tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44286065503827404712023-11-16T07:04:45.531-05:00treefrogfurnitureThis blog will focus on techniques that I use making arts and crafts reproductions and some thoughts on the style itself.Brad Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480072672489492698noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428606550382740471.post-30539700862379345582011-02-06T20:17:00.005-05:002011-02-06T21:02:27.844-05:00A New Assembly Table<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20HQZ3R3wZ26apy-qqa8FoifQ3HP_2-rPvvVAP-poBmD8FEWvJmAa-Y1gHtLFqyzfpTo9_3YoJI85N3oMAzOGUV1Tpuxx36XpfUekA7TRw7RSUH4Mw9B90lL7zUnT1LYiNezvQ_eanz5p/s1600/DSC_3640.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570751180108611474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20HQZ3R3wZ26apy-qqa8FoifQ3HP_2-rPvvVAP-poBmD8FEWvJmAa-Y1gHtLFqyzfpTo9_3YoJI85N3oMAzOGUV1Tpuxx36XpfUekA7TRw7RSUH4Mw9B90lL7zUnT1LYiNezvQ_eanz5p/s200/DSC_3640.JPG" /></a> In March of 2009 Marc and I attended a Greene and Greene woodworking class at William Ng's school of Woodworking in California taught by Darrell Peart, you'll remember this from my <a href="http://treefrogfurniture.blogspot.com/2009/03/aurora-arched-end-table-class.html">post</a> of March 12, 2009. During that class I saw some really nice outfeed tables that the school had constructed on their tablesaws. I liked the look of them quite a bit and the utility was astounding. I've been using a shopmade outfeed table attached to the back of my saw and a separate assembly <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm6LODC9U7Yr19Og4_07bvLT7bcXuxrahO_-ui3Dn_5YFYAPz4B3um-Kop2zriQ0TS21mMezXV0NzSEbrhVTfik1lpSdB0oJ93iYUwqvK3YISWYxXGDQx1HUvfz9wfRS9uMqOjwC8loFVt/s1600/DSC_3646.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570751171879711602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm6LODC9U7Yr19Og4_07bvLT7bcXuxrahO_-ui3Dn_5YFYAPz4B3um-Kop2zriQ0TS21mMezXV0NzSEbrhVTfik1lpSdB0oJ93iYUwqvK3YISWYxXGDQx1HUvfz9wfRS9uMqOjwC8loFVt/s200/DSC_3646.JPG" /></a>table, I had the idea to combine the two into one table saving valuable shop space while adding much needed storage space.<br />I started with the idea of one long 12 inch wide cabinet that runs 6 feet long, in the front I used two 24 inch cabinets and added a 24 inch space with drawers in the middle.</div><div align="justify">I used 3/4 inch domestic Birch plywood for cabinets and drawers and base frame but used the back face of the plywood because I found it to be more visually <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimny8LaIIFcRpPIRuQKS5u58SBm9h7PRnMxSsVwnkUOOj-TbM6x8TlBLIR-Ymp4LkVBY8hBAVMpcgUFi_v-QuB-lKLDCweDT_v4rFV5UGrJczaP75OCQKExoBO3y1P4CoILk0pFtBSBPqu/s1600/DSC_3642.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570751182289682194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimny8LaIIFcRpPIRuQKS5u58SBm9h7PRnMxSsVwnkUOOj-TbM6x8TlBLIR-Ymp4LkVBY8hBAVMpcgUFi_v-QuB-lKLDCweDT_v4rFV5UGrJczaP75OCQKExoBO3y1P4CoILk0pFtBSBPqu/s200/DSC_3642.JPG" /></a>appealing once finished. The base frame is 2 inches smaller than the cabinets and has heavy duty levelers at the corners. I edged the cabinets with 3/4 x 1/4 inch strips of walnut left over from a previous project. I secured the cabinets to the base and to the back cabinet and added a 24 inch floor where the drawers will go.</div><div align="justify">Once the cabinets were leveled I placed a sheet of 3/4 inch plywood cut down to 84 inches on top of them and secured it to the cabinets with screws. This effectively made all the cabinets into one strong unit. On top of the plywood I secured a sheet of MDF covered with melanine. I trimmed this flush to the plywood top with a flush trim bit on my router then edged it with 3/4 x 2 inch walnut glued and brad nailed in place.</div><div align="justify">I made drawers out of 3/4 inch ply with 1/2 inch bottoms and installed them with full pull out heavy duty slides. I hung the doors for the cabinets using European hinges then cut shelves for them and installed shelf pins to allow for adjustment. I created pulls for the cabinets and drawers using Walnut in the shop and screwed them in place.</div><div align="justify">The table is finished with Arm-R-Seal inside and out and looks fantastic in the shop. I routed two 3/4 x 3/8 inch slots in the table to allow the miter gauge and crosscut sled to travel beyond the edge of the saw. Other than the added storage the real upside is that I now have 3 extra feet of floor space in my shop and maybe I will stop slamming my hip into the corner of the tablesaw.<br /><br /></div><div align="center"><br />"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."</div><div align="center"> John F. Kennedy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimny8LaIIFcRpPIRuQKS5u58SBm9h7PRnMxSsVwnkUOOj-TbM6x8TlBLIR-Ymp4LkVBY8hBAVMpcgUFi_v-QuB-lKLDCweDT_v4rFV5UGrJczaP75OCQKExoBO3y1P4CoILk0pFtBSBPqu/s1600/DSC_3642.JPG"></a> </div>Brad Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480072672489492698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428606550382740471.post-65768357129670386642010-09-05T20:46:00.007-04:002010-09-05T21:45:48.260-04:00The Rest of the Beginning<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAQK49TAyxD1auCIgidsO9TJNSsIDnS-o04t1zKXIEeLwh19e-6TTTNsTpRFk13VcD8iAH6sBCUmxygqorzFCv77EgT0V73Xz1-yIlNrcM84K8eyd04jZ62ZuDWxCmnjrzcSsMe_FnQLvS/s1600/_DSC9537.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513608460474651410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAQK49TAyxD1auCIgidsO9TJNSsIDnS-o04t1zKXIEeLwh19e-6TTTNsTpRFk13VcD8iAH6sBCUmxygqorzFCv77EgT0V73Xz1-yIlNrcM84K8eyd04jZ62ZuDWxCmnjrzcSsMe_FnQLvS/s200/_DSC9537.JPG" /></a> You may remember the front of this cabinet from my post <a href="http://treefrogfurniture.blogspot.com/2009/12/beginning.html">The Beginning </a>from way back in December in which I created the door with a cherry tree motif using a bolection inlay technique which left the branches and blossoms lightly proud of the surface. <div><div align="justify">I started the rest of the cabinet by designing it using SketchUp, I continued the wood combination from the door, cherry for the sides, walnut for the shelves and the top/bottom, curly maple for the drawer and the back.<br /></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsgpD_mk6aca0aqiwZNgvebQrJUfX7-X0cSqdd1_g7jACfXGodY9SKuiv9PcNbL77tCLm6T0uzzbb5TVIBrT-gAMId2mGz697kwxZoZkUZEQGXGQ49uQlpcCYZnMTEDx5pyJrBpiDxChgK/s1600/_DSC9542.JPG"></a></div><div align="justify">The box is joined with finger joints to highlight the contrasting woods, the shelves are let into the sides with dadoes. The back is 1/4 inch birch plywood with curly maple veneer. The drawer is curly maple with a 1 inch hole for a pull. </div><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsgpD_mk6aca0aqiwZNgvebQrJUfX7-X0cSqdd1_g7jACfXGodY9SKuiv9PcNbL77tCLm6T0uzzbb5TVIBrT-gAMId2mGz697kwxZoZkUZEQGXGQ49uQlpcCYZnMTEDx5pyJrBpiDxChgK/s1600/_DSC9542.JPG"></a> </div><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsgpD_mk6aca0aqiwZNgvebQrJUfX7-X0cSqdd1_g7jACfXGodY9SKuiv9PcNbL77tCLm6T0uzzbb5TVIBrT-gAMId2mGz697kwxZoZkUZEQGXGQ49uQlpcCYZnMTEDx5pyJrBpiDxChgK/s1600/_DSC9542.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513597401014229954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsgpD_mk6aca0aqiwZNgvebQrJUfX7-X0cSqdd1_g7jACfXGodY9SKuiv9PcNbL77tCLm6T0uzzbb5TVIBrT-gAMId2mGz697kwxZoZkUZEQGXGQ49uQlpcCYZnMTEDx5pyJrBpiDxChgK/s200/_DSC9542.JPG" /></a><br />I used a 1/2 inch quarter round bit on the inside edge of the hinge side of the door then used a 1/4 inch brass rod attached from the top and the bottom as a pivot hinge. I used a cove bit to route a handle into the free side to keep the lines clean and simple. The door rests inside the edge of the top and bottom letting the walnut frame the door.<br /></div></div><div></div><div><div align="justify"><br /> </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrtCDlLMFzOPoh2r7bQMq-HsLZinp0yUdBKGdUzcqeqtCagG7eXqKLyBBgKSBY8HE01jSvZ8XOloL0th1HUfJKj7YeRQ0M0DCzmut6HcVYpilFPjbhzWkxIIfWaAVnniQaeR7bY9vmutXm/s1600/_DSC9545.JPG"></a> </div><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrtCDlLMFzOPoh2r7bQMq-HsLZinp0yUdBKGdUzcqeqtCagG7eXqKLyBBgKSBY8HE01jSvZ8XOloL0th1HUfJKj7YeRQ0M0DCzmut6HcVYpilFPjbhzWkxIIfWaAVnniQaeR7bY9vmutXm/s1600/_DSC9545.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513597402825261570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrtCDlLMFzOPoh2r7bQMq-HsLZinp0yUdBKGdUzcqeqtCagG7eXqKLyBBgKSBY8HE01jSvZ8XOloL0th1HUfJKj7YeRQ0M0DCzmut6HcVYpilFPjbhzWkxIIfWaAVnniQaeR7bY9vmutXm/s200/_DSC9545.JPG" /></a>The finish is as simple as it comes, a few coats of Watco Danish Oil, Natural, followed by a rubbing with paste wax. I installed a french cleat to the back of the cabinet and attached it to the wall that way. I've very happy with the way this came out. I enjoy making Stickley, Limbert, and Greene & Green reproductions but sometimes it's really nice to design something yourself and see it come to life.<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi12xmCLrxhuuZHL51G3_kQVFPimyKvC3c2-0Wzr2k-QdMyYl4tRA5WrChftbmUn0sok3ZDd1g8iafbReUD9eZ4NcXKmu2YwkUvOAnUIk6Krpab7vhwejPY1WX7vXiMak5sJcWxazBxBUHs/s1600/_DSC9537.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div><div align="center">It's a job that's never started that takes the longest to finish.<br />J. R. R. Tolkien </div>Brad Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480072672489492698noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428606550382740471.post-19959916637724820722010-07-05T22:06:00.003-04:002010-07-05T22:15:01.154-04:00Wow, this was nice.<div align="justify">I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">received</span> an email from Megan Fitzpatrick from the Popular Woodworking Editor's blog asking me if she could do a post on my Sam <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Maloof</span> Inspired rocker and I was floored. I never thought that I would create anything that was worthy of notice from a magazine as good as <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">theirs</span>. Megan called me the following day for an interview and then posted this very nice article the next day. Thanks Megan and all the folks at Popular Woodworking Magazine and website.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><a href="http://blogs.popularwoodworking.com/editorsblog/Aspiration+Achieved+A+Maloofinspired+Rocker+Build.aspx">http://blogs.popularwoodworking.com/editorsblog/Aspiration+Achieved+A+Maloofinspired+Rocker+Build.aspx</a></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">"Be true to your work, your word, and your friend." -Henry David Thoreau </div>Brad Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480072672489492698noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428606550382740471.post-30318907169363368522010-06-26T22:39:00.009-04:002010-06-26T23:35:11.796-04:00Maloof Inspired Rocker, Finale<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCX-ml8HS52c6rl4eBJCdb_Z-EqXdcqhzkr8IZ0RG2A5IWv6ZpXNmsIWThgHU-S4mtF_Y1E9w2SLjpCxp-K-_1DzEIaoqypsrQFlEDW8hQb0FED2YPsNaQ7eeXm31YEnparaXXaNcPFFnN/s1600/rocker+angle+view.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487279480762202674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCX-ml8HS52c6rl4eBJCdb_Z-EqXdcqhzkr8IZ0RG2A5IWv6ZpXNmsIWThgHU-S4mtF_Y1E9w2SLjpCxp-K-_1DzEIaoqypsrQFlEDW8hQb0FED2YPsNaQ7eeXm31YEnparaXXaNcPFFnN/s200/rocker+angle+view.jpg" /></a>Well friends and neighbors, here it is, the complete and finished rocker. After many weekends of work, some re-work, lots of shaping and lots and lots of sanding it's finally finished. Quite a few of you have asked, and yes, it is very comfortable. The seat feels great, the back slats curve just right to support my back, the arm rests are just the right curve to fit, well at least to fit me. Last but not least, it looks great in my living room.</div><div align="justify"></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p align="justify"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjua7QPylhFCm7KbDllVHccrvUhvEaA9vHbo5gGTaMCvo0ASyqn8l5ToGHyyiMCydKrPIYmi2OFceNqSsfAoc92lG9OHtyLpupp8RZqCkeWuOMpJK2KcKb0el3qM-2ENrIsCOzOYy6H8-IT/s1600/rockers.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487279499890535778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjua7QPylhFCm7KbDllVHccrvUhvEaA9vHbo5gGTaMCvo0ASyqn8l5ToGHyyiMCydKrPIYmi2OFceNqSsfAoc92lG9OHtyLpupp8RZqCkeWuOMpJK2KcKb0el3qM-2ENrIsCOzOYy6H8-IT/s200/rockers.jpg" /></a>The rockers came out great, and with the chair upside down I was able to run sandpaper along the whole underside creating a smooth gentle curve to rock on. One of my favorite details is the transition from the back legs to the rockers, take a second to enlarge the picture and take a look at it, but pictures don't do it justice, come over and run your fingers along the curves.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTNaM01Q4JCH0OnTtJAUIVY3AkIuJ6y-gON3foMhHrvECQ1JvTXU7HQ5QNpCAUg7cC2-1Ff4TrVwMSLm5RLw5gLpZdA0EQWF-fewjcj_MuJDZ9GKybcnsOr-TRRCg6UKB5ZCIAbDac15bi/s1600/back+leg+detail.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487278372326044658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTNaM01Q4JCH0OnTtJAUIVY3AkIuJ6y-gON3foMhHrvECQ1JvTXU7HQ5QNpCAUg7cC2-1Ff4TrVwMSLm5RLw5gLpZdA0EQWF-fewjcj_MuJDZ9GKybcnsOr-TRRCg6UKB5ZCIAbDac15bi/s200/back+leg+detail.jpg" /></a>The organic shape of this style of rocker is what draws people to it, and it's true, they just can't help but touch it.