrong there are a few builders out there that make furniture this way but they take a really, really long time to get it done. The Amish that don’t use belt or air driven tool | | By: Amish Furniture Reviews | | |
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| Back From The Amish Furniture Builders Show | | 2008-05-06 08:41:30 | | Where back from the Indiana Amish furniture builders show!
The biggest new furniture style is called the Dyno-mission. It basically looks like an upside down McCoy style with exposed tenons.
Personally I’m on the fence about this style. In the lower units like plasma stands, occasional tables and even the dining room table it looks good but in the larger pieces like hutches, side boards, armoires, dressers and such it just doesn’t look right. I think they would look better if the angle were smaller down to 4 or 5 degrees not 8 or 10 like you see.
Now there is also a leg version of this style in the occasional tables and chairs which to be honest I think is butt ugly.
Personal taste obviously comes into play but I just hate thos front legs. If you add an nice swept leg to the front instead of that big blocky thing I think you’ve got a chair that is really good looking and comfortable. When I sat in it I almost bought one for the floor because it’s so comfortable but that ugl | | By: Amish Furniture Reviews | | |
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| The Amish beliefs that are not shared by Christians-sex roles: | | 2008-04-20 06:31:39 | | http://amishwiki.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=173 The Amish Religion is not an officially recognized religion though there are millions of followers all over the world. The Amish have some beliefs that are shared by Christians though there are certain beliefs that are not shared by Christians. The Amish’s important beliefs that are not shared by Christians are salvation, rituals, the Outside World, Non Militaristic, Local Control, Customs and sex roles.
Amish belief has a secondary place for women. Their family life has a patriarchal structure. They say that the roles of women are considered equally important to those of men. Nevertheless, women are very unequal in terms of authority. The unmarried Amish women remain under the control of their fathers. Wives are submissive to their husbands. The important Amish rule is that only males are eligible to become Church officials.
An Amish girl is grown up without knowledge about sexuality or pregnancy. They have less freedom in s | | By: Amish Furniture Reviews | | |
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| The Amish beliefs that are not shared by the Christians- salvation | | 2008-04-20 06:28:36 | | http://amishwiki.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=172 The Amish Religion is not an officially recognized religion though there are millions of followers all over the world. Amish have certain beliefs that are shared by the Christians though there are some beliefs that are not shared by Christians as well. One of the important Amish beliefs that are not shared by the Christians is Salvation.
Salvation is very important to Amish. They consider it as a gift from God. Evangelical Christians view the salvation experience as an intense emotional event. They think that it happens suddenly when the convert repents of his sins and accepts Jesus as Lord and Savior.
The Amish have a different concept of salvation. They look upon salvation as being experienced in everyday living. According to Amish, salvation is not a sudden happening in life. Salvation is realized as one’s life is transformed day by day into the image of Christ.
Evangelicals and other conservative Protestants believe that | | By: Amish Furniture Reviews | | |
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| The Amish go to town | | 2008-04-17 19:14:45 | | An Amish boy and his father rode into town to visit a new shopping mall. All that they saw had them reeling in amazement, but the one thing that really caught their eye was a pair of shiny ‘walls’ that could slide open and close effortlessly shut again. The boy looked at his father and [...] | | By: Dailywaste.com Humor and Funny Pics | | |
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| Amish Asian 28″ High Solid Wood Platform Bed | | 2008-04-11 16:00:22 | | Asian made beds have had their share of unique concepts and designs and this Amish made bedroom furniture is something that provides ancestral yet logical bed designs for any home today. Asians have had their share of the limelight as far as beds and why they were designed in such a way to capture the [...] | | By: BEDzine - We are crazy about BEDs!!! | | |
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| Genetic Complications of the Amish World | | 2008-04-01 15:20:34 | | http://amishwiki.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=31 The Amish
The Old Order Amish are a religious community that eschews many aspects of modern life and who minimizes contact with the outside or “English” world. Also called the “plain people” due to their austere dress, most are living the same lifestyle as many of their ancestors.
Genetic Restriction
This is largely a closed community with few converts from the outside and essentially no intermarriage with those who are not also Amish. This means a very restricted gene pool and an increased risk of genetic illnesses. It also means difficulty in caring for the most severely afflicted due to lack of accessibility to modern medical equipment.
