| Blog series by schroeder | updated 934 days ago | 2 parts | 774 reads | 25 comments total |
Part 1: Thorsen Table(s) - slow but steady...
I’m not sure I will be able to finish by the May 31 deadline – but I’m plugging along. I wanted to combine the project with gifts for two different weddings this summer. I opted to make them from Black Walnut, with a “Rodel” kind of look. I think Walnut is regal on it’s own, so I tried several methods to add the detail shown in the original design and ended up going with inlay of the same wood. I think it adds a complementary, but still subtle detail. I book matc...
Part 2: The "Cloud Lift" - I may get this thing done in time after all!
Woke up at about 2:30 this morning and all of a sudden realized how to do the cloud lift in the lattice work (I do that alot – wake up after pondering a problem and know just what I want to do) – anyhow, it worked okay! That was the last big hurdle holding me up. I refit the drawer runners so they wouldn’t show, dry fit (again…seems like the 30th time) and started the inlay for the rest of the pieces ( which will take me awhile! ) I even found time to start the video ...
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