| Blog series by 3fingerpat | updated 302 days ago | 6 parts | 1810 reads | 20 comments total |
Part 1: The Best Laid Plans of....
My wife purchased a ceramic tile (8”x11.75”) with a quilting motif as that is her favorite hobby. She asked if I would make a frame so that she could hang it on the wall. Of course I replied, now we just have to agree on a style of frame. I showed her several of LJ Dan’s excellent work and we both chose one of his that we would modify to our liking. So we settled on an Arts and Craft design and went to the lumber yard for some QSWO, this would be my first project using t...
Part 2: Another day, another mistake or two, or three, or....
Well I started today in the shop with the best of intentions but quickly degraded into the same mistakes as yesterday (will I ever learn?!). I cut the rails to size, or so I thought as I was cutting the upper and lower rails (hey, why is the upper rail wider than the lower rail, I better make them the same size. Hmmmm, maybe I should have checked my plan cutting diagram before cutting the upper rail to, ooppsss, ugghhhhh, not again!).Okay, since I am an “Adapt, overcome and persevere&...
Part 3: A few last details before finishing
Today I chamfered the 4 ends by using a chisel for the short ends of the board and my small apron plane on the face end of the boards. I took my time so it came out well and the lines are pretty darn even. I did practice on a spare piece just to get warmed up. Here is a picture of the project dry fitted with the “pegged” (fake) joints, hard to see the chamfered edges because of the poor background. The only thing left is staining and finishing, LJ DAN has provided me with ...
Part 4: Staining and Finishing?
I have been trying to follow LJ DAN’s formula for finishing QSWO, I have never tried this before and have never worked QSWO before, so it is an adventure so far. I have been trying my own formula and DANs on a couple of test pieces to see which one looks better and of course DAN’s formula is much better. I used Golden Oak dye first (I couldn’t find the recommended dye so this was a close second) thinned with alcohol and applied it liberally and wiped off. I ended up putti...
Part 5: Dry fit finish with runs, sags and no hits... :o(
After applying the shellac to a test piece in the last post, I thought it was a bit to thick of a layer to put on at one time. So I changed the shellac to a 2lb cut, making it much thinner, but the downside was that I had a heck of a time trying to keep the shellac under control (did I mention this was my first time working with shellac). It was very runny and I had to work very hard to prevent/correct the running and not getting as even a coating as I was expecting. Here are the results, ...
Part 6: Finally Finished
Framed and mounted! This was a lot simpler project than I made it out to be :o) Now onto the next few projects: more quilt hangars for my wife and daughter, more sewing needle holders, and one toy box for a special little boy.
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