Inbreeding in Lancaster Co., PA
Lancaster County in Pennsylvania is a good example of the extent of the problem. Approximately 200 Swiss citizens immigrated to this area and have intermarried and interbred for what is now more than a dozen generations. This closed gene pool means | | By: Amish Furniture Reviews | | |
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| Religious Tradition and History of the Amish | | 2008-03-27 08:49:25 | | http://amishwiki.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=7 Religion and religious practice are fundamental to the Amish people. Amish faith is not simply about an abstract religious doctrine but rather an entire way of living. Currently, although the Amish people almost exclusively inhabit the mid-western region of the United States, the Amish movement has its historical roots in Europe. Furthermore, nearly all people of Amish faith are born and raised within their community; rarely has outside conversion been demonstrated. Ranging from self proclamation as protestants and Anabaptists, and although similar in both practice and history to the Mennonites, the Amish live under a vastly different lifestyle than their fellow Christian brethren.
The history of the Amish religion shares deeply its roots with the traditions of the Mennonites, both of whom formed in the early 16th century out of a group of Swiss Anabaptist—literally, twice baptized—sects that developed as a backlash against | | By: Amish Furniture Reviews | | |
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| Amish Community Praises Internet | | 2008-02-24 15:06:35 | | Lancaster County, PA — Since the late sixteenth century or thereabouts, the Amish and Mennonite tribes have long shunned fancy things like electricity. But in a remarkable turn of events, the plain dressed people of the land witnessed the dawn of a new era when they collectively relished the Internet for the very first [...] | | By: The Cult of Qelqoth | | |
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| Simple Amish Made Oak Platform Bed | | 2008-02-23 13:34:10 | | One thing we can notice from bed designs coming from Asia is that they offer a lower bed height especially in platform beds. Normally they are finished with a varnished top quality wood and complement the whole traditional Asian style of bed designs that everyone seems to find authentic and unique these days. These bed [...] | | By: BEDzine - We are crazy about BEDs!!! | | |
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| Amish Market to the Rescue | | 2008-01-20 13:44:00 | | Our friend Justin through a great surprise brunch birthday party for his girlfriend Shayna. There was a great arrangement of bagels and spreads from Murray's Bagels, lox and belly salmon, a cheese platter(loved the Ubriaco), fruit, and crackers. The other table was filled with chips and dips and I made a big basket of assorted mini muffins, maple walnut, chocolate, and banana. (Yes, I just wanted to show off my basket of muffins)Everything was perfect but Something Sweet Something Sweet called Justin around 11am to tell him they couldn't deliver the cake he had ordered to be delivered at 12. That is so unreliable that it doesn't even matter their cakes are good or not. We didn't think we could get another cake on such short notice but Amish Market Amish Market came to the rescue and delivered two beautiful cakes in about 15-10 minutes. Now, that is service! | | By: FoodMayhem | | |
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| How I Accidentally Hit on an Amish Girl | | 2007-11-02 10:50:20 | | After finally recuperating from the sugar fest known as Halloween, I have the energy to replay the events from that day in my head. This Halloween was just like any other until I bumped into a young couple wearing Amish costumes. Or at least I thought they were Amish costumes…
“What original costumes,” I thought to [...] | | By: Special Kind of Stupid | | |
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| Amish Grace | | 2007-10-14 20:20:10 | | It's now been a little over a year since the horrific Nickel Mines tragedy, when an extremely disturbed man murdered several Amish schoolchildren.Then there's the Amish response. They visited the man's wife and children. They visited his father. They cried with them. They attended the man's funeral. They donated money. They mourned others' losses as well as their own. Anger would have been completely understandable, but instead they offered compassion.That's a completely different moral and emotional vocabulary than, to speak for myself, I'm used to. I understand it as a concept, I've tried to practice it myself at times, but I can't say I've found myself in that sort of world too often. I certainly don't see that sort of reflection or maturity tempering current war-mongering. I think it takes a particular type of petulance, callousness and vanity to eagerly clamor for violence, even when the likely disastrous consequences are intellectually if not emotionally clear. Meanwhi | | By: The Peace Tree | | |
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| Amish Sunrise Chair & Bar Stool | | 2007-09-18 10:54:01 | | Our Amish Sunrise Chair is available in Oak or Cherry in a variety of stains. You can order this chair with or without side arms.
Dimensions:
22″W X 17″D X 41 1/2″H (Side Arm 25″W)
The Amish Furniture Sunrise style is also available in a bar stool. The Sunrise Bar Stool is also available in [...] | | By: A blog dedicated to educating people about Amish | | |
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| Amish Furniture Review | | 2007-09-11 19:39:50 | | Just a note to let you know that we love our new furniture! It is absolutely gorgeous! The two men you had out here to deliver and install it were fantastic! Should I find another Amish item I would like to purchase, I will come to you first! The furniture is [...] | | By: A blog dedicated to educating people about Amish | | |
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| Amish Drop Leaf Pedestal Table | | 2007-09-07 16:53:44 | | The Amish Drop Leaf Pedestal Table is available in Oak, Cherry or Maple with a 1-inch thick table top in your choice of round or square. The Amish Drop Leaf Pedestal Table has the following product options:
3 table edges (thumbnail edge, ogee edge or round over edge).
