| Blog series by gizmodyne | updated 104 days ago | 4 parts | 902 reads | 26 comments total |
Part 1: Back Log
Catch upThis is a project I started from quartersawn white oak scraps about three years ago. However, I got involved in other things, so it has been bouncing around in storage getting slightly damaged during the interim. I took it out to inspect it and start the finishing process; aka actually completing the piece.This is from “More Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture” by Robert Lange. The Little Journey’s Bookstand was originally made by Roycroft to to hold a set of books...
Part 2: Fuming!
I had a little more handwork to do on the Little Journey’s Bookstand. I fiddled with the tusks a bit. I originally sanded the piece to 400 but decided to sand to 220 this time. The loose tenons/tusks took forever to sand and detail. Fuming Time I have always wanted to try this. Two years ago I had a student whose dad owned a blueprint shop. He gave me a large bottle of super strength ammonia. I had bought an ammonia respirator in preparation for the job. I build a simple te...
Part 3: Applying Shellac and Hiding Sapwood
Shellacin’I cleaned up 90% shop dust by vac and broom and then run the overhead air filter for a bit before finishing. I protected the workbench with plastic. The panels are raised up on scrap sticks. You can see a bottle of Transtint (Dark mission brown) in the foreground. I add denatured alcohol to a container and then add the shellac to the consistency of a 1lb or so cut. Very thin. I am padding on the shellac with a clean t-shirt scrap wrapped around another scrap. I also ...
Part 4: Applying a Wax Finish
I found these photos on my second camera and realized I never wrote about the end of the finish process. Some here might be interested. After the shellac coats dried the top looked like this. The product I am using is a dark brown wax, but I think I may have added a little black dye to it sometime back. I am pretty aggressive with the wax, since my point is to get it into the pores. I have tried squeezing it out from the center of a rag, but I’m not a fan. As it hazes ov...
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Blog Series
- Back in Time - 1 part
- Boxes - 2 parts
- Bungalow Style Bar Cabinet - 1 part
- Cabinet Progress - 16 parts
- Comics - 11 parts
- Craftsman Bungalow Restoration - 16 parts
- Custom Dishwasher Panel Progress - 8 parts
- Design and Inspiration - 3 parts
- Grandpa's Box - 3 parts
- How To - 2 parts
- Insp - 0 parts
- Little Journey's - 4 parts
- Nightstand Progress - 2 parts
- Shop Organization - 10 parts
- Shop Projects - 0 parts
- Stickley Dining Table no. 622 - 4 parts
- Thorsen Table - 2 parts
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