<br /><br /></p><p align="justify"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><p align="justify"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPAAoC819TAU3KhPXGY7XZ0-WQRRi4McW83QosPo6vVxUDrFJ5tghWCtRZ8RIW6aW4QTKIjGL9brzOqI9vfFY94qjHNgl33V8v_zarfAN3uv0Osea1XwaOiyGQCOITUdQcTcMGoIVpq7v_/s1600/front+leg+detail.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487279124417928978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPAAoC819TAU3KhPXGY7XZ0-WQRRi4McW83QosPo6vVxUDrFJ5tghWCtRZ8RIW6aW4QTKIjGL9brzOqI9vfFY94qjHNgl33V8v_zarfAN3uv0Osea1XwaOiyGQCOITUdQcTcMGoIVpq7v_/s200/front+leg+detail.jpg" /></a>I tried very hard to make the arms match and to edge each one with a nice sharp hard line. The smooth transition from the front legs into the arm is something people that have seen it coment on, it really wasn't that difficult thanks to the instruction on the DVD and book.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><p align="justify"></p><p align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlsh1BXbdhjuh5O_SX_SKE4YY-tCZ2P5wrcj9v3LyZRyDlYoPXiZaWOVoXRZp87Ge0Fal0wA0HQrWVJcYJbyVEsew-XDnoCKU9wub5aWhPmYmVoBqaXs3QzQsKFEwgKAP-Yq4oGsRKp7wj/s1600/front+leg+joint+detail.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487278820439051026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlsh1BXbdhjuh5O_SX_SKE4YY-tCZ2P5wrcj9v3LyZRyDlYoPXiZaWOVoXRZp87Ge0Fal0wA0HQrWVJcYJbyVEsew-XDnoCKU9wub5aWhPmYmVoBqaXs3QzQsKFEwgKAP-Yq4oGsRKp7wj/s200/front+leg+joint+detail.jpg" /></a>Shaping the front leg into the seat smoothly was challenging but the joint itself was easy and it fit perfectly with the two matching router bits that Mr. Brock recommends.<br /><br /></p><p align="justify"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmSxWjT2wVosOjA2ERHWXvZP2GBO3ieu2VbQUiR4x8-zaIj9EbLJruaaTtLxxmLl4g4tD26Ff6efNsNab1HyB0ptS5unKoAvD8zH9DDpL7jcBYRQOt1IDUl53mZLAKXn6uJdZQilxvExbI/s1600/rocker+headrest.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487279474068442562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmSxWjT2wVosOjA2ERHWXvZP2GBO3ieu2VbQUiR4x8-zaIj9EbLJruaaTtLxxmLl4g4tD26Ff6efNsNab1HyB0ptS5unKoAvD8zH9DDpL7jcBYRQOt1IDUl53mZLAKXn6uJdZQilxvExbI/s200/rocker+headrest.jpg" /></a>The crestrail is the most visible part of the chair and therefore the part I wanted the most srtiking grain on, when I unpacked my walnut the very first day I set this piece aside for the crestrail. I think I made the right choice.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOgIbTfDm8OsZC-A677miTdQGgrxE3WBZwgOl1lunyMNT9xmr8ArS6eBXhnLRBK7-PgXAXT2Zlnaw-oj0XoPbP1nk9wfF_UDOGT_rzpeUbkEgf0hgdfB2gcw2-i-XoWRUrrG-0c0gZ-Fmd/s1600/Horn+detail.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487279135164523138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOgIbTfDm8OsZC-A677miTdQGgrxE3WBZwgOl1lunyMNT9xmr8ArS6eBXhnLRBK7-PgXAXT2Zlnaw-oj0XoPbP1nk9wfF_UDOGT_rzpeUbkEgf0hgdfB2gcw2-i-XoWRUrrG-0c0gZ-Fmd/s200/Horn+detail.jpg" /></a>I have commented on Mr. Brock's DVD/Book throughout the process of building this rocking chair only in a positive way, please be assured that I have no connections with Mr. Brock other than a nice Email he sent me after my first blog post. I was given the DVD/Book as a Christmas gift. I found the instruction and plans to be spot on, the templates and jigs described in the book are not overly complicated and very useful, I would not attempt a rocker of this complexity without them. I do have one criticism of the DVD though, there is alot of time spent watching Mr. Brock work with accompaning guitar music, while the music is good, I feel that I would have been better served by voice over description of the process. I do realize that this is Mr. Brock's first DVD and I haven't viewd his DVD on building a Maloof low back dining chair, maybe you won't agree <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNfmsGG64Oqu-L7_05Zdu3geSTFUrN_0YiBagF2ZIoTHdk3FWapFpxLRIJcHGfN_EpQqqQPl7w55ks943mLfenCCr25FU7cw80t3V9ovX1b_k6ga-hzZCoE3P5JF11IIgDqoby_W1a0Vxe/s1600/arm+detail.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487278365337742946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNfmsGG64Oqu-L7_05Zdu3geSTFUrN_0YiBagF2ZIoTHdk3FWapFpxLRIJcHGfN_EpQqqQPl7w55ks943mLfenCCr25FU7cw80t3V9ovX1b_k6ga-hzZCoE3P5JF11IIgDqoby_W1a0Vxe/s200/arm+detail.jpg" /></a>with me, it is after all just my opinion, but yeah, less music, more naration please. Mr. Brock is a professional woodworker and instructor, I could not have even attempted this project without his product, thank you Charles, you helped push this woodworker to a new level. </p><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">"Little by little, one travels far." - J.R.R. Tolkien</div>Brad Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480072672489492698noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428606550382740471.post-76144823975250051682010-06-14T15:20:00.004-04:002010-06-14T16:47:30.489-04:00Maloof Inspired Rocker, Charles Brock Plans, part 7<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_TWPzRsrKoZuwLfX0Kx_sB0Vn6oQOq3TPR7PrqS3TMaIQncBkgnczps8y5NvRF38B3umwElslRF0PK6aPiKAVLKbxDGiJ6ECaE-Apt2WiMWpuDOez3eg9qpK5y5FUKzNRT0wxZS4Ikb3/s1600/IMG_0731.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482712170754771634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_TWPzRsrKoZuwLfX0Kx_sB0Vn6oQOq3TPR7PrqS3TMaIQncBkgnczps8y5NvRF38B3umwElslRF0PK6aPiKAVLKbxDGiJ6ECaE-Apt2WiMWpuDOez3eg9qpK5y5FUKzNRT0wxZS4Ikb3/s200/IMG_0731.JPG" /></a> Last weekend I started work on one of the most elegant, and probably the most important part of the Maloof inspired rocker, the rockers. This part of the build is a departure from the rest of the chair, it requires some bent lamination. Mr. Brock adds a strip of maple and ebony to his rockers for emphasis, but I decided that I wanted to stick with my total walnut theme. </div><div align="justify">The book and DVD shows Mr. Brock slicing the laminations of the band saw with jointing the stock in between each cut and cleaning up the cut with a drum sander. I <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt8Ih1G2DcYX3VQsqdIkTpI7sxAP5GcM3mp4lPgwBmumC9Zc46PsOQotwYiRHYm7ruDvd7z0qebGqhTZ_QZdOgntP7RZnyxD-wPmBLXFCRdFwqku5liBMkPkqegjHx-rHVfPQtbf2H52zQ/s1600/IMG_0735.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482712119486832530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt8Ih1G2DcYX3VQsqdIkTpI7sxAP5GcM3mp4lPgwBmumC9Zc46PsOQotwYiRHYm7ruDvd7z0qebGqhTZ_QZdOgntP7RZnyxD-wPmBLXFCRdFwqku5liBMkPkqegjHx-rHVfPQtbf2H52zQ/s200/IMG_0735.JPG" /></a>decided to use the <a href="http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=18056">thin strip cutting </a><a href="http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=18056">accessory </a>from Rockler, this in combination with my glue line rip blade on my tablesaw makes for easily repeatable strip cutting without having to clean up the stock between each cut and cleaning up the bandsaw on the sander. You may say that the loss of 1/8th of an inch with each cut is unacceptable, but since I'm cutting along the width, not the thickness of the stock this is less of an issue. I marked a triangle on the stock so that I could keep the laminates in order after cutting.</div><div align="justify">I had previously created the bending form using the template included in the book using the cut off of the curve for a caul. The stock for the rockers is roughed to 1 1/2 inch thick so I made the form out of 2 thicknesses 3/4 inch of MDF attached to a backer board. I covered all the contact surfaces with packing tape to keep the glue from sticking to the form. Using Titebond II glue for the extended open time I coated the top side of all but the top laminate. After laying the laminates in order on the form I used the top caul to pull in the bend at the center, applying pressure with F style clamps. Adding a few clamps lets you work back and forth to bring the laminates into contact with the bending form. The most difficult part is to create the back bend on the end of the rocker, this again is done by pulling the laminates into the form using a series of clamps. I used a deadblow hammer to knock the laminates flat into the form as I went. The set up was left to sit overnight.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXmlquTIxsVkuF1YwVIjMX3AmjRoMAjofXexVyDpFmtL8ahDBIRr8DBC89NSEt3I_9-Ti6wRL69qRfHxOJLNKxZUVosrI-W4UmIvmqhcqj_rM-CzNLgqF2KKrLkYqb00jFXIjI4yXMU24C/s1600/IMG_0733.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482712173278581506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXmlquTIxsVkuF1YwVIjMX3AmjRoMAjofXexVyDpFmtL8ahDBIRr8DBC89NSEt3I_9-Ti6wRL69qRfHxOJLNKxZUVosrI-W4UmIvmqhcqj_rM-CzNLgqF2KKrLkYqb00jFXIjI4yXMU24C/s200/IMG_0733.JPG" /></a></div><div align="justify">Using left over stock from the laminates adder blocks 6 inches long are attached to the rocker after it is removed from the form. This allow the sweeping transition to be created from the leg to the rockers. Using a posterboard template for the curves I rough cut the transition of the legs to the rockers on the bandsaw after aligning the attachment points. I used a round over bit in my small router to shape the outside of each rocker and a smaller round over bit on the inside edges. Once both rockers are roughed out I cut the legs so that they would sit on the transition blocks using the technique Mr. Brock shows in the DVD. After a little trimming and fitting the rockers are attached to the rockers using 1/2 inch oak dowels.</div><div align="justify">I let the rocker attachment dry for a week, hey I <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo5dCfi-2oC540PhI5K9aIBsCS-Z9dPXbuenPr3b_VDhvB-6YCmoFt4VNjNauAjoRG715A-tcyEXmqoTD1I612nRGteYSktxS7DAiPdpAEziWkTaiKPitt04C_rRilFezBaZy9gtc4f4j5/s1600/IMG_0756.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482713058032086146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo5dCfi-2oC540PhI5K9aIBsCS-Z9dPXbuenPr3b_VDhvB-6YCmoFt4VNjNauAjoRG715A-tcyEXmqoTD1I612nRGteYSktxS7DAiPdpAEziWkTaiKPitt04C_rRilFezBaZy9gtc4f4j5/s200/IMG_0756.JPG" /></a>had things to do, I started shaping the rockers and the transitions. Again I used my new favorite carving tool, the microplane, to form the rocker to leg transitions and the shape the taper on the back curves of the rockers. After the microplane I stepped down to rasps and files to smooth out the transitions, following this I started hand sanding starting at 120 grit, progressing to 150, 180, 220, 320, and 400, I followed this with 3M pads, maroon, grey and finally white.<br />With this, the construction of the rocker is complete! It has been a long road, I started the first weekend in April and here it is, the middle of June, I estimate around 120 hours into this build already, what with remaking the back legs once and the front legs twice and taking my time. I've learned a lot about making chairs and <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGQ9iscvT-5_hkI_tpLV6-7lFkVRGFcopPsSn6bi5hQs1aaugrsnMx1A1YvRnJx_ps4yK1c0lbb8TZ6bCVIDvDBuVwVia5jOM6l1yFFnS65A209Cw4lX6HPiubKbByDaXbWVnuWrYU6aR/s1600/IMG_0757.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482713064127623042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGQ9iscvT-5_hkI_tpLV6-7lFkVRGFcopPsSn6bi5hQs1aaugrsnMx1A1YvRnJx_ps4yK1c0lbb8TZ6bCVIDvDBuVwVia5jOM6l1yFFnS65A209Cw4lX6HPiubKbByDaXbWVnuWrYU6aR/s200/IMG_0757.JPG" /></a>rockers, and more shaping wood. I've watched the DVD over and over and poured through the book. I want to say that I would not have been able to do this if it wasn't for Charles Brock's efforts with his DVD/book and website.</div><div align="justify">The next and final post will go over finishing the rocker and lessons learned while building it. I'll share with you more of my thoughts on the DVD/book and lots of pics of the finished rocker.<br /><br /></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgptpwxI6HK2IlIxplwTTcK4Vm90jh6b5ABJwnYVFDmhQ46Olqb8BrqU1gNgTCC00OHE_yVp3Cqr2SyxAwiq8UBDz-baZxngniCcU5inE5Jtufm-rA7FS8rOWZKwDljxxJuGShKgdg0JMTY/s1600/IMG_0758.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482713067228204946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgptpwxI6HK2IlIxplwTTcK4Vm90jh6b5ABJwnYVFDmhQ46Olqb8BrqU1gNgTCC00OHE_yVp3Cqr2SyxAwiq8UBDz-baZxngniCcU5inE5Jtufm-rA7FS8rOWZKwDljxxJuGShKgdg0JMTY/s200/IMG_0758.JPG" /></a>"To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it." - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. </div>Brad Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480072672489492698noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428606550382740471.post-24627752616954435232010-05-24T19:18:00.003-04:002010-05-24T20:29:10.959-04:00Maloof Inspired Rocker, Charles Brock Plans 6<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy8wiK1rUyn54TGe6x1SVLK6mjeubXptgLq-QzI6bu7ldXVVnuRC5CTXqubmGhk5_nOJpgIj-UzPQoSAPWMY3UGw4q8nOzKqKSfDo9jnygsXesNmc11xwk4Hh6GWiofpmv-0WV3H7RgScD/s1600/IMG_0718.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474980544823754402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy8wiK1rUyn54TGe6x1SVLK6mjeubXptgLq-QzI6bu7ldXVVnuRC5CTXqubmGhk5_nOJpgIj-UzPQoSAPWMY3UGw4q8nOzKqKSfDo9jnygsXesNmc11xwk4Hh6GWiofpmv-0WV3H7RgScD/s200/IMG_0718.JPG" /></a> This weekend I got some good shop time since it was raining both days. I was able to get quite a bit done and I have to say that I'm really happy with the way this chair is looking.