Proud of my Buddy #1: First attempt at carving

By looks of that edge carving I would have to say he’s a keeper!! Change of grain direction can be tough at times and from the picrutres it looks very nice!! Well done!

-- " All Things At First Appear Difficult"

amazing!!
Well done, Bruce. This is spectacular. And this is a “first time out”??? I am in awe. As Lee had said, if you had been doing this for 30 years—I would still be in awe!
Beautiful

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Hi Roger,

That’s the only thing that gave him any real trouble. working from the edges to the center.

Other than that, he picked it up rather quickly!

Lee

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Hi Debbie,

I may pass this on to him. Maybe not. (he’ll ask for a raise). Everytime he learns a new trick, he wants more money! LOL

Lee

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Dang, Lee, I always thought those pie crust edge tables used applied trim. That is great work. Now I want to see the rest of the table and more construction photos. You should write this up for Fine Woodworking Mag. I’d also like to see the jig you used to remove the excess wood from the center. I assume you used a router? Give ol’ Bruce a pat on the back, he did a great job. I can also under stand the ” can but won’t” I have a few things like that myself. While you’re at it how did you calculate the edge so it came out perfect?

-- Thos. Angle

Way to go Bruce!
I’m glad to see the bottle of Satellite City Hot Stuff Special-T CA glue and hardener there in the background. Even the pros need chip-out protection!

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Lee,
This is some outstanding woodwork. When you say that you own a “high end” cabinet shop, that is no exaggeration! This is some “high end” stuff. That being said – Give Bruce a raise ;^D

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

darn rookies

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

Excellent work! Yes, let us see those feet that were giving you trouble. I’ll bet they came out great too. Donna

-- "So much wood. . .so little time!" www.woodworks-by-donna.com

Outstanding workmanship. Beautiful!

I agree with dennis about these “rookies”!

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

Well, I’ve said it before…it’s nice to see someone so heavy on talent! I should have picked my grand parents better! Lovely work!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

oh Tom – I think you are full of it—talent I mean!
You do amazing work, with wood AND with the video camera (oh, and your words)..

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Extremely beautiful work! How I’d love my first time at anything to come out that well. He’s been watching you, Lee. You sure he hasn’t been sneaking in some practice carving while you weren’t looking? LOL. You are a great friend to expose his talent to the world.

-- Jesus is Lord!

This is a great job. And a great tribute to a friend and employee to trust him to something like that. You knew within your heart and mind that he has the unrealized talent.

A fantastic job.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

All I can say is WOW! If you consider it beginers luck double WOW, but I think you have one heck of a craftsman on your team. W0W, WOW!

I originally read this at work without the benefit of the pics (firewalls, etc.) and now that I can see the complexity involved, I’m blown away. My hat is off to Bruce.

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

Hi Tom;

I wrote you a nice long reply to this yesterday, and then spilled a cup of coffee on my laptop computer. `It spent all of yesterday, and some of today not working. Now everything but the keyboard works. I went out and bought a cheapie keyboard, and hopefull it’s temporary.

The jig can something as simple as two pieces of aluminum angles, which are longer than the top is wide. Then just slide the router back and forth on the angles.

The pattern used for the repeatiing edge shape came from a book from Ron Clarkson, Making A Pie Crust Table. The pattern can pretty easy to make on your own though.

The circle is divided into identical wedge shaped pieces, and the pattern is laid on the wedge , where it fits perfectly. Again, rather simple. This was all done on a piece of MDF, with only one of the edge patterns cut out. It has a center pivot point that when set on the table top center point, allows you to spin the MDF template, and mark all the segments.

The math to determine the angles was done by Bruce as well, as he’s also a mathiamatical genius.

Lee

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Hi Doug;

Can you imagine a highly trained professional having any use whatsoever with that glue. I mean really…

Yeah we buy it by the barrell and refill those little bottles! LOL (there easier to hide in case a client comes to visit!

Lee

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Hi Tom;

When I said High End cabinet shop, I meant the high end of the yard!

If ezee-feed ever takes off as projected, he won’t need a raise. We’re both quitting, and building furniture for fun.

With an occasional fishing trip thrown in!

Until then, I’m on the wrong side of poor!

Lee

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Hi Dennis,

Yeah!!!

Lee

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Hi Donna;

We started that table due to a slow spot in our schedule. Well everything but the legs got fininshed.

I will get back to them and finish them up. They are looking pretty good though.

Probably ten hours left in the project, but I just haven’t seen the spirit that moves me.

Lee

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Hi Panama,

Yup me too. with the rookies, however if it makes you feel any better, he used to carve leather, once upon a time.

Regarding his woodworking skills, he’s truly a MASTER.

Taught me a heck of a lot. Due to his age he stopped learning though.LOL

Lee

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Hi Tom;

You figure that’s what did it?

What did you do with the other guy that was Tom?

Lee

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Hi Karson;

Yeah, to me, if he approached from a technical angle, he could do it. If he approached it as art work, he wouldn’t have pulled it off so successfully.

This man is VERY talented, in addition to being a real live genius.

Plus, I didn’t want to do it!

Lee

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Buckskin;

You hit the nail right on the head!

Lee

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Hi Caliper,

As is mine!

Lee

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Great Work !!!!! I havent try much carving on furniture

-- Robert, mountainwoodcarving@netzero.net

Hi Robert;

Welcome to lumberjocks.

Give it a shot, (carving furniture details). If you can carve, you can carve. (I think)lol

Lee

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