John Hall Frame

As usual it’s beautiful Marc!! I will be looking for the issue of Popular Woodworking.

-- Jim Sollows --- Langley BC Canada --- www.sollows.ca

Very very nice, Think the Greene and Hall brothers would definitely hire you. Would like to build one myself.
Great work.

What a great piece Marc.. Do you know what issue this will be in yet?

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

Fantastic Marc…I wish I could see it up close, joinery like that is screaming to be touched. The entire story, from your discovery of the piece to the completion is great. Quick question, is there slightly less arch in your sides then the original or is that just a trick of the eye due to the grain? If it is less, was this intentional and just an artistic decision?

-- If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over? - John Wooden

Great job, as always! I never seen such a frame before and I am quite taken with it.

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Thanks guys!
Max, I believe they are aiming for the August issue if I am not mistaken.

Devin – The curvature should be exactly the same, with some slight variance due to tracing error (which I hope is minimal). When you lay mine over the original tracing, everything lines up precisely, so I am guessing its a grain illusion. But since the original has a pretty significant roundover, its likely that we have some variability in the tracing.
There is one difference that was completely intentional though. On the original, the left and right vertical frame pieces were not identical. The original has significantly more curve on the inside of the left rail when compared to the right. And the jigsaw puzzle joint is slightly different on each side. If I were doing a one-off, I would have made an exact copy of the original. But since this project was going into the magazine, I had to create a set of plans that was more predictable and reliable. So I chose the right one as my model and duplicated it for the left. This definitely changed things a little bit though. Fortunately, these changes aren’t really visible from the front, but they become more obvious if you look at the backs.

And interestingly enough, despite the difference between the left and right vertical pieces on the original, its hardly even noticeable when you look at it.

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I should have mentioned this in the write up, but for those of you who like the design, you might be interested in this. The frame pieces are actually all different thicknesses. This allows the top to sit 1/8” proud of the sides, and the sides sit 1/8” proud of the bottom. Viewing head on this is not all that obvious. But when you see it in person, the variable depth has a very cool effect.

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Wonderful work! I’ll be looking forward to the issue for sure.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Great job! The design of the frame is really unique and interesting. I am sure that the one you made will last 100 years too.

-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/

Nice work Marc, and we all know you gotta take care of mom!

-- Paul Sayre Creativity is a drug I cannot live without. Cecil B. DeMille (1881 - 1959)

Thanks for sharing this project I really like this frame . I guess I better check out more of you pod cast ,it’s been awhile since I’ve watched any of your projects . Your pod cast is always so well produced and narrated.

Jim

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Marc, excellent craftsmanship.
I love your work and BTW love the t-shirt I bought.
Larry from downunder

-- Drink once, cut twice. New website up.... lazylarrywoodworks.com.au

Another top notch job from a Master Craftsman Marc.
The Wood Whisperer Rules!

-- Eric

The amazing Marc. I really need to stop looking at all these great projects and go finish sanding my Spag Special cutting board, and learn how to do some woodworking. This place really is addictive.

-- Scott - Katy, Texas

Outstanding as usual Marc. Your Mother will absolutely love this, Mothers Day is just around the corner.

-- Bill from Lithia Springs, GA I love the smell of sawdust in the morning.

Great job Marc, I will be looking for them in my next copy of popular woodworking.

-- Dennis Zongker

wow that looks good

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