</div><div align="justify">I started by using the spindle pattern and marking out 7 spindles for the back of the chair. The good thing is that they are designed so that you can cut them out like nesting spoons, thus saving alot of wood. After bandsawing four from one board and three from another I cleaned up the cut marks on the spindle sander, how appropriate.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi9217zUtPtUgcjAcmvWo03CrvTSku3c43i9Eak7zWt9pfx0AnF_7cHKK33D8wrz8odUbl8c3-tbibMDFOAHoW_cH7SCpWFDMhmm9yRdN9a8RTzNMgnXeGkxYtfrEkQwI41oNhb78J-wWj/s1600/IMG_0720.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474980550466471538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi9217zUtPtUgcjAcmvWo03CrvTSku3c43i9Eak7zWt9pfx0AnF_7cHKK33D8wrz8odUbl8c3-tbibMDFOAHoW_cH7SCpWFDMhmm9yRdN9a8RTzNMgnXeGkxYtfrEkQwI41oNhb78J-wWj/s200/IMG_0720.JPG" /></a> Next I took a posterboard cutout of the front profile of the spindles and transfered the marks to both sides of the spindles. I then took the stock back to the bandsaw and again to the spindle sander. Once everything was cleaned up and shaped correctly I marked a centerline on the front and back to aid in shaping and lines on the side to help me maintain the right shape. With a spindle resting on the table I used a roundover bit in my small router to shape the long top taper of the spindle. I then mounted the spindle in the vice and shaped a slight round on the front and a steep round on the back with the microplane, I also shaped a round on the short bottom taper.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Okj3vvzjighmxf5mks-_NkPMoUjpOyofxRkPoQLNJa68eSNcQj0UK3ZVRQavhf6V6gRIb39p1XnsaoTIn-F1h4dWNsNiL-wCjvIUp_sG43wBCLCS7d9JYtrTzdCB_CGI6HGnCshyphenhyphen3Z-_/s1600/IMG_0721.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474980556875495250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Okj3vvzjighmxf5mks-_NkPMoUjpOyofxRkPoQLNJa68eSNcQj0UK3ZVRQavhf6V6gRIb39p1XnsaoTIn-F1h4dWNsNiL-wCjvIUp_sG43wBCLCS7d9JYtrTzdCB_CGI6HGnCshyphenhyphen3Z-_/s200/IMG_0721.JPG" /></a>After sanding each spindle with 60 grit on my random orbit sander I marked each to length and shaped the bottom with a 1/2 inch tapered dowel cutter and the top with a 3/8th inch tapered dowel cutter both of which Mr. Brock recommends in the DVD. With each spindle shaped and tapered I proceeded to sand them 80, 120, 180, and 220 grits.<br /><br /></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify">With the spindles completed I sanded to headrest up to 220 grit and I sanded the inside of the back legs through 220 grit. After placing the spindles in place I attempted to fit the headrest but had to take it off a couple of times and trim and adjust a few of the spindles. Once everything was adjusted <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWGAg-vYLybdHFtLoXQNk05jBWr3_0yhrKidDP4doEyqd0-uGAT7si9IKcirX4UOiJqx0a5omH3Y_aJyb0ruzLzw5aoWNPiAWByQUaXJLuYWirEZVz7JnCWKTYNCWOVmU-uoU6lCFSHvHR/s1600/IMG_0722.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474980542295405970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWGAg-vYLybdHFtLoXQNk05jBWr3_0yhrKidDP4doEyqd0-uGAT7si9IKcirX4UOiJqx0a5omH3Y_aJyb0ruzLzw5aoWNPiAWByQUaXJLuYWirEZVz7JnCWKTYNCWOVmU-uoU6lCFSHvHR/s200/IMG_0722.JPG" /></a>and fitted correctly I was able to screw the headrest in place. At this point I noticed that a couple of the spindles that had cut outs that did not exactly line up, so I marked the cut outs that needed to be adjusted and called it a weekend. Next weekend I plan on cutting the stock for the rockers and laminating them. At this point I cannot wait to start oiling this chair up and seeing the grain come to life.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="center">"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be."<br />- Kurt Vonnegut<br /><br /><br /></div>Brad Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480072672489492698noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428606550382740471.post-26446701100146995112010-05-16T21:40:00.003-04:002010-05-16T22:55:37.817-04:00Maloof Inspired Rocker, Charles Brock Plans 5<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYknXAvtE69U9LNsIZ1oAvcIfNZl-af_DfhF225SKD_m0Q8BPgFkjIkF35oUDgPhX7WWgkT84TiLc1qFx9MOhOfVnuRFXGWC1VjBPBeRDJwE3IiFWpMjj3vSyeiB4e1rWLkSxqLtOnOcqs/s1600/_DSC3511.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472050304326240754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYknXAvtE69U9LNsIZ1oAvcIfNZl-af_DfhF225SKD_m0Q8BPgFkjIkF35oUDgPhX7WWgkT84TiLc1qFx9MOhOfVnuRFXGWC1VjBPBeRDJwE3IiFWpMjj3vSyeiB4e1rWLkSxqLtOnOcqs/s200/_DSC3511.JPG" /></a>I didn't put up a post last weekend, so today's post will cover two weekends. Last weekend I did complete shaping the arms, fortunately they did end up both being the same shape. That was one of my biggest worries about this build because every time someone sits in the chair they would notice that. I'm sure that there will be many imperfections that no one but me will notice, but if the arms weren't right I feel like everyone would notice.</div><div align="justify">I had roughed out the shape of the left arm <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_qz6uhGXY2fnwbHJiF_cYSds-f38g5ZOB3sMMfWElrNrawgyEKEH8S2adINwhUCzU8aMm3vKpjYRve4DM09o4EGhVjS33MmKYrjUy-tzZehJ-oYKZ_1_-12AI3mPsPfUZ3KZSAyvAMuCZ/s1600/_DSC3508.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472050296738520258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_qz6uhGXY2fnwbHJiF_cYSds-f38g5ZOB3sMMfWElrNrawgyEKEH8S2adINwhUCzU8aMm3vKpjYRve4DM09o4EGhVjS33MmKYrjUy-tzZehJ-oYKZ_1_-12AI3mPsPfUZ3KZSAyvAMuCZ/s200/_DSC3508.JPG" /></a>and glued it in place, I used this one as a visual guide to rough out the right arm, once I was happy with the shape I attached the arm in place again with glue and a 3 inch #10 spax screw. </div><div align="justify">The next day I refined the shape of both arms with the microplane shaping tool, some files and rasps, followed by powersanding. I've found that using the microplanes with the rough blades shapes very quickly, using the fine blades and cutting with the grain smooths the shape by removing some wood, but mostly by removing the cut marks from the rough blades. I then refine some of the transitions and tighter curves with round rasps and 60 grit sandpaper wrapped around a dowel. After this I started with 60 grit discs on the random orbit sander, then 80, 120, 180, 220. If you don't like sanding, do NOT attempt this project, I've <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSK4ZoHr3aOLBGEugnCX-1iF8sTO7P_BQ-Y6rjlTIZsu-LCo1cqNlV5sBpU2P1NTSJVE8alXknCT7TtwXGDh5VAN-P5jxuL_-15zjeQ3wLQa6kd3RqwDC5yQYp1xeK-Ejz5A_6aFNBnEVr/s1600/_DSC3680.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472048785177305970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSK4ZoHr3aOLBGEugnCX-1iF8sTO7P_BQ-Y6rjlTIZsu-LCo1cqNlV5sBpU2P1NTSJVE8alXknCT7TtwXGDh5VAN-P5jxuL_-15zjeQ3wLQa6kd3RqwDC5yQYp1xeK-Ejz5A_6aFNBnEVr/s200/_DSC3680.JPG" /></a>turned more wood into dust and shavings that any other project.</div><div align="justify">The seat is now complete, even the pommel detail with a nice upsweep. With the arms attached and the seat finished I moved on to the headrest for this weekend. Following Mr. Brock's instructions for the headrest I cut it to size and then came up with a shape I liked for the bottom of the headrest. Leaving the top square I marked the positions for the holes I needed to drill for the top of the spindles to go in to.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9-YrTOEk1V_csUZhr4bC3LqzRyzICW7GZjSIHegg6-BHlsluu61k_1cSxWaasWMXBN0Rq7wp-9y84JqkQlzqckFrW6wBAw05UYB9-1HtcHdZ9IWGbpibm0vIseuFs-ozhUegt3WEt1M0E/s1600/_DSC3670.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472048781204884098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9-YrTOEk1V_csUZhr4bC3LqzRyzICW7GZjSIHegg6-BHlsluu61k_1cSxWaasWMXBN0Rq7wp-9y84JqkQlzqckFrW6wBAw05UYB9-1HtcHdZ9IWGbpibm0vIseuFs-ozhUegt3WEt1M0E/s200/_DSC3670.JPG" /></a>With the holes drilled and the bottom shaped I then cut a curve into the top of the headrest and drilled into the sides of the backlegs to attach the headrest. After removing the headrest I started shaping the headrest first with the angle grinder and the cutzall blade, then a sanding disc, some touch up with microplane and on to the 60 grit random orbit sander. Once I was happy with the shape I attached the headrest and started shaping the horns on the backlegs and the top of the legs blend <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhIyOFt5piro8aEuX7M3bTdKDXxG7LCZd6mU4UtCG1c7012odDHbsZsxljvCMDkXj7fDeg3D4Z0jQHO-pxPYPoi49isyjVR69BdRqQ6ipNvVfeKdUgHoLGshHLOFOgPD_nulesYNnZmhAA/s1600/_DSC3687.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472048769467113522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhIyOFt5piro8aEuX7M3bTdKDXxG7LCZd6mU4UtCG1c7012odDHbsZsxljvCMDkXj7fDeg3D4Z0jQHO-pxPYPoi49isyjVR69BdRqQ6ipNvVfeKdUgHoLGshHLOFOgPD_nulesYNnZmhAA/s200/_DSC3687.JPG" /></a>in with the headrest. The blending was mostly done with the microplanes, I got it mostly roughed in today, but I have to tell you that all this shaping is manual labor, I sweated through a couple of shirts today. Here it is, next weekend I'm cleaning up the headrest and the horns, finishing sanding on the back legs and hopefully starting on the spindles.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><br /><div align="center">It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.<br />J. K. Rowling</div>Brad Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480072672489492698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428606550382740471.post-351016699368752642010-05-03T21:24:00.004-04:002010-05-03T22:07:09.740-04:00Maloof Inspired Rocker, Charles Brock Plans 4<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCglSnXEwq9M_cr-U4qPKSmQh0DPqk6g2SdRuO7FFkkILMx75NmWKtUXL4v_VfMiqo0n0cFnElIFTUIu32oiFfmce0_i1nQVWTn-P9g9QG6oRJISaaX7fLjC1ydv8L3px11KSU0sRlFNGf/s1600/IMG_0690.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467221296715099954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCglSnXEwq9M_cr-U4qPKSmQh0DPqk6g2SdRuO7FFkkILMx75NmWKtUXL4v_VfMiqo0n0cFnElIFTUIu32oiFfmce0_i1nQVWTn-P9g9QG6oRJISaaX7fLjC1ydv8L3px11KSU0sRlFNGf/s200/IMG_0690.JPG" /></a></div><div align="justify">This weekend I got to some of the really fun parts of the Maloof inspired rocker, shaping some of the parts. To start with I refined some of the cuts on the back legs and smoothed the edges on my oscillating spindle sander. I then chocked up a round over bit in my small hand held router and rounded over the edges I could get to on the back legs. I stayed away from the area of the seat, the arm joint and the headrest. Mr. Brock doesn't talk about routing the edges but what I wanted was to ease the edges and leave myself with a guide for shaping the other areas.</div><div align="justify">Next I screwed the legs in place and using my micro planes rasps I fit the curves in the legs to the seat, careful not to damage the seat, I cut the legs until it was flush with the seat. I also used the <a href="http://www.woodcraft.com/Family/2003740/2003740.aspx">New Wave sanding system</a><br />to refine the shape.</div><div align="justify">I laid out the holes for the back spindles in the back of the seat and after removing the legs I drilled the 1/2 inch holes and rounded over the underside and top of the seat. After a little more sanding on the seat I glued the legs in place and screwed the 3 inch screws in place, one of the back screws ended up going right through on of the spindle holes so those with have to be removed after the glue dries and replaced after the spindles are installed.</div><div align="justify">I started shaping the arms after aligning them and drilling the dowel holes in the arms to attach them to the front legs. I rough cut the shape of one arm on the bandsaw and then started shaping it with the microplanes which are quickly becoming my favorite way to carve things. Now I have to rough cut the mate to match and see if I can carve them both to equal, pleasing, comfortable shapes.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><p align="center">"Of course the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you--if you don't play, you can't win."<br />- Robert Heinlein </p>Brad Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480072672489492698noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428606550382740471.post-13051492185752037062010-04-17T22:42:00.005-04:002010-05-03T21:56:40.064-04:00Maloof Inspired Rocker, Charles Brock Plans 3<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHYkOiQwUBED4ftoIMw9OLSdXyNOdI0zqP7KZdJtkc87nmfMV04c0bkZajlmp3dx2E09r1j_oJ7HAehqQ3Z001p-qKsR6fMTaGOTBXMV-JPMrx2bzNZctkO6fDnYxpYX9cNZzlJg_SktEm/s1600/_DSC2195.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461319443679997234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHYkOiQwUBED4ftoIMw9OLSdXyNOdI0zqP7KZdJtkc87nmfMV04c0bkZajlmp3dx2E09r1j_oJ7HAehqQ3Z001p-qKsR6fMTaGOTBXMV-JPMrx2bzNZctkO6fDnYxpYX9cNZzlJg_SktEm/s200/_DSC2195.JPG" /></a>Last weekend I went over to my friends shop to use his Harbor Freight lathe, well, it had died. Apparently the motor had given up on its short, dubious quality life. Unfortunately for me I didn't know anyone else locally that has a lathe and I needed to turn the front legs for my rocker, so I did what any woodworker would do, I bought myself one, I mean, I really did need it to complete this project, really. So I went over to The WoodWhisperer's Amazon store because it really is a painless way to support a great site and to keep Marc able to keep supplying us with fantastic videos.