53 days ago
by mike |
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It has been really stormy here for the month of June. While not good for some and devastating for the family down the road where a large maple tree turned their new SUV into 2 compact cars—it is a treasure trove for a wood scavenger like me. While we are waiting for me to ignore my paying gig for a day and scavenge some suitable logs for the stool project, I though this might be a good time to go over the tools we wiil need besides the usual lathe and chisels.
Key to achieving authen...
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53 days ago
by frank |
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Wood From An-Other’s Wood Bin
....and, the beauty that comes from knowing there is a place that I fit in….
....my days are filled with the ever increasing knowledge that this thing I call wood and working, is my place of having found peace within the cosmic center of my universe….
....spalted maple; 38’’ wide x 3-1/2’’ thick and 7’-8’ in length and, this is one that I am working on in the evenings here in my outside 360 de...
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56 days ago
by frank |
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Druthers of Wood
....esoteric, rar-i-fied forms for wood art,realms of vision….—by flp
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63 days ago
by frank |
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....can I speak for WoodArt?
....creatures of the wood,invading darkness nests light,winged nascent being….—by flp
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63 days ago
by frank |
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The Beauty of a Soul in Wood
….into the fire of your eye, ran the character of the wood, and who was there to welcome my goings, but the burnished steel of i….
—-my going was but a sweetness of golden syrup, and from the tap ran gallons of sap, so what was i a doing collecting, when the springs of spring sprung ambrosia….
....that was then till in my now of days, i milled your sapwood looking for slabs, and in the soul of your heartwood you still held more...
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67 days ago
by frank |
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Glamdring and Hard-Rock Sugar Maple
So shall we begin….as in a continuation of Hobbit stories for those who waunder much of their life in the woods and glens of the Dark Forest…..Mirkwood.
Here is a picture of a froe-saw-sword-hammer that will from hence-forth be known by the name of ’Glamdring’.
Glamdring was a Noldorian sword, that was first used by Turgon; king of Gondolin in the Battle of the Unnumbered Tears, (Nirnaeth Arnoediad)....during the Years of th...
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69 days ago
by mike |
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Over a series of blog entries I’d like to present a project that builds turning skills, has very low materials cost, is fun to do, and the kids and grandkids will love it too The project is a wood stool with turned frame components and a woven rush seat. The basic materials for the turned frame components are likely to be free and might even be in your firewood pile at this moment.But first a little background. I learned this technique from Temple Blackwood an awesome turner and a great...
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70 days ago
by frank |
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Splaying For Maple
….one wood as i am,wood house of the mighty ones,splayed color environs….–by flp
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71 days ago
by John Fry |
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This very large, commissioned credenza was designed as an entertainment center to sit below a big, wall mounted, plasma TV. It is 76” wide 24-1/2” deep, and 34” tall. The cabinet and base are all solid walnut and the doors are bookmatched walnut burl veneers both inside and out.
But first I want to thank everyone who visited and responded to my last blog;
A glass top table with opposing arches
And as always, I welcome your comments AND critiques on this latest project.
The mai...
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77 days ago
by frank |
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Redolent Tease
....sugar maple wood, vase of nosegay by beauty, backdrop weathered grey….—by flp
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