3 table sizes (42″ X 42″ [...] | | By: A blog dedicated to educating people about Amish | | |
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| Amish Drop Leaf Leg Table | | 2007-09-07 15:52:59 | | The Amish Drop Leaf Leg Table is available is Oak, Cherry or Maple with a square 1-inch thick table top that has radius corners. The Amish Drop Leaf Leg Table features:
4 leg styles (regular turned leg, shaker leg, hoosier leg or round shaker leg).
3 table edges (thumbnail edge, ogee edge or round over edge).
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| Amish Furniture Customer Review | | 2007-08-31 16:44:57 | | Hi Adam and Paul!
Sorry it’s taken me a while to get around to it, but I wanted to
write and thank you for the great, gorgeous furniture set we ordered
from you last year and are now enjoying! Dropping several thousand
dollars on an internet purchase is an anxiety-producing process; but
the quality and beauty of your furniture has laid [...] | | By: A blog dedicated to educating people about Amish | | |
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| Amish Flat Wall Curio | | 2007-08-07 17:36:39 | | Our Amish Flat Wall Curio is available in your choice of Oak, 1/4 Sawn Oak, Cherry, Maple, Walnut, Hickory and Poplar in a variety of stains. The Flat Wall Curio features a glass door with a lock, 2 glass shelves, a tube light and mirrored back. The dimensions are:
20″W x 27″H
For more Amish Curios check [...] | | By: A blog dedicated to educating people about Amish | | |
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| Amish Classic Shaker Dresser | | 2007-06-11 22:29:15 | | The Amish Classic Shaker Dresser is made by the Amish with 100% solid wood. Options for the Classic Shaker Dresser include:
2 dresser sizes (56″W or 66″W)
5 drawer glide options (epoxy coated roller slides, full extension ball bearing side mounts, 3/4 extension ball bearing undermounts, full extension ball bearing undermounts and full extension anti-slam ball bearing undermounts).
with or without tri-view mirror.
with or without walnut inlays.
The Classic Shaker Dresser features 1-inch thick top, raised panel sides and doors, chamfer edges, square wooden knobs, dovetailed drawer boxes and hidden hinges.
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| Amish Classic Shaker Panel Bed | | 2007-06-11 22:09:53 | | The Amish Classic Shaker Panel Bed is available in Oak, 1/4 Sawn Oak, Cherry, Maple or Hickory. Options for the Classic Shaker Panel Bed include:
4 bed sizes (twin, full, queen or king).
standard footboard (38″H) or low footboard (15 1/2″H).
with or without walnut inlays.
Online Amish Furniture has a variety of Amish Sleigh Beds at affordable prices.
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| Amish Carlisle Bench | | 2007-05-31 21:52:47 | | Our Amish Carlisle Bench is available in Oak, 1/4 Sawn Oak, Cherry, Maple, Hickory or Cherry/Maple Combo. The Amish Carlisle Bench product options are as follows:
wooden chair seats, fabric cushion chair seats or leather cushion chair seats (fabric and leather cushion seats come in a large selection of colors).
2 different bench sizes (3-foot or 4-foot).
chairs with or without arms.
For more Amish Benches visit Online Amish Furniture.
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| Amish Furniture in Midwest United States | | 2007-05-22 01:52:35 | | Is Amish Furniture available in your state? If you live in the following Midwest United States, Amish Furniture is available to you:
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Ohio
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Online Amish Furniture has a large selection of Amish Furniture at unbeatable prices. So hurry and check us out!
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| Amish Furniture in the South Eastern United States | | 2007-05-10 21:58:10 | | Wondering if Amish Furniture is available in your state? If you live in the following South Eastern States, Amish Furniture is available to you:
Alabama
Arkansas
Delaware
Floridia
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Online Amish Furniture has a variety of heirloom quality Amish Furniture at reasonable prices with low shipping fees.
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| Amish Furniture in the North Eastern United States | | 2007-05-03 21:21:56 | | Don’t know if Amish Furniture is available in your state? If you live in the following North Eastern States, Amish Furniture is available to you:
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New Hampshire
New York
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont
Online Amish Furniture has competitive prices and excellent shipping promotions on all of their Amish Furniture. So check it out!