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbDr9HG16HwkIqJoELBvVZExPh-VWDIKXzCtjTzt9WFjy3CeT45S9lGMsgQWGqh00RY2aYZ5I_qlXsYeQP_8IFjr5DmdW8yutN6Yagnobr_2SgrOFpM77YkXhyjsshNaRkpmzz_dneX8Hl/s1600/_DSC2229.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461303807601860386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbDr9HG16HwkIqJoELBvVZExPh-VWDIKXzCtjTzt9WFjy3CeT45S9lGMsgQWGqh00RY2aYZ5I_qlXsYeQP_8IFjr5DmdW8yutN6Yagnobr_2SgrOFpM77YkXhyjsshNaRkpmzz_dneX8Hl/s200/_DSC2229.JPG" /></a></div><div align="justify">Once the turning was complete, and I was covered it Walnut chips, the front legs looked great in place and the chair is starting to look like a chair. Now onto the back legs, probably the most difficult part of the build so far. After creating the tapering jig that Mr. Brock describes in the book, I tapered the adder blocks on the rear legs to give the proper splay.<br /><br /></div><div align="justify"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXSjX6ytn7r30bjR_6VEZhEm81VBOk0l8e9y4q9tQ_onRVx6FkT94FFtMnhV4HhAbxNQCplyMcWOt7e7ICgFQsq6R6vomXc83Kpe5YNRSh408jmG23mY79Hi-QZbXdyaA41_UVaZLeRWeW/s1600/_DSC2225.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461304021638606034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXSjX6ytn7r30bjR_6VEZhEm81VBOk0l8e9y4q9tQ_onRVx6FkT94FFtMnhV4HhAbxNQCplyMcWOt7e7ICgFQsq6R6vomXc83Kpe5YNRSh408jmG23mY79Hi-QZbXdyaA41_UVaZLeRWeW/s200/_DSC2225.JPG" /></a>Then I cut the tenons on the table saw and rounded the inside corner on the router table. After a little fitting and fine tuning with my small router plane and some paring with a chisel the back legs fit nice and tight with just the right amount of splay.</div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLmrdaj_dnLOyl_AyB5hp_jNyLBHoq1s9gX_xs6BHB9oi5Ku7-ajiz4y0cyLHFHhlAwg4f9o6pvpB0h85anVoTuyf8JWFdxxtL9RPCPNBvctmhJ16k54NYLI0uSwmLrMICn856ZkmGOUog/s1600/_DSC2224.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461303802879282898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLmrdaj_dnLOyl_AyB5hp_jNyLBHoq1s9gX_xs6BHB9oi5Ku7-ajiz4y0cyLHFHhlAwg4f9o6pvpB0h85anVoTuyf8JWFdxxtL9RPCPNBvctmhJ16k54NYLI0uSwmLrMICn856ZkmGOUog/s200/_DSC2224.JPG" /></a></div><div align="justify">With both rear legs in place and the front legs on it's really looking like a chair, tomorrow I'll drill some holes to attach the legs. Mr. Brock calls for a Miller stepped bit for the attachments of the front and rear legs, and also the headrest. I have some more cutting to do on the rear legs on the bandsaw and a little more shaping to do on the seat.</div><div align="justify">You'll notice the Rockler Bench cookies on my table, I've found these perfect for holding the coopered seat for shaping, in the DVD Mr. Brock uses what looks like a cradle custom made to hold the seat, but since I'm just making the one chair making a special jig to hold the seat seemed like overkill to me. I simply place the cookies on the table and set the seat on them, the cookies hold the seat securely when shaping and sanding. Next week, the arms, wish me luck.<br /></div><div align="center">"When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package."<br />- John Ruskin </div>Brad Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480072672489492698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428606550382740471.post-83086294717168520342010-04-11T20:33:00.005-04:002010-04-11T22:03:51.959-04:00Maloof Inspired Rocker, Charles Brock Plans, 2<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1B6CGeKp3FYb-_RJPACim32HXdh6detPgp6mrCRGgv3mWGs33EVByko6tLvoASsAJ_ONJrZ0DWlqAcu_DuwYcWgRQz368iM0nNpxCLx1LPObZuSrGNc9WKwf0dqD3w02UmmPToV0vzqP/s1600/_DSC2180.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459056605946964146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1B6CGeKp3FYb-_RJPACim32HXdh6detPgp6mrCRGgv3mWGs33EVByko6tLvoASsAJ_ONJrZ0DWlqAcu_DuwYcWgRQz368iM0nNpxCLx1LPObZuSrGNc9WKwf0dqD3w02UmmPToV0vzqP/s200/_DSC2180.JPG" /></a>This weekend I worked on the seat, the front legs, and the back legs. I also rewatched the DVD yet again, it really is an invaluable tool. The first thing I did was to dust off my biscuit joiner and look all around the shop, I know I had some biscuits around here somewhere. In the DVD Mr. Brock uses Dominoes but he does suggest that you could use biscuits or dowels, they really are just to align the coopered seat. After checking seat for size I used a plane to trim off a few hundreds of <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij5E5pgORwvhm00iilytcoXoWVVAhNCcNFfQcA_VBg0XlUHBQav6P4S7jlO467HZ9-v1AmPby_CLJOlz5XVg48n6NA3SnZkSl_xCxrAaitbgdPFQHaWRePYo0CQ1ET4G1rA3pxINMEGMFK/s1600/_DSC2182.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459056866882267010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij5E5pgORwvhm00iilytcoXoWVVAhNCcNFfQcA_VBg0XlUHBQav6P4S7jlO467HZ9-v1AmPby_CLJOlz5XVg48n6NA3SnZkSl_xCxrAaitbgdPFQHaWRePYo0CQ1ET4G1rA3pxINMEGMFK/s200/_DSC2182.JPG" /></a>an inch off of each of the ends. Once I was happy with everything I measured and marked for the joinery and cut it on the tablesaw. Using the 1/2 inch slotting bit that Mr. Brock recommends I trimmed the tenons for the legs. I trimmed excess material from the seat using the bandsaw then, using plenty of glue, clamped it up.<br />While the seat was cooking I picked some nicely figured Walnut for the front legs and cut them to size. Mr. Brock's instructions for laying out the <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA240ocIcNCcGDtcyIoAMtk6pBiix-92TW-aauRK1veuvGwv0qrWzg9VyQ4rSgqXo54ezD2_sITEi5ZLJx1EagkN5I_A4DVV4N4CYmJWV46MCNi41FRHoovxLHolNhDq_wYiOdhJ-1tVrb/s1600/_DSC2181.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459056860400718018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA240ocIcNCcGDtcyIoAMtk6pBiix-92TW-aauRK1veuvGwv0qrWzg9VyQ4rSgqXo54ezD2_sITEi5ZLJx1EagkN5I_A4DVV4N4CYmJWV46MCNi41FRHoovxLHolNhDq_wYiOdhJ-1tVrb/s200/_DSC2181.JPG" /></a>mortises for the front legs were very easy to follow. I cut them to size then adjusted the fit with a router plane. Once this was complete I used the provided template to mark the front legs and cut the waste away on the bandsaw. </div><div align="justify">Once I took the seat out of the clamps the fun started, using an angle grinder and a Galahad carving wheel, I carved out the seat to a shape I liked then refined it with with a sanding wheel, a micro plane, and finally worked my way to 60 grit sandpaper on my Festool sander. I have to say that I never thought much about sanders until I got to use this unit with it's attached vacuum, does a better, cleaner job that any sander I've ever used, I have some DeWalt random orbit sanders that I used to attach to my shopvac, but it doesn't compare. I wanted to see how the seat was going to look so I splashed some mineral spirits on it and WOW!, it is beautiful.</div><div align="justify">The next thing I did was to select a board for the back legs and rough cut, then trimmed them out on the bandsaw, following this I attached the pattern and cleaned them up on the router table. The instructions call for an adder block to be glued to the inside of each leg, this was the last thing I did this weekend, stay tuned for more updates. Oh a last note, Charles Brock picked up my last post and linked it from his website! Unfortunately somehow my "about me" section had gotten turned off so he had no idea what my name was, and at the end of my post I added a quote from Douglas Adams, but I didn't put quotation marks around it, so, Mr. Brock called me Doug..., well, who really cares, I'm just psyched that he picked up my post.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="center">"Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual."<br />Terry Pratchett </div>Brad Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480072672489492698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428606550382740471.post-75427765563484337062010-04-08T21:49:00.008-04:002010-04-08T22:39:18.045-04:00Maloof inspired Rocker, Charles Brock plans<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBi8VPQ_zvd-UFwbXw4u4-ioB_YJTkIT73FsviMERzkyof6CebUx45WZPRhzKmFuqjoIzSlHGZDAo3dD9TtBmFXBjz9CxFgPngEVFcMA5RZX6HHVOfijWp2zEFVIx9yw7G2TDJo8x0O7Sp/s1600/View1.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457951427858543714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBi8VPQ_zvd-UFwbXw4u4-ioB_YJTkIT73FsviMERzkyof6CebUx45WZPRhzKmFuqjoIzSlHGZDAo3dD9TtBmFXBjz9CxFgPngEVFcMA5RZX6HHVOfijWp2zEFVIx9yw7G2TDJo8x0O7Sp/s200/View1.jpg" /></a>This post begins my journey into the world of sculpted rocking chairs. I've been wanting to attempt one of these for a few years but the passing of Sam Maloof last year and the release of <a href="http://www.charlesbrockchairmaker.com/">Charles Brock's book/plan/dvd</a> have pushed me to give it a go. I won't give a step by step instruction on what it takes to create one of these beauties such as the example of one of Mr. Brock's chair to the left, this is best left to his book/plan/DVD, instead I'll just keep you up with what I'm doing and how it's going as well as commenting on the Book itself.</div><br /><div align="justify">I received "Build a Maloof Inspired Rocker" book/dvd/plan bundle for Christmas this year and was struck by the quality of the product, the book is well written and clear, the DVD is professionally produced and Mr. Brock does a great job showing each step in creating the rocker as well as giving helpful hint and tips throughout. The plans are full size 2x4 foot sheets that give you every template that you need to build the rocker. Mr. Brock is quick to tell you that he did not attempt to reproduce an exact replica of the Maloof rocker but was inspired by Mr. Maloof's body of work and wanted to create one himself. His methods are much easier to follow that the Hal Taylor downloadable book which I also have. After my first watching of the DVD I was confident that I could create a passable chair. I suggest that you watch the DVD all the way through and look through the book, then when you are planning your build, use the DVD and book together chapter by chapter.</div><br /><div align="justify">The first thing that I did was to make a copy of the template plans at Staples just in case I messed up on cutting the templates, I did this also so that I could keep an archival copy of the plans <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Lw4Jz3T0i1suIgrxJJVd4UynGLWDeqva2FVQj1anA1RvJZ3Et-lM2RZg5nBFMoQCvx3eprXJOvRWrse91v622oJuYyeb79gF8ZvCOlNXCaIpj2kInqQGgpkJJZTbuv-nRTijzVRn9Ybt/s1600/_DSC2110.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457949939562775266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Lw4Jz3T0i1suIgrxJJVd4UynGLWDeqva2FVQj1anA1RvJZ3Et-lM2RZg5nBFMoQCvx3eprXJOvRWrse91v622oJuYyeb79gF8ZvCOlNXCaIpj2kInqQGgpkJJZTbuv-nRTijzVRn9Ybt/s200/_DSC2110.JPG" /></a>for future builds.</div><br /><div align="justify">After collecting the appropriate thicknesses of plywood and MDF plus some posterboard I cut out the templates and using artists spray adhesive adhered the paper to the wood and cut it out of the bandsaw then cleaned each up using the oscillating spindle sander and various files and sanding blocks. I also made the bending form for the rockers. The book has detailed instructions on creating each template and form and what thickness plywood to use for which template.<br /></div><br /><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCVvofWpvrmBTcAKMVx04FymDCg9-vjFdCr0ObHXg6S-cBdIRaTuhdUBQv_E9LeaqgYZyXc8qwqoO4riOfregokteprJkTSpDXkxGUlp2n3BJMuHCFCUTHsS4MAVkj06yMtF7kS4qupvRz/s1600/IMG_0677.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457949949692785794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCVvofWpvrmBTcAKMVx04FymDCg9-vjFdCr0ObHXg6S-cBdIRaTuhdUBQv_E9LeaqgYZyXc8qwqoO4riOfregokteprJkTSpDXkxGUlp2n3BJMuHCFCUTHsS4MAVkj06yMtF7kS4qupvRz/s200/IMG_0677.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div align="justify">Following Mr. Brock's recommendation for BF I had ordered a stock of 8/4 Black Walnut and it have been acclimating in my shop for 3 months, today I cut, jointed and coopered the seat per his instruction.</div><br /><div align="justify">I also ordered the router bits that he suggests in the book and DVD for shaping the joints for the leg/seat connection as none of the ones in my collection match in radius, this is the key to getting tight fitting joints on both the front and back legs.</div><br /><div align="justify">This weekend I plan to rewatch the seat chapter again while following along in the book and then going to the shop to begin the joinery on the seat and start the shaping. More updates to come.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="center">I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.<br />- Douglas Adams<br /></div>Brad Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480072672489492698noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428606550382740471.post-51148343119438590802010-03-30T21:23:00.006-04:002010-03-30T22:23:12.225-04:00Limbert #366 Bookcase Finished<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHo-h4NE2YXj2anr5H6TL6P5-_hu4FHmPmolE7mERukUSojAeUBTRV3XmUDhwjW8N0IzxHYAyTnp8gmh-V-QaKbF5miR_v72FwQguNhKOsyOGFV2tPtCxxlbmbwz8wGXsYFS1wDHXnWKt3/s1600/_DSC1183.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454602733787578882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHo-h4NE2YXj2anr5H6TL6P5-_hu4FHmPmolE7mERukUSojAeUBTRV3XmUDhwjW8N0IzxHYAyTnp8gmh-V-QaKbF5miR_v72FwQguNhKOsyOGFV2tPtCxxlbmbwz8wGXsYFS1wDHXnWKt3/s200/_DSC1183.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div align="justify">The last couple of weekends I spent most of my time finishing the Limbert bookcase, if you're not familiar with my finishing process check out my post on it <a href="http://treefrogfurniture.blogspot.com/2008/02/more-thoughts-on-arts-and-crafts-finish.html">here</a>. It takes a few days to complete with drying time in between, so while I was waiting I was working on my Shaker table for The Woodwhisperer Guild March <a href="http://thewoodwhisperer.com/wfc">Woodworkers Fighting Cancer</a> build. It was kind of nice having two projects going on at the same time, if I got bored with sanding I could switch over to tapering the legs of the table, if I didn't have much time I could work on the drawer. I decided to go with a medium brown finish for the bookcase so I started with medium brown dye and I used brown Mahogany gel stain for the over stain. I took the time to finish the backing plywood prior to attaching it to the back of the case with 1/2 inch staples to allow for any wood movement.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuKDPKkUn3Zg8y_Rv-8voODBWj3zxFANoR737Uw85g2GTkSkABJzZspZxcqdL067YLIAn592yUn4A-gQSuFAILuPqiYve6R4C0DMVZcwUS1mKRf-nT6Q50bpgmyI3eFcqPRviOKu_Qgm_-/s1600/018.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454608386340817794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuKDPKkUn3Zg8y_Rv-8voODBWj3zxFANoR737Uw85g2GTkSkABJzZspZxcqdL067YLIAn592yUn4A-gQSuFAILuPqiYve6R4C0DMVZcwUS1mKRf-nT6Q50bpgmyI3eFcqPRviOKu_Qgm_-/s200/018.JPG" /></a>Once the dark wax was mostly dry I had a friend help me carry it into the house, all that quartersawn white oak is heavy. After letting the wax cure overnight I couldn't wait to set up my vintage Kodak camera collection on the top and fill the bookcase with my woodworking and photography books that have been piled on my dining room table for months. Then I decompressed some of my other bookcases leaving me with a whole empty shelf to expand in to.<br />I was very happy with the way this project came together, I started with just some pictures and measurements, used Sketchup to make them into a workable plan and went on from there. One detail that I didn't cover in my<br />previous posts is the bevel on the edge of the adjustable shelves, its a nice little touch that you can see in the pictures or <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDyp3_F1Nn9pWOHYknd53eKzSmSyJhCQgPKWCNpSr1hbw-0nLoedibJjdbD451XRMDicPrd-vM8AtMjhRIU-dgfpBPJ4lFqoA0vi9TeIx9ul3WCwcLqP0WJ9USB968wKllRPwMoRhW4Zqn/s1600/021.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454615008988327554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDyp3_F1Nn9pWOHYknd53eKzSmSyJhCQgPKWCNpSr1hbw-0nLoedibJjdbD451XRMDicPrd-vM8AtMjhRIU-dgfpBPJ4lFqoA0vi9TeIx9ul3WCwcLqP0WJ9USB968wKllRPwMoRhW4Zqn/s200/021.JPG" /></a>some of the antiques. I created the bevel the same way I did on the top of the Shaker table, I adjusted the angle of my tablesaw to 12.5 degrees and set the fence 1/2 inch away from the blade. Using a tall fence and a magnetic featherboard I carefully moved the shelves vertically past the blade. Cuts like this almost always leave burn marks so a little clean up with a low angle smoothing plane was in order. Every time I make something I learn something new, sometimes something big, sometimes something small, I noticed with this bookcase sitting near my last one that my sanding and finishing have improved. I learned on this one that it is easier to finish a bookcase with the back not attached, a lot easier.<br /></div><br /><blockquote></blockquote><div align="center">"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions."</div><div align="center">- His Holiness the Dalai Lama<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg9s9yokRe1EusUscBgtNk7uLgFz0zeId3ymdEVGXL-L8elzY9-KWPh40cqNC7I2SVyypXB_iK0U1ywnrx99JWXu5XbwDEWGb1Xf8nCzs1NdK4E7IeXG8qKS-h565KXXooD9XpSGZJNzIo/s1600/021.JPG"></a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div></div>Brad Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480072672489492698noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428606550382740471.post-55222980329374248962010-03-07T22:11:00.005-05:002010-03-07T22:58:35.317-05:00Limbert #366 Bookcase, Part 2<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lOrLwtzNvI0mQUZ5OovWxW9qsRQfmItwc-jP7ZVJYasoSIPqnEIOcWB4lEJAgolwrJsAtp6ChIOxHRcSnnhI3rAMp2xqMcuDpBgSfXdGFP4oGFvbCH_FTjcom9HQgAedzBFjiQ1QLFKB/s1600-h/_DSC9822.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446097429940286466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lOrLwtzNvI0mQUZ5OovWxW9qsRQfmItwc-jP7ZVJYasoSIPqnEIOcWB4lEJAgolwrJsAtp6ChIOxHRcSnnhI3rAMp2xqMcuDpBgSfXdGFP4oGFvbCH_FTjcom9HQgAedzBFjiQ1QLFKB/s200/_DSC9822.JPG" /></a> Last weekend I cut and routed the dadoes and grooves in the sides of the Limbert #366 bookcase. During the week I took a few hours and, using the template I marked out the cutouts and the bottom lift. After drilling a few access holes and cutting the waste out with a jigsaw I used the template and a 3/4 inch pattern cutting bit to clean up the cuts. I also cut the adjustable shelves to size and added the bevel on the front of each shelf. </div><div align="justify">Saturday I cut and glued up the top <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6B3N6ZBuA_AunnXWJcQ-Q4XZKUzubmafNPlbPFYhBRHMwT2LxcM-29rpgN83EPLcDoBRRxF5R25u3BhkVmRojX0r4nriRGMropiB_CC9E-tLMCRYpVV9ItJqIf62w0CHCVKCBPThSK5Tn/s1600-h/_DSC9820.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446097419842364194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6B3N6ZBuA_AunnXWJcQ-Q4XZKUzubmafNPlbPFYhBRHMwT2LxcM-29rpgN83EPLcDoBRRxF5R25u3BhkVmRojX0r4nriRGMropiB_CC9E-tLMCRYpVV9ItJqIf62w0CHCVKCBPThSK5Tn/s200/_DSC9820.JPG" /></a>for my cherry Shaker table for the Woodwhisperer Guild <a href="http://thewoodwhisperer.com/wfc/">Woodworkers Fighting Cancer</a> build, then I moved on to sanding the bookcase. I ran the complete sanding schedule I use for white oak, starting with 60 grit, then 80, 120 and finally 180 grit. Between 120 and 180 grit on the inside of the sides I drilled the shelf pin holes for the adjustable shelves. I don't use a fancy template for this, I have a section of pegboard with two lines of holes 8 inches apart marked every 2 inches. With this I use a 1/4 inch <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiqtAiECgyw574NNQvIhVXT0eEhpdtb8eksTZ_iTjtF5pjSTgTgkvMtCZtC4MS899J5okdexYcD5199zJ_-7fm-v0m2iBTCpPZtzZd_LoP22RBS-WRKPAsMsGTS7sn9m-vKXN4tn9KmZRn/s1600-h/_DSC9827.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446097719427656866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiqtAiECgyw574NNQvIhVXT0eEhpdtb8eksTZ_iTjtF5pjSTgTgkvMtCZtC4MS899J5okdexYcD5199zJ_-7fm-v0m2iBTCpPZtzZd_LoP22RBS-WRKPAsMsGTS7sn9m-vKXN4tn9KmZRn/s200/_DSC9827.JPG" /></a>brad point drill bit with a stop collar in place to drill 1/2 inch deep holes. I've used this on many projects and have never had problems with it, its simple, its cheap and I can make custom templates for any project.</div><div align="justify">The final dryfit was done after hand fitting each part, a few clamps were used to hold everything together and tight while I took measurements to insure that everything was square. I took the rest of the afternoon to make a taper cutting jig for the tablesaw inspired by Marc's live Guild event as I would <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhudES7CWfysau8PSBetfPqP64oJVaztr_g0pbyM7loWfqMCsewXuADR5SR4dzkAegby1UG_0ACuyMmuJKafFEZfiEfh1hcnxFkFMqvQ4ERzXc1OOZSjUchkgsyG5o1anh27cFYLnL7SQ8O/s1600-h/_DSC9839.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446096177493792258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhudES7CWfysau8PSBetfPqP64oJVaztr_g0pbyM7loWfqMCsewXuADR5SR4dzkAegby1UG_0ACuyMmuJKafFEZfiEfh1hcnxFkFMqvQ4ERzXc1OOZSjUchkgsyG5o1anh27cFYLnL7SQ8O/s200/_DSC9839.JPG" /></a>need to cut long tapers for the Shaker table.<br />Today I had to run to Lowes to get some oak ply for the back of the bookcase, all of the pictures of the original that I could find show a plywood back so why not? I gathered my long clamps and glue bottle and completed the glueup. After a couple of hours of drying I flipped the bookcase onto its face and measured for the plywood back. After cutting and sanding the plywood I placed it and attached it with some blue tape for the pictures leaving it unattached to make finishing easier.</div><div align="justify">I took the rest of the day to cut the mortises in the Shaker table and taper the legs. Also I took the top for the table out of the clamps and rough sanded it.<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTB-2hOSAbMko2vM4hnSbK9X2u7HATYobwGJWvdFgna-quds0tX715mHJ-kfYeIOb6vra3hFXeBOlgZ4FWjbpFDjdNfgKyrU6sGCNcR4lYuSULcC1JmYFt4mbMPZFT4MKA5J4dFWaZggpO/s1600-h/_DSC9836.JPG"></a><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSrfHTDou70cKayomGsYoL-CNWHRJI6YDPDohDvC1MP5V4RS5saoYGMi39EZVgk97dN_5vs-7PXWwUCirkjeE9HZz0nzVF-hvbt8D1x7F9XVFzQ3XmwTQBypmNBllR-inG7MxT3pNA2SMI/s1600-h/_DSC9843.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446096167009868066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSrfHTDou70cKayomGsYoL-CNWHRJI6YDPDohDvC1MP5V4RS5saoYGMi39EZVgk97dN_5vs-7PXWwUCirkjeE9HZz0nzVF-hvbt8D1x7F9XVFzQ3XmwTQBypmNBllR-inG7MxT3pNA2SMI/s200/_DSC9843.JPG" /></a>One of the features that attracted me to this particular bookcase is the detail on top of the piece. The small fixed shelf and the cutouts along with the solid wood back and the large fixed top shelf are very nice and would make a perfect place for me to keep part of my vintage Kodak camera collection. I can't wait to complete the finish and get this bookcase in the house.<br /></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="center"><br />"Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves."</div><div align="center">Rudyard Kipling<br /></div>Brad Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480072672489492698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428606550382740471.post-15607557471601645272010-02-28T21:09:00.004-05:002010-02-28T22:24:24.201-05:00Limbert #366 Bookcase<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivjAUZ4ZWS5nR21TnK2DgJ6MuM873o5Tn8OTQFANovD3RL0t3jG0oiYDfNODp8O_laD7wagPfs45MopZIX9CwN5B71hPDNre3UeJfqnUGr-b7xIYd0BLYBrldt0l7XY7Lt069l5ujUg-eM/s1600-h/Limbert+bookcase2.bmp"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 172px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443490376260111570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivjAUZ4ZWS5nR21TnK2DgJ6MuM873o5Tn8OTQFANovD3RL0t3jG0oiYDfNODp8O_laD7wagPfs45MopZIX9CwN5B71hPDNre3UeJfqnUGr-b7xIYd0BLYBrldt0l7XY7Lt069l5ujUg-eM/s200/Limbert+bookcase2.bmp" /></a><br /><br /><div align="justify">When I started my journey into Arts and Crafts furniture I was of course drawn to Stickley's designs, his being the most common in the literature. As I got further along I discovered <a href="http://treefrogfurniture.blogspot.com/2008/01/stickley-vs-limbert.html">Charles Limbert</a> and his unique take on furniture. Limbert was a student of European designers, particularly Charles Rennie Mackintosh of the Glasgow school, his designs are noted by cutouts and curves. I've made many Limbert pieces and blogged about them here. I found this bookcase in a reprint of an early 1900's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kindred-styles-furniture-Charles-Limbert/dp/B0006F5A0Y/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267409168&sr=8-7">Limbert catalog</a> and searched online auction catalogs until I found this one.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Limbert produced this model with and without a door, and in a double wide version. The single door version fits the size that I want, its 64 inches tall, 12 inches deep and 30 inches wide. I'm not sure if I will add the door or not, but for now I'm proceeding with the assumption that I won't have a door. I took the photo into Google Sketchup and with the know dimensions produced a plan that I've uploaded in <a href="http://community.thewoodwhisperer.com/group/googlesketchup/forum/topics/limbert-366-bookcase?xg_source=activity">The Wood Whisperer Community</a>.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">From this model I produced a cutlist and exploded details of the parts. Saturday was spent preparing the Quartersawn White Oak stock and gluing up the parts, I also created a template for the rectangular cutouts at the top of the bookcase and the small lift at the bottom. Sunday I took everything out of the clamps and cleaned off the boards. I trimmed each piece down to the correct size and cut the 3/8th inch dado along the back of the sides and on the top and bottom shelves. Using a T-square guide and a plunge router I cut the dadoes for the top and bottom shelves and for the small shelf. I switched to the router guide and a 3/8th inch bit and cut the mortises for the top and bottom aprons. After squaring up the end of the small shelf dado with a chisel I cut the tenons on the aprons using the dado blade still in the tablesaw.