Virtual Dining Table Challenge #2: Thank You
I’d like to thank all of the participants in our Virtual Dining Table Challenge. We have finished with 22 excellent entries. The results will be announced on October 15th so stay tuned…
Save The Children #1: The Skateboard
Having the pleasure of building at skateboard deck at Roarockit, with Ted and Norah, was just the beginning of my journey with the “Save the Children” challenge. My pleasure turned to great joy when my son was fascinated by the skateboard deck and it became his birthday present. His request for artwork was the logo of the company he works for, and nothing else. The addition of “the wolf” would be the only other design on the board. As we discussed the design it c...
Frank LLoyd Wright Barrel Chair Table
Frank Lloyd Wright’s influences on architecture and the arts and crafts style is everywhere. Buildings, bridges, stained glass, pottery, artwork, graphics, furniture and more. I’ve always admired his rendition of the barrel chair. This table is inspired by that work.Invision quartersawn white oak, 36×72 and 29 inches high. seating 8 people.
Virtual table #1: Desperately seeking inspiration!
I should know better… yet I’m sitting here anyway, browsing through a gazillion web pages – mostly google image serches, trying to find the “right” model for my Sketchup table. Trolling through virtual albums of places I’ve visited and lived. Places that resonate with me. I’ve hit my (real) photo albums so many times for countless projects (College and post) that I’ve got them all but memorized – and bled dry. I should just give it a re...
Challenge 03 Entry - Bridge Dining Table
So after missing out on the last challenge, I made myself get this one done before time ran out. Let me first start by showing my influence.This shows the column and cap design that I like that we are using for bridges around the Houston area. I work for Texas Dept. of Transportation, so I thought that doing a table inspired by not one single location, but by all the bridges that I have been around for the past couple years.This second one shows the beams between two bent caps. So here it ...
Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge table
We relocated from Memphis to McMinnville Tennessee and I made several trips back and fourth on the weekends. Beautiful bridge in a rural area south of Nashville on highway 96 Invision table as fiddleback anigre and wenge. 72×36 29 inches high. Seating 8.
Virtual Dining Table Challenge #1: Announcement
View all current entries In order to continue challenging us to develop our creativity and woodworking skills let me present another challenge to you, with the support of Popular Woodworking. Google SketchUp is a powerful yet easy-to-learn 3D software tool that is currently being discussed in each woodworking forum or group. Yes, it can save you costs during the designing phase and it will boost the creativity of your finished pieces when you master it. And what’s the best ...
Summer Challenge 2007 - A Bridge Too Short #3: Oh well....I'm not going to make it.
I had some stuff come up today that is going to keep me out of the shop for the next few of days so it looks like this will not get finished in time. I’m afraid I’m going to have to post a previous project as much as I didn’t want to do that. I get it finished eventually but I’m afraid its on the back burner for at least a week. Very frustrating….the cedar was looking nice. Oh well…....:)
Summer Joinery Entry Shaker Cabinet #3: The quest continues, Were getting close now.
Time to turn my attention to the back. The locking mortise and tenon had been designed and it was now time to cut the mortises in the sides of the back. They were marked thru the holes in the sides and tape placed on the back to give the ends of the mortises. Using the horizontal router table. A view from the side. All of the wedge key tenons were made long so they are now being cut to the appropriate length minus 1/8” to allow for the back to move. And cut the wedge tenons to the co...
Summer Joinery Entry Shaker Cabinet #2: Continuing with the construction
One thing nice about not being allowed to use glue, No glue clean up and you can pre-finish all of the parts before assembly. On my finishing blog I wrote about using Pumice and Rottenstone as a wood filler, I thought I’d try something different on this cabinet. I used my private blend Danish Oil (1/3 Boiled Linseed Oil BLO, 1/3 varnish, and 1/3 Mineral Spirits). I squirted it on the boards and used a 120 grit Random Orbital Sander (ROS) to sand the oil and sanding dust. In doing that I wa...
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