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| Amish Louis Phillipe 10-Drawer Dresser | | 2007-04-27 21:30:59 | | The Amish Louis Phillipe 10-Drawer Dresser is available in Oak or Cherry and features 8 flush mounted English dovetailed drawers and 2 hidden felt lined jewelry drawers (5″ upper moldings pullout) with full extension undermount self closing ball bearing glides. Available with or without the mirror.
Our Louis Phillipe Bedroom Suite has a variety of matching bedroom furniture pieces to go with the 10-Drawer Dresser.
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| Amish Kenwood 60-Inch Dresser | | 2007-04-27 21:07:56 | | The Amish Kenwood 60-inch Dresser is available in Oak, 1/4 Sawn Oak, Cherry or Maple and features a 1-inch thick top, reveresed panel sides and English dovetailed drawer boxes with full extension self closing ball bearing undermount glides. Options are as follows:
with or without mirror
black mission knobs or wooden knobs
In addition to the 60-inch dresser, the Kenwood bedroom suite includes a 3-drawer nightstand, armoire, bed and chest of drawers.
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| Amish Mission Console End Table | | 2007-04-19 20:58:47 | | The Amish Mission Console End Table is available in Oak, 1/4 Sawn Oak, Cherry, Hickory, Maple, Walnut or Poplar Painted. The Mission Console End Table features overlay glass door with mullions, glass sides with mullions, black Mission hardware with lock and key hole and 2 adjustable glass shelves.
Dimensions:
30″ High x 21 1/2″ Wide x 14 1/2″ Deep
Online Amish Furniture has a variety of Amish End Tables.
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| Amish Shaker Hill Plasma TV Cabinet | | 2007-04-19 20:40:57 | | The Amish Shaker Hill Plasma TV Cabinet features flared shaker legs, arched lower apron, 1-inch thick top with reversed beveled edges, center compartment that slides open for CD/DVD storage and full inset doors and drawers. Custom sizing is available.
The drawes are English dovetailed with full extension self-closing sidemount ball bearing slides and feature a shaker knob counter sunk in a 2-inch recess.
Available in Oak, 1/4 Sawn Oak, Cherry or Maple
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| Amish Aspen Chair | | 2007-04-09 22:22:10 | | The Amish Aspen Chair is available in Oak, 1/4 Sawn Oak, Cherry, Maple, Hickory or Cherry/Maple Combo. Aspen Chairs are available with or without arms. Choose from 3 different chair seat options (wooden seat, fabric cushion seat or leather cushion seat). We offer a variety of colors for the fabric cushion seats and leather cushion seats.
Click here to order!
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| Amish Aspen Mission Trestle Table | | 2007-04-09 22:02:32 | | The Amish Aspen Mission Trestle Table is available in Oak, 1/4 Sawn Oak, Cherry or Maple and features slightly flared thick posts, wide slats and a 1-inch thick table top. Options for the Aspen Mission Trestle Table include:
square corners or clipped corners.
eased edges or beveled edges.
solid table top or order up to 4, 12-inch table leaves.
2 different table sizes (42″ x 72″ or 48″ x 72″).
Click here to order
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| Amish Modesto Hutch/Buffet | | 2007-03-30 21:41:11 | | The Amish Modesto Hutch/Buffet is available in Oak, 1/4 Sawn Oak, Cherry or Maple and as a Buffet (bottom only). The Mission Style Modesto Hutch/Buffet has the following product options:
4 drawer glide options (full extension ball bearing side mounts, 3/4 extension ball bearing undermounts, full extension ball bearing undermounts and full extension anti-slam ball bearing undermounts).
antique glass or plain clear glass.
with or without 3-level touch light.
Hutch sizes available:
2-Door, 49 1/4″ x 20 1/4″D x 81″H
3-Door, 3 1/4″ x 20 1/4″ D x 81″ H
For more Mission Style Hutches/Buffets check out Online Amish Furniture!
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| Amish Imperial Table | | 2007-03-30 21:17:01 | | The Amish Imperial Table is a Shaker Style Table featuring gracefully arched flared legs, tapered boat shaped top with an inverted edge and gently curved aprons. Available is 5 wood types (Oak, 1/4 Sawn Oak, Cherry, Maple or Cherry/Maple Combo) and 4 table edges (inverted edge, eased edge, beveled edge or round over edge).The following table sizes are available:
42″H x 60″W
42″H x 66″W
42″H x 72″W
48″H x 60″W
48″H x 66″W
48″H x 72″W
Order up to 4, 12 inch leaves. Center support leg is included when ordering 3 or 4 leaves.
For more Shaker Style Tables, visit OnlineAmishFurniture.com
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