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">After doing a little fitting of the pieces with a routerplane and chisel I was able to complete an initial dryfit before calling it a day. I wanted to get a good start on this build because starting next weekend I'll be beginning the Guild March Shaker table project as part of <a href="http://thewoodwhisperer.com/wfc/">Woodworker's fighting cancer</a>. I'll be recording my progress of the Shaker table and continuing on with this project so look for updates.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="center">"First things first, but not neccessarily in that order." - Dr. Who</div>Brad Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480072672489492698noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428606550382740471.post-84982914267123594182009-12-28T19:36:00.004-05:002009-12-28T21:06:11.455-05:00The Beginning<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCHf0l8nUJto8e7D9VANAWDgeIlqUI2gqXYMGGCZAT9UVYIx-EdmoLgSbDKisNl4MpdvGtlJPt1_8QPl90bR0N397uZ2lTCizOqJLa8qsOk1vSfM-1AxRsLXq_x9kC1ysmUYUb-wS9I5HK/s1600-h/_DSC8519.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420455025989516674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCHf0l8nUJto8e7D9VANAWDgeIlqUI2gqXYMGGCZAT9UVYIx-EdmoLgSbDKisNl4MpdvGtlJPt1_8QPl90bR0N397uZ2lTCizOqJLa8qsOk1vSfM-1AxRsLXq_x9kC1ysmUYUb-wS9I5HK/s200/_DSC8519.JPG" /></a> I know that I can make a nice wall cabinet, the challenge with this project was the inlay that I had thought of for the door. That being said, I decided to start with what for me is usually the end, the door. This is going to be a stand alone wall cabinet to replace a smaller one in my bedroom, it's made from Cherry and I wanted to incorporate a bolection inlay of a Japanese Cherry tree on the door. I've never done a bolection inlay before and wasn't sure if I could pull it off well enough so I wanted to complete the inlay first to leave me multiple options with the design if I couldn't pull it off.<br /></div><div align="justify">I started by selecting an interesting grain pattern and cutting it to size of the planned door. I wanted the underlying grain to mimic the mountains that you would see in the background of a Japanese print. </div><br /><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkEZWgGl6ph5QCE50lSpksE98W82rhCElwBkyBPiXBDfvZ0MbWqiLiVWRls04LuTQPRojfmcPzI04nrOf3PhyphenhyphenSrZXepn2Dq60kpBtgGykMX0_rxmGqASSbgkDXv11xJj1ESF3FoUG-lOgE/s1600-h/_DSC8507.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420454269271596962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkEZWgGl6ph5QCE50lSpksE98W82rhCElwBkyBPiXBDfvZ0MbWqiLiVWRls04LuTQPRojfmcPzI04nrOf3PhyphenhyphenSrZXepn2Dq60kpBtgGykMX0_rxmGqASSbgkDXv11xJj1ESF3FoUG-lOgE/s200/_DSC8507.JPG" /></a> With the grain pattern set I sketched out a Cherry tree on large graph paper, at this point I had in my mind how I was going to do the wood of the tree but I still wasn't sure about the blossoms. I cut the sketch of the trunk into smaller components and using spray adhesive I attached them to pieces of 3/16 inch thick walnut aligning the grain in pleasing ways. After cutting out all the pieces on the scroll saw I used double sided tape to hole the walnut to the door and outlined them with a sharp Exacto knife. Working with one component at time I then routed a 1/16th inch deep relief into the door. After fitting the piece I then would move on to the next piece, completing the tree in a few days between finishing up Christmas projects. I still had in my mind that I would cut the blossoms and without routing glue them to the door and shape them with my Foredom power carver. I tried this method as a test and was very disappointed. The small blossoms were very hard to cut on the scroll saw and attempting to shape them scarred up the base wood. I gave up on this approach.</div><div align="justify">As often happens I had an epiphany in the shower, I'd go abstract and simple. After I dried off and dressed I went out into the shop and using a 3/8th inch plug cutter I cut a scrap of curly maple into plugs. I drilled some 3/8th inch holes into some scrap cherry and drove the plugs in. I trimmed the plugs with a chisel and shaped them with a sanding block. I noticed that there was a slight space around the plugs and that all of one size would look odd, so I undersized the drill bit by 1/64th of an inch and tried that. The plugs fit very tight and after trimming and shaping there was no space around the plug. I then moved to the drill press and cut 3/8th and 1/4 inch plugs from a block of curly maple. I started placing holes where they looked good and plugging them, I kept adding them here and there until I was happy. After trimming them and sanding the plugs and the trunk I decided that the project was a success and the wall cabinet could proceed with this design. More to come as the cabinet takes shape.<br /><br /></div><div align="center">"The beginning is the most important part of the work." - Plato</div>Brad Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480072672489492698noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428606550382740471.post-2715752634202252592009-11-11T18:14:00.004-05:002009-11-11T18:41:19.022-05:00Limbert #234 Tabourette, Part 2<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVDgPtvJ93J3T7YKtp8DjnIY_TtWBuu5VTwSKvTZkLqdvLPDAnDs8pZKZz2N2FSnIWHpyvzkXIHKqIbliCnV0rSsZM_SZvoNxR86VYR89dNLs1OUbwueIKiyoKNkeJpS6m7tDbGs8C5eD/s1600-h/030.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402988799357232386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVDgPtvJ93J3T7YKtp8DjnIY_TtWBuu5VTwSKvTZkLqdvLPDAnDs8pZKZz2N2FSnIWHpyvzkXIHKqIbliCnV0rSsZM_SZvoNxR86VYR89dNLs1OUbwueIKiyoKNkeJpS6m7tDbGs8C5eD/s200/030.JPG" /></a> Well here it is, the Limbert #234 Tabourette completed. The build was very easy with no complicated joinery. Download the Sketchup plan <a href="http://community.thewoodwhisperer.com/group/googlesketchup/forum/topics/sketchup-file-from-1">here</a>, make some simple patterns and go for it.<a href="http://community.thewoodwhisperer.com/group/googlesketchup/forum/topics/sketchup-file-from-1"><br /></a>The finish is a little different from my previous posts, on this table I decided to skip the shellac for the final layers and go with Arm-r-seal from General Finishes. The result is really nice and has a more satin finish than the shellac, I still topped it all off with Watco dark liquid wax as usual. </div><div align="justify">The top is attached to the base with figure 8 table irons to allow for any movement and I aplied felt pads to the feet as it going to live on a hardwood floor.</div><div align="justify">My neighbor was very happy with the final result and is looking forward to the coffee table that I designed to go along with it, more on that in a series of later posts.</div><div align="center">"No matter where you go, there you are" Buckaroo Bonzia</div>Brad Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480072672489492698noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428606550382740471.post-65251272762761504062009-10-30T16:39:00.009-04:002009-10-30T19:50:26.526-04:00Limbert #234 Tabourette, Part 1<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5U2RVqBpJ5kvteQq4n8QRUwGmvsG4cuuokOboG5cW8sUbVvulUkjSqJcc2UOPJWiI-ZQ4fz13UYcAgWdLANHQpjNu-8oX8BURta0eFIMuKo2pXrbxTG0-LHHtp6DJtfK-droOgJnx0zJQ/s1600-h/0013_1_lg.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398503364018362594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5U2RVqBpJ5kvteQq4n8QRUwGmvsG4cuuokOboG5cW8sUbVvulUkjSqJcc2UOPJWiI-ZQ4fz13UYcAgWdLANHQpjNu-8oX8BURta0eFIMuKo2pXrbxTG0-LHHtp6DJtfK-droOgJnx0zJQ/s200/0013_1_lg.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify">My neighbor asked me to make her an end table and a coffee table in the arts and crafts style to go in her bungalow. I showed her some of the completed pieces in my house and she was drawn more to the Limbert style. I did some more research in my books and online and came up with this little tabourette as an end table, I showed her the pictures and described my idea for a coffee table that would compliment the design of the end table. Coffee tables weren't a part of American homes in the 1900's but I took a Limbert cocktail table and lowered it and changed it some to make it a coffee table, more on that in a later post.</div><div align="justify">In previous <a href="http://treefrogfurniture.blogspot.com/2008/01/no-plans-only-two-pictures-and.html">posts</a> I have described <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBL464oi8ox50kscx9KQwc1dRuMokExXT-UqfQxIgdAducUS609oXJ_-vKUMLYKaW5DLSaEkaXf1IRKMDYm7Y7Qn2YuZGmi9K3hyGZ7L8b3sQ1HOw2loI782fNVhlhU62PYx1cWRM8PaY9/s1600-h/Limbert+%23234+Tabourette3.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 96px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398501356868166258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBL464oi8ox50kscx9KQwc1dRuMokExXT-UqfQxIgdAducUS609oXJ_-vKUMLYKaW5DLSaEkaXf1IRKMDYm7Y7Qn2YuZGmi9K3hyGZ7L8b3sQ1HOw2loI782fNVhlhU62PYx1cWRM8PaY9/s200/Limbert+%23234+Tabourette3.jpg" /></a>my method of scaling plans from pictures but luckily I was able to find descriptions of this table along with dimensions, which are 16"x16"x18" tall. These relate to the widest measurements, the top which will be square. From this and the photos I came up with the dimensions in the picture at the left.</div><div align="justify"><br /> </div><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHof-tcnI9n7IsltD6EvTtSWkWimAkTkdMYQ0lq6B3Z4TpyNnkmm36z93iQBkaDXEEmV8kfA0gLr_fF31FCKl1H47z7r0EtxbbZ9ui3Mp34Etr_Q61VMh55aCugmJETJcmDdfhDZUOafZ9/s1600-h/Limbert+%23234+Tabourette.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 96px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398501346029048482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHof-tcnI9n7IsltD6EvTtSWkWimAkTkdMYQ0lq6B3Z4TpyNnkmm36z93iQBkaDXEEmV8kfA0gLr_fF31FCKl1H47z7r0EtxbbZ9ui3Mp34Etr_Q61VMh55aCugmJETJcmDdfhDZUOafZ9/s200/Limbert+%23234+Tabourette.jpg" /></a>Using Google Sketchup I created a model of the table along with dimensioned elevations, I was also able to look at the components and come up with construction details such as how to connect the sides.</div><div align="justify"><br /><br /> </div><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga8oxPzFSRzaK-Q-QpEwpEvq-H67CJcMmXzDQQ10GdMpwhLRm_odj870VGhi6vLZxT7EidYbuoJO5gqksypL3D1ruPJsg5qZKXS3YLkpjj14fK-I50ZUnLrCqeeICXzEYYqBix-XWt1JLG/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398500890346080082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga8oxPzFSRzaK-Q-QpEwpEvq-H67CJcMmXzDQQ10GdMpwhLRm_odj870VGhi6vLZxT7EidYbuoJO5gqksypL3D1ruPJsg5qZKXS3YLkpjj14fK-I50ZUnLrCqeeICXzEYYqBix-XWt1JLG/s200/003.JPG" /></a>After removing the stock from the clamps and trimming it to size I took this template I made up from the plan above and marked out the areas to be cut out. After removing the bulk of the waste with a jigsaw for the cut outs and the bandsaw for the bottom I carefully aligned the template to the inside of each side piece and screwed it in place. Using a template like this for routing is always good, you can attach it with double sided tape or if piece has a hidden side you can just screw the template to the stock. I used a 1/2 inch pattern cutting bit in the router table to give the cutouts the proper radius at the corners. After this I cut a 45 degree miter on each side of the side pieces.</div><div align="justify"><br /><br /> </div><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSSVWfOhAqKenSI6KSfEF7gImIs42s7UBP0Nqc945Qc-wZ0lWIAggDNrT-jQ4N0Eu8q-Km1WOVU-IvkeHubu2gYGOwls2j-TZi1GAEsUuP2d7M8dfbfpLuyl4tZMN20HUcm56ZbylZ7RPi/s1600-h/022.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398500881246320258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSSVWfOhAqKenSI6KSfEF7gImIs42s7UBP0Nqc945Qc-wZ0lWIAggDNrT-jQ4N0Eu8q-Km1WOVU-IvkeHubu2gYGOwls2j-TZi1GAEsUuP2d7M8dfbfpLuyl4tZMN20HUcm56ZbylZ7RPi/s200/022.JPG" /></a></div><div align="justify">What followed was some sanding and a little hand work on the cutouts then I glued the miters together using the miter cutoffs as glue blocks a little time cooking in the clamps while I sanded the top. A final sanding on everything inside and out and attaching the top with figure 8 table irons, a little more touch up sanding and a cleaning finished up this project for the weekend and now all that is left if finishing. My neighbor looked at the finish samples that I keep and picked the middle range of the five I have so when I start on the finish I just turn over the sample and the "recipe" is written on the back. For more on my arts and crafts finish and a look at the samples see this <a href="http://treefrogfurniture.blogspot.com/2008/02/more-thoughts-on-arts-and-crafts-finish.html">post</a>.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="center">" Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter, and those that matter don't mind." Dr. Seuss</div>Brad Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480072672489492698noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428606550382740471.post-4228246079933604872009-10-24T22:31:00.009-04:002009-10-24T23:16:23.310-04:00Music Stand part 3<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtKZRtS1bURxpAmN8LDBuSimAPaW1C_DVMU31PD6N-YrtHD10LcVxhBoxR3rQBnR9Mj82FmmWjv8S2QybaaFmrdKBdMkGP72V4sxr3gFHVua6HsVR1wIAE6xVcALb7V8CXV9EIXxStT320/s1600-h/002.