Craftsman Frames

Very nice, looks good. The inlay is a nice touch. Did you use your multi-router for the M&T joints? I am only familiar with the theory of fuming, haven’t tried it yet. They are not as dark as I expected, would more time under the tarp make it darker?

-- Duane Kohles

Nice work , really like the inlay

-- Thos. Angle

Thanks Thos and Duane.
Duane, I used the Multi Router for the joints, it really makes it easy and clean. More time will make the wood darken, but heat is important. It’s about 65-70 degrees here so this is the color you get in about 36 hours with 33% ammonia. It’s a great process, but really pretty dangerous, make sure there are no kids/pets around if you decide to try it.
Schroeder

-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe

I ditto what Tom Angle said. Thanks also for the fuming schedule.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

These are beautiful frames.

All my jobs take longer than I planned for as well. Guess I’m not alone on that ;^D

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

Beautiful job. i don’t really understand the ammonia fume thing – can you explain why you would use that?

-- life can always be weaved into a song.

Great job!

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

Thanks all ! –
Jude – rumor has it that Stickley was talking to someone at his horse barn and happened to notice the effect that the horse manure was having on the oak sideboards in the stall. The ammonia in the horse manure was reacting with the tannic acid in the wood (especially prevalent in white oak). “Ammonia fuming” became a favored method of finishing. One builds a “fume tent” (some sort of plastic room that your project will fit into) sets in an open dish of ammonia and lets it stand for some length of time. The old builders in my area tell me they used to put down the hardwood floors, all the molding and trim, seal the room and throw in several bowls of ammonia to treat all the woodwork in the room. The resulting color is not like a stain, it has altered the wood and will never fade, can run from golden to nearly black. The downside is that I usually use commercial grade ammonia – 33%. The stuff you buy in the grocery store is about 1.5% -3%, so you can imagine how potent the strong stuff is. Any of my projects that I have done in oak are fumed. Hope that answers your question Jude!

-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe

The inlay work is really nice. I’d love to try it…it’s on the list.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

nice work… is this a comission?

-- Drew, Pleasant Grove, Utah

nice work

-- Marge, Colorado

that inlay looks really complicated – especially with it being in the corner.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

As usual, Schroeder, your work is outstanding.

In the first picture, is that a rifle leaning against the wall next to your apron?

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hilsbiblechurch.org/

Sweat inlay! I love the color of that fumed oat.

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-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe

Beautiful frames. The design is classic and the ammonia fuming is a nice finish. I love the reflection of your brand new Powermatic 2000 table saw in the mirror!

-- David, South Windsor, CT "I love the smell of sawdust in the morning"

Not to toot my own horn, but I did a blog about fuming a while back… It might give you a little more detail on fuming, Jude.

Here it is.

I’m actually ready to fume something else in the near future; I’ll try to take a few pics to show before and after fuming shots.

-- Ethan, http://greystonegreen.blogspot.com/

Schroeder -

I always enjoy your work and postings. Beautiful! Would like to see a blog out of The Gnarly Wood Shoppe on doing fine inlay work . . .

Ethan – belated thanks for a great posting on fuming!

-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com

He’s at it again! Great work!

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

Yah, Don I don’t think that’s a broom over there in the corner. Sorry I missed seeing that on the tour. Looks like a beaut.

And Ethan I too want to thank you on the fuming blog. Where do you gents get yours? The scientific supply places on the web are 22 bucks a half-liter for 25 percent at the cheapest.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

my brother works for a fertilizer plant… they supply anhydrous ammonia to farmers.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Thanks again all! – Don, yes we in Oregon are a gun toteing lot, seems like theres a gun in every room, we don’t actually shoot anything from the shop tho… that I can remember…

Doug – A great source for commercial grade ammonia is any printing shop (blue prints). They use it somehow in their printing process.

-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe

Nice frames.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

wonderful frame and great inlay

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon