1370 days ago
by Dennis Zongker |
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It’s been four months since I’ve been able to do any woodworking, Since my back problems and back surgery. And finally I’m back to what I love most in life, “making things out of wood.”
Here are a few pictures of some of the marquetry that is going to be on my next box. This style of marquetry is one that I have developed over the years. It is similar to the “Andre-Charles Boulle” style. Their are 10 steps to this style which are very simple. In th...
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1361 days ago
by Dennis Zongker |
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Gluing veneer to hardwood can actually be a good thing. As long as the hardwood has the proper moisture content, which is between 6 to 8 percent. Also, the smaller the piece of hardwood the better. Wood only expands and contracts, the width of your board. Also I like to veneer both sides, to balance the hardwood.
In the old days when furniture reached a zenith in Europe, between 1700-1900. Most of the highest quality pieces of furniture had veneer glued to the legs & aprons, which were...
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1735 days ago
by Dennis Zongker |
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Parquetry is a geometrical form of Marquetry. Most Parquetry has squares, triangles, and diamond shapes. Other forms of Parquetry such as, circles and ellipse were not used as much thought out history. It might be because the circle or ellipse is more complicated to cut and maintain a clean cut without any waves, where as the square, triangle and diamond can be cut easier with a saw or straight edge by using a knife.
Here are some practice pieces that I just made using, “The Window M...
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966 days ago
by BritBoxmaker |
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Before I start. All the pictures in this blog (and all my blogs for that matter) are left handed. I suggest all you righties out there copy the pics and flip them, as I do with your’s.
Continuing the ‘atomic’ theme I now introduce you to Manhattan
This is the cutting board I use for parquetry. Made in 2001 and still going strong. Its basically like a bench hook, as used for hand sawing, with a couple of differences. Its made from a piece of MDF 350×300 x 6mm w...
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418 days ago
by patron |
23 comments »
i got a PM yesterday from an LJ’erhttp://lumberjocks.com/Doeasking about a pattern i used on a gift box to schummiehttp://lumberjocks.com/Schummie
and as my server is punishing me again for talking with you all(it takes me 20 min to get on LJ’s now)i sent (well tried to) an e-mail with pictures to doe(don’t you know it won’t send)so i thought to do it here as i can load the pics one by one anywayand maybe some others might get some ideas from it_
doe
sorry...
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1541 days ago
by WoodMosaics |
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I will start this blog the same way I started the one on making a Lazy Susan.
Now before I get started on this little demonstration of how I do it, let me caution you on a couple things. IF you try anything like this, take the plate that your saw blade comes up through and close that hole completely up with a thin piece of wood. Make sure it is even with the top, with no gaps and no lips to catch the pieces. You want it smooth. Then with a “Hollow ground plywood blade” come up from the bot...
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736 days ago
by RogerBean |
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Last year I wrote a review here on LJ about my visit with Andrew Crawford in England. Andrew has made some of the finest boxes ever produced, and has turned some of his efforts to sharing his knowledge and methods with others. My three days with him last year were so productive and helpful that I decided to spend some more time with him this spring at his shop in Shropshire.
Andrew’s shop is located in a nineteenth century converted barn on the historic Acton Scott farms site (sort o...
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962 days ago
by Chinitorama |
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Still without a climate controlled work room, I’ll continue through the list of tasks that can be done without a dehumidifier. Next up is one of the steps that seems to mystify a lot of non-guitar types: side bending.
There are many different approaches to this task ranging from hi-tech electric blankets to boiling. My method is based on conversations with luthier friends and guitar geek research. It’s also probably one of the simplest to set up without spending a ton on exp...
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1139 days ago
by BritBoxmaker |
7 comments »
Here are the mitre jigs (sleds) that I use for my box sides. The first is a typical 45 degree job with a square blade guard, there is a stop block underneath (not shown).
There are two additional features however. The first are the two clear perspex stops, for repeatability of cut length, nothing unusual there.
The second is something I’ve started to use to prevent tear out of the end grain on the mitred end. These are adjustable sacrificial jaws attached to the outsides o...
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1246 days ago
by Jim Bertelson |
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INTRODUCTIONThis is a description of Tammy Tote, a much different tote than Tommy, who was described per request, and is very utilitarian, meant to leave the shop when necessary, and had a distinctly electrical bent. Tommy is described here Tommy Tote, and the tote philosophy.
So here is the new tote, Tammy the shop tote, loaded with the intended tools, which I am sure will change over time:
HISTORYTammy, who has a very different appearance, is designed to stay in the shop, but is m...
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