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396363590904119554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtKZRtS1bURxpAmN8LDBuSimAPaW1C_DVMU31PD6N-YrtHD10LcVxhBoxR3rQBnR9Mj82FmmWjv8S2QybaaFmrdKBdMkGP72V4sxr3gFHVua6HsVR1wIAE6xVcALb7V8CXV9EIXxStT320/s200/002.JPG" /></a>This weekend I started out by sanding all the flat surfaces of the mahogany ribs and then taking to the edges and curves off everything with a folded piece of sandpaper . There are no pictures of this because I don't like getting dust all over my camera. Once I started to assemble the music stand I didn't think that I would need to clamp the ribs into the stand because the fit was tight enough that the last they took a gentle rap with a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">deadblow</span> hammer to drive each one that final <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">smidge</span>, but I decided to err on the safe side and clamped each rib in place just in case the glue would piston one of the ribs out as it set up.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><br /> </div><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5eZPSlyqYYGWsLGI-TJl3Nu11dpNAySoXWqNDfFJgERmRI8tfCyVZCYnpoBjfLT8WBYxBRff81oSFCtaVgiAFg1417e78z6klHJiCHFV0VUWq9jT3brm19Gm8jdJm2Ldj7ry84j_rzOsb/s1600-h/012.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396363387454103458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5eZPSlyqYYGWsLGI-TJl3Nu11dpNAySoXWqNDfFJgERmRI8tfCyVZCYnpoBjfLT8WBYxBRff81oSFCtaVgiAFg1417e78z6klHJiCHFV0VUWq9jT3brm19Gm8jdJm2Ldj7ry84j_rzOsb/s200/012.JPG" /></a>After a little more hand sanding and the first two coats of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Watco</span> Natural Danish Oil I decided to take the stand out onto the lawn for a better shot. I think it turned out great so far, with many more coats of Danish Oil and a coat of wax this stand will glow.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><br /> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSeOqU6F49qiaD3-DZ8FVCUjnLWcN5-X4IN0KYqlCshrmof1bQkHAXWd58juFOuGR5GWWX10e1p6JMl4G4MMeDt28ToP-1Dgvo_KfyoFaOS3cB9bF7qaKw0P7jIVuf0chrU_U6o8D7DzWL/s1600-h/019.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396363130253920178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSeOqU6F49qiaD3-DZ8FVCUjnLWcN5-X4IN0KYqlCshrmof1bQkHAXWd58juFOuGR5GWWX10e1p6JMl4G4MMeDt28ToP-1Dgvo_KfyoFaOS3cB9bF7qaKw0P7jIVuf0chrU_U6o8D7DzWL/s200/019.JPG" /></a><br />“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” ~Dr. Seuss </div>Brad Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480072672489492698noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428606550382740471.post-28922757672485140522009-10-20T22:24:00.005-04:002009-10-20T23:03:01.061-04:00Music Stand part 2<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs0rYTjXc3i3YF830aSb77L2jyX2j6L-MtBbL8Eboe8vu1CO1RDIk4-Z87UutDMZPj6NS_NBu56wuwyfAvMhvoHErG-JYnQMc13mKDtbjW8aw_qGDrEO47xZBzLzQTAnN_HuuPnuMS_qyT/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394876538919972962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs0rYTjXc3i3YF830aSb77L2jyX2j6L-MtBbL8Eboe8vu1CO1RDIk4-Z87UutDMZPj6NS_NBu56wuwyfAvMhvoHErG-JYnQMc13mKDtbjW8aw_qGDrEO47xZBzLzQTAnN_HuuPnuMS_qyT/s200/001.JPG" /></a> Having left the back leg on the bending form all week, Saturday morning saw it <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">unclamped</span> and removed from the form. From the side view here you can start to get an idea of what the stand will look like when finished. After trimming the back leg to match the width of the front legs I glues the two sets <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">together</span> and let them sit while I prepped the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Mahogany</span> for the cross ribs by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">resawing</span> stock to 3/8<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> inch thick and running them through the drum sander to clean off the saw marks.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><br /> </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuiXgM5M8EiOstUwsDA2NUmky5gtXk-h7uC2XLEz6zXXk2CPF8hyphenhyphenXJkgtyiWNAwzOXyWVbbE1gBjYc_fwaJcHHwM9httvvtcsMhVm_3JWNrgyx0b88yS2sAjdNg_9kcyFBJqoML3ri-Ekj/s1600-h/009.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394875521069736482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuiXgM5M8EiOstUwsDA2NUmky5gtXk-h7uC2XLEz6zXXk2CPF8hyphenhyphenXJkgtyiWNAwzOXyWVbbE1gBjYc_fwaJcHHwM9httvvtcsMhVm_3JWNrgyx0b88yS2sAjdNg_9kcyFBJqoML3ri-Ekj/s200/009.JPG" /></a> Once the clamps were removed I trimmed the legs flat by setting the stand on the assembly table and using a block of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">MDF</span> for a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">gauge</span> marked a line on each side then trimmed the feet with a handsaw. I then cleaned up the edges with a block plane and a smoothing plane and finally some sandpaper. I used a small router and a 1/4 inch <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">round over</span> bit to ease the edges, where I couldn't get the router I used a strip of 80 grit sandpaper and rounded the edge.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKgWQgjfcDOmtGaYUediS5nDhBjr03xo9NaYJgbKB1O5wdG5pIUp8Sw9aj83o2XyVBUrS_p4WQMMrZYCBdpemkBIeA9OSLBbsaerf_LpVsY64VmLudzSPQVxVSSzpM_6M_KHvxAhfdmEkb/s1600-h/007.JPG"></a><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9Y3R2xu978BX55tPYEjtpOsigDci5BMUraiAulXABw50yS58_m5EkTs-haNsrjkONLfE729qr6tzweU08d6-YfQlyWhJgmbx31hPFf0zEdDtyzJzI14f0cvfB7p1a_VSPyVlZ6VRy70g/s1600-h/010.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394875492761757938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9Y3R2xu978BX55tPYEjtpOsigDci5BMUraiAulXABw50yS58_m5EkTs-haNsrjkONLfE729qr6tzweU08d6-YfQlyWhJgmbx31hPFf0zEdDtyzJzI14f0cvfB7p1a_VSPyVlZ6VRy70g/s200/010.JPG" /></a><br />I made a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">gauge</span> block out of a strip of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">MDF</span> and a small piece of 1/4 inch plywood so that I could cut a groove across the stand at 2 inch intervals using a dado blade set at 3/4 inch deep. In these grooves will fit 5 <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Mahogany</span> ribs that will hold the sheet music.<br /><br /><br /></div><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOO2RTZScepkrGf4a6ZaygSw229s8evbANPNs97-OhtnXGNIX5Yk51PtmUtKzRs4_HkU-rYDjIs7gLcrvw_iuOWb0k5niAbwGL0rd2v2T0o_Qr6ijA7N7Ls6zKfpV3CAj6hHR16HL3Gto/s1600-h/015.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394875480587327202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOO2RTZScepkrGf4a6ZaygSw229s8evbANPNs97-OhtnXGNIX5Yk51PtmUtKzRs4_HkU-rYDjIs7gLcrvw_iuOWb0k5niAbwGL0rd2v2T0o_Qr6ijA7N7Ls6zKfpV3CAj6hHR16HL3Gto/s200/015.JPG" /></a> This is the only picture I took of the glued up stand but if you look closely you can tell that there is a taper. Before <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">gluing</span> the back leg to the front I used the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">jointer</span> to run a 3/8<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> inch taper along the length where it contacted the front legs. When I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">dryfitted</span> the legs I wasn't happy with the bulky look of the top of the stand so I decided to add the taper and if I cut if off the back of the back leg the laminates would have been visible, so I cut it from the inside of the back leg, it turned out great and in the final post I'll take more detailed shots of it.</div><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGp4PRtFCx6J-wgQ3n3DVrAhuycM9wmYzIUTHJN48UtSGtUI2671fEzPRWCAhWy67v90Ge_8mRj3mgqSm6iawKhCObxMglecjVRrKCcS5l85lO5fxvqgrrVyuQw-DUgEIeb_Cgi9KkI3yI/s1600-h/051.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394874024583517250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGp4PRtFCx6J-wgQ3n3DVrAhuycM9wmYzIUTHJN48UtSGtUI2671fEzPRWCAhWy67v90Ge_8mRj3mgqSm6iawKhCObxMglecjVRrKCcS5l85lO5fxvqgrrVyuQw-DUgEIeb_Cgi9KkI3yI/s200/051.JPG" /></a> I made two routing templates to cut the inside and outside curves for the ribs. Here you can see the inside curve template, a blank, and a blank with the inside curve rough cut. I ran the "downhill" cut on the router table and then flipped the blank to avoid tear out from the flush trim bit. After running all the ribs I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">marked</span> out for the cuts that will fit around the stand. Working without a plan and just a rough sketch if freeing in a way as you can make changes along the way. Next weekend will see the ribs completed and sanded and assembled to the stand, then a nice oil finish will make this wood glow. I hope that the finished product lives up to my vision.<br /></div><div align="center">"Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort." Franklin D. Roosevelt </div><div align="center"> </div>Brad Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480072672489492698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428606550382740471.post-42119848375369807262009-10-16T22:04:00.007-04:002009-10-16T23:07:37.178-04:00Music Stand part 1<div align="justify">My newest project is something different for me, I'm making a music stand for a present. It involves bending wood to quite an acute degree, tighter than I've ever done before. After consulting with my friends in The Woodwhisperer chatroom I decided to stick with a technique I'm familiar with, bent lamination. The first thing that i had to do was to create a bending form, I cut a piece of 1/2 inch MDF to 24x12 inches, I used my beam compass and drew a 12 inch radius arc in one end. I rough cut it on the bandsaw and cleaned up the cut using my disc sander and finished it with a flexible sanding strip made from a strip of 1/8th inch thick Baltic birch plywood wi<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigbcxBOE7-pulRyZVxZ3Ucy5zHUELNt-m6HmMi0_Ot7lfPStb4ydrrdWu2e-NOT6T8Pp6P2b9Lws_iWiyTjFJRGOo_Gn-j_fYxgO1tc_uaw28FYST4StYpEhwhf0jkgV748TLGuBfUnXOX/s1600-h/298.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393386408809509794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigbcxBOE7-pulRyZVxZ3Ucy5zHUELNt-m6HmMi0_Ot7lfPStb4ydrrdWu2e-NOT6T8Pp6P2b9Lws_iWiyTjFJRGOo_Gn-j_fYxgO1tc_uaw28FYST4StYpEhwhf0jkgV748TLGuBfUnXOX/s200/298.JPG" /></a>th a block of wood glued to each end for handles and 80 grit sandpaper glued to it with spray on adhesive. Once the template was true, I marked out three more blanks and rough cut them on the band saw. I glued each blank onto the template using small brads to lock them flush. I clamped the sandwich together and let it sit for a few hours.</div><div align="justify">After lunch I removed the clamps and used a flush trim bit on the router table to flush up the arc. I then marked a line 1 1/2 inch </div><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQf27BaNkVpyE00SNUiTDBKcd5DVm14hxljyvU2VhQldwFPbcAXopT-lMegLULK-Ybgfx1_m13rx-jdamqYUiV1csNBvhQeZEL6lTLd8_3jcgevu3r-JPHWezIEpj3BO28G0zEcHe2mSW/s1600-h/300.JPG"></a></div><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQf27BaNkVpyE00SNUiTDBKcd5DVm14hxljyvU2VhQldwFPbcAXopT-lMegLULK-Ybgfx1_m13rx-jdamqYUiV1csNBvhQeZEL6lTLd8_3jcgevu3r-JPHWezIEpj3BO28G0zEcHe2mSW/s1600-h/300.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393386420063360386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQf27BaNkVpyE00SNUiTDBKcd5DVm14hxljyvU2VhQldwFPbcAXopT-lMegLULK-Ybgfx1_m13rx-jdamqYUiV1csNBvhQeZEL6lTLd8_3jcgevu3r-JPHWezIEpj3BO28G0zEcHe2mSW/s200/300.JPG" /></a></div><div align="justify">along the top and drilled 1 inch holes every few inches to make clamping easier. I applied packing tape to the top to keep any glue from sticking to the form.</div><div align="justify">The legs of the stand are made from Curly Maple, I ripped 2 pieces 2 inches wide by 50 inches long and using the band saw I resawed it into 3, 5/16th inch thick pieces. To clean up the saw marks I ran each piece through the drum sander to a final thickness of 1/4 inch.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjRKjuBG11Z4jDynY16d2gM3qPm_n_vE82VIRhfHR_Bk35FlRUSUNlMeBYbOKmfB0maRT2ZVJdFPoA093ttqkjl9LIcuGwN1g_D2dGult3ErIWGe62vS2fKIhHOIVXm6lpxZkwMNdUBZ6k/s1600-h/301.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393385992162052114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjRKjuBG11Z4jDynY16d2gM3qPm_n_vE82VIRhfHR_Bk35FlRUSUNlMeBYbOKmfB0maRT2ZVJdFPoA093ttqkjl9LIcuGwN1g_D2dGult3ErIWGe62vS2fKIhHOIVXm6lpxZkwMNdUBZ6k/s200/301.JPG" /></a></div><div align="justify">Next comes the hard part, gluing and clamping the laminates to the form. The open time on the glue is limited and there are many clamps that have to be tightened. After covering each layer in glue with a roller I taped them together to keep the laminates from slipping. Starting at the center of the arc I clamped the laminate sandwich to the form tight as possible. I alternated each side of the center to even out the pressure working the clamps as tight as you can and moving to the next, you won't always be able to tighten the clamp completely until you get some leverage from the next clamp in line. To get the last clap in place I had to resort to a long clamp to help lever it in place. You might think that you could start clamping at the top end of the arc and use the long straight end to pull the laminate to the form. You can't do this because the laminates must slip along each other to form to the contour or the arc, by starting in the center of the arc you allow the wood to move equally on each end of the laminate sandwich.