20 days ago
by John Fleming |
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Thursday, October 1, 2009Day 2 Continued
Hardwood Comes from deciduous trees that drop their leaves every year.broad Leaves, enclosed nuts, higher density, Mostly deciduousCost: ExpensiveExamples of Trees: Aspen, Poplar, Birch, Elm, Maple.Applications: used for furniture but less frequently than softwoodDensity: Higher density, which means the wood is harderFound Where: Hardwood is found all around the world in the north and the Tropics
Softwood Comes from Trees that are conifer and hav...
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126 days ago
by Jay Neale III |
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Tim Marko pointed me toward a local sawyer so I could get more hardwood for less money, and boy, did he send me to the right guy!
Fritz Hannaman lives about 10 miles from my house, out on a little country road outside of Mansfield, Texas. I picked up all the wood you see in the back of my truck for $43. He even threw in a bunch of black walnut off-cuts I can use to make candle holders or parts for pretty much anything, and didn’t charge a dime for them. He said he was going to us...
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428 days ago
by Keith Cruickshank |
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I just finished editing my most recent video—this one featuring Boston-based furniture maker John Fox. I was fortunate to be able to capture this unique, inside look at his wood selection process. (5 Minute Video)
Video Link Here:
John Reed Fox: How a Master Artisan Selects Wood
In this video, I was able to film master furniture maker John Fox collaborate with fine-hardwood dealers, Rick and Brian Hearne, as he searches from among Hearne Hardwood’s 1,000,000 board feet of to...
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735 days ago
by Olaf Gradin |
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Last weekend I made my first trip to a local lumber yard for the Holtzapffel bench project. After much deliberation, I had made a firm decision on White Ash as my choice of wood. I’ve not been to many lumber yards, and I’ve never gone to pick out my own rough-cut slices before, so this was quite exciting for me. In my haste, I planned poorly for the hauling of big, heavy woods and had to rent a Home Depot truck for the duration. I drive a Mazda3 which, while Zoom-Zoom and util...
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742 days ago
by DAN |
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had this piece of wood with me for nearly 22 years … still hasn’t found the right project
Got this piece of white ash when we lived in Denver.
Bought it out of a short box at Paxtons Beautiful Hardwoods near Arvada. Was making a rocking girraffe for my son Nathan who hadn’t even learned to walk yet. Still got it. It is in the attic.
Perfect condition, except for the “red cedar” I used for the ears broke off. ... and the 2 inch round white wood googley ...
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769 days ago
by frank |
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Dis-Membered Barkin’ on a Pine Slab
....ended my day the other evening removing some more bark from a pine slab I’m trying to get dried out, in the faster then usual manner since this is one I want to start workin’ on around January. Much of my time spent outside now is divided between cutting new trees for next year, cutting slabs for future furniture and ‘wood art’ that has to be processed for drying a year to two years down the road. While then finding the ...
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794 days ago
by frank |
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Slab Wood Tales
....in the working of the wood, the stories of those who came before me, are revealed as enlightened nuggets of wisdom, where ‘ancient ones’ give thanks by offering to tell me their tales….
So today I thought I would travel some ground….or is that lay some ground work here and post some pictures. I’m going to throw in a plug here and say thanks to Zooomr for all their work that they have done, and have made available to all. Using this site ...
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797 days ago
by frank |
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Work Smart, Work Safe, and Live to Work The Wood
....so where does it all begin, this thing I call slabbin’ at wood?
What must one do? I’m sure we all know the how-when-where-why questions, and so after coming to terms with questions and answers such as these….one then goes out and sharpens their ability on the learning curve of belief. Now one may ask about the word ‘belief’, and rest assured we all believe in some-thing and in this case our belief of beli...
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895 days ago
by chscholz |
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So what is it, the ultimate handcut joint? The ultimate joint will require precision, flawless execution and many years of training. Many of us Western woodworkers would probably say the dovetail.
Two weeks ago I had the chance to see one of the best executed examples of handcut dovetails I have ever encountered. It was in a side-area of the flower room of the Meixi village museum. Meixi was a small village in the Pearl river delta, today it is a suburb of Zhuhai, essentially the Northern ...
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911 days ago
by Karson |
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I’ve been trying to find the formula for grading hardwood for Select and #1 Common and #2 Common.
I finally found it and downloaded it to my computer. It’s here.
Or e-mail me and I’ll send you a copy.
I’m sure that WoodButcher has many copies all around his place, but you maybe too far to drive to pick one up.
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