483 days ago
by Karson |
6 comments »
After Martin announced the Summer Contest and the Themes Garden Project and Wood Joinery I started thinking about what I wanted to build. The contest rules state “Wood Joinery – Let’s get technical – but without glues, metal nails, screws or other mechanical fasteners! Yes, this is the “WOOD JOINERY” challenge for all you LumberJocks out there. Let’s see what you are made of – or rather what your woodworking project is made of. If you can build it wit...
Read this entry »
483 days ago
by Karson |
11 comments »
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...
Read this entry »
483 days ago
by Karson |
5 comments »
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...
Read this entry »
482 days ago
by Karson |
6 comments »
Almost Done>
As I was reading the previous posted blogs on the construction of the Summer 2007 LumberJocks Joinery, I noticed that I failed to complete the posting of the latch for the cabinet door.
Not only had I failed to post it, I had failed to install it. I wanted to use something like a clothes pin.
The little loop that catches the wire for hanging clothes. I had created my wire simulation out of wood.
This was installed in the end of a shelf board. The space behind the Holl...
Read this entry »
268 days ago
by Karson |
8 comments »
Popular Woodworking w-News has another free plan.
http://popularwoodworking.com/articledisplay?id=17602
Karson
Read this entry »
224 days ago
by Kipster |
4 comments »
I started these tables a while ago, while I was recovering from surgery. Most of the time spent so far has been turning the legs. I made the proto- type last year and posted in my projects. The task at hand is dry fitting the mortise and tenon joints all 36 of them. This is going slow but I have one table near completion.
I am telling myself to continue the dry fit for the other two tables and wait and glue them when I finish dry fitting the other two tables.
I would be interest...
Read this entry »
121 days ago
by RobD |
6 comments »
! I took some pictures to “document” my adventure of building these clocks by hand. It is by no means a complete record of the construction process but hey – its my first attempt.
First, some nice boards from my stash on the bench.
Laying out true and false bottoms and tops
Ripping with a saw over 100 years old but it still works great (after being sharpend of course ;-)
Crosscutting…(too lazy to pick up the other saw…)
Parts are r...
Read this entry »
131 days ago
by Benomatic |
10 comments »
I’ve been working on a small hanging shelf that is suppose to be testing out my new table saw: in reality it is my table saw testing me out. I made the mistake of cutting my dados with a wobble blade instead of waiting to buy an actual set of Freud dado blades- but at the time it seemed like I could get away with it. Its b/c these dados turned out so bad that I went out and bought the right kind of blade for the job I was doing. Why- WHY! So my mistake is now having dados which re...
Read this entry »
266 days ago
by tomfidgen |
3 comments »
I get asked a lot about what hand tools I use, where and why I choose a certain tool over another and who some of my favorite makers of hand tools are. If you’re thinking on buying, using or just simply enjoy reading about hand tools and the philosophy behind them, this blog may be of some interest to you.
“Tis only he that has no credit to lose that can afford to work in this style.” ~No. 6 Henry Hollister, from ‘The Shaker Legacy’
Let me start by saying that I try to use hand tools be...
Read this entry »
189 days ago
by RedBeard |
7 comments »
I am building a project for my senior thesis. Its a shaker style table that will be cut in half. One half will be built as close to perfect as I can make it with beautiful wood, and intricate joinery. The other half will be loaded with mistakes including poor wood selection, not accounting for seasonal movement, bad joinery, and anything else I can come up with. This is where I need help. Please let me know what mistakes you have made in building furniture, or any ideas that you may have to ...
Read this entry »
1 2
13 entries