</div><div align="justify">Once the glue has set overnight I removed the clamps and got only about an inch of spring back. I repeated the process of gluing and clamping for the second set of laminates. I scraped the excess glue off of one side and using a number 4 plane, block plane, and finally a low angle finishing plane flattened it. Starting with the arc sitting on the tablesaw table and held to the fence using a featherboard I ripped it down to 2, 3/4 inch thick legs. These are glued back to back to form a Y that makes up the front 2 legs. The second piece will be ripped to 1 1/2 inch wide for the back leg and glued to the front Y to form a tripod, more pictures in the next post will illustrate it better.<br /><br />"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be." - Douglas Adams<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQf27BaNkVpyE00SNUiTDBKcd5DVm14hxljyvU2VhQldwFPbcAXopT-lMegLULK-Ybgfx1_m13rx-jdamqYUiV1csNBvhQeZEL6lTLd8_3jcgevu3r-JPHWezIEpj3BO28G0zEcHe2mSW/s1600-h/300.JPG"></a>Brad Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480072672489492698noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428606550382740471.post-10729489991281260092009-07-14T21:41:00.010-04:002009-07-14T22:08:54.981-04:00A Picture in Wood<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRfBeCmlXGKnfVEqGiIgT3glPAnuDNT13uC1Ue62-8XeKs6zsIJFTmt27nnmXeZJvZiMYsRBG14FJR4v24HA12JWGbPhmGla2yylQB-vzQmwxNFEqoFU-78LwvBpb8XnEwenC9Spx3_fO1/s1600-h/dragonfly3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358496612278205138" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 172px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRfBeCmlXGKnfVEqGiIgT3glPAnuDNT13uC1Ue62-8XeKs6zsIJFTmt27nnmXeZJvZiMYsRBG14FJR4v24HA12JWGbPhmGla2yylQB-vzQmwxNFEqoFU-78LwvBpb8XnEwenC9Spx3_fO1/s200/dragonfly3.jpg" border="0" /></a>The weekend before last I took this picture at a park near my house late in the day when the Dragonflies were having a great time buzzing around and doing what Dragonflies do. This one landed on this leaf long enough for me to get a few snaps of him. </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">This weekend I printed out a copy of the picture and turned it into an inlay. I used walnut and cherry for the plant. On the dragonfly I used quartersawn mahogany for the darker wings and plainsawn mahogany for the lighter wings in an attempt to give it some depth. The abdomen is zebrawood and the legs and eyes are wenge. The background is curly maple with nice dark streaks in it, and a neat curve from a branch.</div><div align="justify">After the glue dried I smoothed the inlay with a <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrHMPaEMXNqFaPgNyPiF7JCzow30DdSGZipE-IBYaBmszKSKvq3Mv7zqfwMXLO1YPjUU-9d9BcUY-_HT4EEQ7_tUxKTDlY3-jNDKlArKX8pW6F8ikvbf4RyphDZAO99c9Rj0Cl2ZFm1Fn0/s1600-h/014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358496608540971426" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrHMPaEMXNqFaPgNyPiF7JCzow30DdSGZipE-IBYaBmszKSKvq3Mv7zqfwMXLO1YPjUU-9d9BcUY-_HT4EEQ7_tUxKTDlY3-jNDKlArKX8pW6F8ikvbf4RyphDZAO99c9Rj0Cl2ZFm1Fn0/s200/014.JPG" border="0" /></a>bevel up smoothing plane followed by a card scraper, I then glued it to a 1/4 inch Baltic plywood substrate. This piece will eventually find its way to the top of a jewelry box, but for now, its just a picture in wood.<br /><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">All things are difficult before they are easy. - Dr. Thomas Fuller</div>Brad Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480072672489492698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428606550382740471.post-25373270264438215262009-07-04T21:31:00.002-04:002009-07-04T21:59:09.749-04:00Dragonfly Inlayed Jewelrybox<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaChXXbGx9_eDoiEhaz30x6GIx6uNn51wn9nE2ewStAcnZoFpFUPqm3NUkuY45w3RMEpNV_5H-_Vx4cZPZiX065yU59PErN2R_9BUh0XEO8XJoQFCns5mULcCBa2E8I5EiPTENrNb7YUCt/s1600-h/028.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354783957761877394" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaChXXbGx9_eDoiEhaz30x6GIx6uNn51wn9nE2ewStAcnZoFpFUPqm3NUkuY45w3RMEpNV_5H-_Vx4cZPZiX065yU59PErN2R_9BUh0XEO8XJoQFCns5mULcCBa2E8I5EiPTENrNb7YUCt/s200/028.JPG" border="0" /></a> This is my second <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">inlaid</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">jewelry box</span> and like the first one it is also a gift. The box is made from one board of Bolivian Rosewood planed to 5/8 inches thick. I cut the miters so that the grain would appear to wrap around the box.</div><div align="justify">The background for the image is curly maple with an interesting knot feature and some dark streaks. The wings are <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">quartersawn</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">mahogany</span> with ebony tips. The main body is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">wenge</span> and the tail is <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">zebra wood</span>. The eyes are <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">padauk</span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzbtY6ieYdEMRA0bPlq-Bz_5RP_1DjMlspzNd5t04w6M1BdvpgHelkxra9ml7AOV-Tqf6Ll7l31WFgGdXsKMmVKPIyRvKmsXkTKbGX4dbLVPCcK8e_4uZmviIMCC4UlycEwVTLErH2Ibm/s1600-h/026.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354783953761045538" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzbtY6ieYdEMRA0bPlq-Bz_5RP_1DjMlspzNd5t04w6M1BdvpgHelkxra9ml7AOV-Tqf6Ll7l31WFgGdXsKMmVKPIyRvKmsXkTKbGX4dbLVPCcK8e_4uZmviIMCC4UlycEwVTLErH2Ibm/s200/026.JPG" border="0" /></a>outlined by ebony and the legs are ebony. The branch is walnut, click on the image and view it larger to get a better idea of the inlay. The inlay is attached to 1/4 inch thick Baltic birch plywood, the bottom is also Baltic birch plywood.</div><div align="justify">After sanding I cut the top off on the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">tablesaw</span> leaving a very thin piece of wood to be removed with a handsaw. I cleaned up the remaining wood with a block plane and some sanding. One this box I used a couple of 10mm <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">barrel</span> hinges, they worked out better than the hinges I used on the previous one. The box is finished with multiple coats of Danish Oil followed by two coats or paste wax, the inside is top and bottom is covered with wine colored flocking.</div><div align="justify">This is the first small box that I am completely happy with the way it turned out. As with anything, practice makes better, not perfect, but still better.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">What matters is the value we've created in our lives, the people we've made happy & how much we've grown as people. ~D. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Ikeda</span> </div>Brad Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480072672489492698noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428606550382740471.post-61320089939355276792009-06-20T20:44:00.012-04:002009-06-20T21:13:47.424-04:00More Fun with My Camera<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfsl5eWZAqfPWp4QOkc0EBi9zZjRmc_Ge0WwRbiGhIRlwBprnK8KQfS9rfdNkrCe1S8MkCrnbV83aORlN8NL1P6EKkhpPT7mFI8A2HcxzwH0d-CroiIvWJCki0guHQ6Hirq90dFGHnAMLF/s1600-h/orangeVWbus5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349579578649691170" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfsl5eWZAqfPWp4QOkc0EBi9zZjRmc_Ge0WwRbiGhIRlwBprnK8KQfS9rfdNkrCe1S8MkCrnbV83aORlN8NL1P6EKkhpPT7mFI8A2HcxzwH0d-CroiIvWJCki0guHQ6Hirq90dFGHnAMLF/s320/orangeVWbus5.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhptylWneY4kwciM1EhTe8SXeUdmEoxmIAz-TvhsirI6ZWkrMyPx5UoU87ALsjzDeTSkkEdaCjWbIHzx4NItmrJ6BrYZ_KESHyUJDJOs4zdKVXp3D3USyc-iRxDAFJM_m664kSNJa1usoWd/s1600-h/027.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349579343113485778" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhptylWneY4kwciM1EhTe8SXeUdmEoxmIAz-TvhsirI6ZWkrMyPx5UoU87ALsjzDeTSkkEdaCjWbIHzx4NItmrJ6BrYZ_KESHyUJDJOs4zdKVXp3D3USyc-iRxDAFJM_m664kSNJa1usoWd/s320/027.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify">The image on the left has been photoshopped to produce a High Dynamic Range Photo, the image on the right is the original photo.<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbInKb2UMkdm5yIRpLld0uiP-glk1po1D7uLWvks6wlLIzPD01hyphenhyphenScU6yjUho2GYJ04TGMJp3Mu6dRNKwkD2fmKtZe2vnSaRrBY58LPeaiSX-WBsrcIRT8mLMKirlBxJIzaFGrkjdFI12i/s1600-h/023.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349580393837543202" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbInKb2UMkdm5yIRpLld0uiP-glk1po1D7uLWvks6wlLIzPD01hyphenhyphenScU6yjUho2GYJ04TGMJp3Mu6dRNKwkD2fmKtZe2vnSaRrBY58LPeaiSX-WBsrcIRT8mLMKirlBxJIzaFGrkjdFI12i/s320/023.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div></div><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip8eWpr_Vytt0ZMBd41l3c4GopmFmiW-dK8fZ32N5u33UTou9V7DuXzDqd8gxVZi06ofieOWRNl561krgbgSXvIiw5_GgKWeUB2Eg5O8Af9e85UHtfZitgjev38f4K7-PhxOo-aBLF0c3J/s1600-h/orangeVWbus3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349578339013983778" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip8eWpr_Vytt0ZMBd41l3c4GopmFmiW-dK8fZ32N5u33UTou9V7DuXzDqd8gxVZi06ofieOWRNl561krgbgSXvIiw5_GgKWeUB2Eg5O8Af9e85UHtfZitgjev38f4K7-PhxOo-aBLF0c3J/s320/orangeVWbus3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The same process was applied to these two photos. I really like the way HDR brings out the detail of the rust around the antenna and in the lights. I also love the way it brings out the streaks in the paint and the dirt that is barely visible on the original.<br />If you are interested in the technique you can find out more about it <a href="http://www.nill.cz/index.php?set=tu1">here.</a></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div align="center">"In a gentle way, you can shake the world." ~Mahatma Gandhi<br /></div><div></div><div> </div></div></div></div></div>Brad Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480072672489492698noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428606550382740471.post-15708266557651280332009-06-09T21:48:00.002-04:002009-06-09T21:54:34.186-04:00Some Fun with my Camera<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ5Dq6a2FtKNOKHUuPD_i3TCvhl8sOrD3PyBEIBEpJ-7YJeObxhQLUkntIBUfVADRwwDHU_TwIXkk9AlijbZCVxubrD7YlbbXIRxQAuXa8Zbv7nQtEPxXZnT02YJUqruNH4lGWEkNBzFCi/s1600-h/stanley+HDR.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345510692494926962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ5Dq6a2FtKNOKHUuPD_i3TCvhl8sOrD3PyBEIBEpJ-7YJeObxhQLUkntIBUfVADRwwDHU_TwIXkk9AlijbZCVxubrD7YlbbXIRxQAuXa8Zbv7nQtEPxXZnT02YJUqruNH4lGWEkNBzFCi/s320/stanley+HDR.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwyTCbDmqV_XCVwxc770tLIPh7l8SsgfCfU8M3kFAE_w5iQVMkgDXyuIf00Ov4wtafYgUqCM3BkYFdmp_RvOosaLVxWPTIwvbBKYWOesJUL3erEWrRlyCN_2wK0UwWmE82pNr77PWIO4Jt/s1600-h/plow+plane.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345510691622216674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwyTCbDmqV_XCVwxc770tLIPh7l8SsgfCfU8M3kFAE_w5iQVMkgDXyuIf00Ov4wtafYgUqCM3BkYFdmp_RvOosaLVxWPTIwvbBKYWOesJUL3erEWrRlyCN_2wK0UwWmE82pNr77PWIO4Jt/s320/plow+plane.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdRIXPoT1F11HO63-9_pOFGwFB_BFMKEYC3PzbVf5oS4EGSVbxtSdoXb6K7CuGhHiYhCdTw2feD7VEwhcuzE6IJfoDhF0_aboQGdewUUGLgsIibkWVUMWOn8YABsekS1eB6OI2EkPjGVM/s1600-h/plane+HDR.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345510684848522754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdRIXPoT1F11HO63-9_pOFGwFB_BFMKEYC3PzbVf5oS4EGSVbxtSdoXb6K7CuGhHiYhCdTw2feD7VEwhcuzE6IJfoDhF0_aboQGdewUUGLgsIibkWVUMWOn8YABsekS1eB6OI2EkPjGVM/s320/plane+HDR.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx7RsZw3NsUKF7cxeesJdhcPq8MirB4m90pR6uDiWcCjPoiyRcC1Bm97jFkN2eR2OxCYnNYNdIo_u-w08NSz2_Jy0igOUiYnkkNSAC5I8Kea7ggO-BnQvR04j_vPcCAB9YFX2wXMzWmyso/s1600-h/plane+comic.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345510682809625906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx7RsZw3NsUKF7cxeesJdhcPq8MirB4m90pR6uDiWcCjPoiyRcC1Bm97jFkN2eR2OxCYnNYNdIo_u-w08NSz2_Jy0igOUiYnkkNSAC5I8Kea7ggO-BnQvR04j_vPcCAB9YFX2wXMzWmyso/s320/plane+comic.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMO2aDlctMvPrI3J_s4FEKY23OGfVF3O15uPCV_LcpJenhqoBwiYlmDs_X0L2Q7b-j50gafXBTa5ibkYHzZ7hRxDGUSZDj8Uz04welIburtVuhtznqXSNZzcBeBflx0s9qygd1-VrxnPs/s1600-h/block+plane+HDR.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345510666778387506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMO2aDlctMvPrI3J_s4FEKY23OGfVF3O15uPCV_LcpJenhqoBwiYlmDs_X0L2Q7b-j50gafXBTa5ibkYHzZ7hRxDGUSZDj8Uz04welIburtVuhtznqXSNZzcBeBflx0s9qygd1-VrxnPs/s320/block+plane+HDR.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center">Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. Franklin D. Roosevelt </div></div></div></div></div>Brad Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480072672489492698noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428606550382740471.post-78236740633618878692009-05-04T21:12:00.002-04:002009-05-04T21:53:51.770-04:00Tetanus, what you don't see can hurt you<div align="justify">Much of our attention during safety week is focused on preventing injuries, but sometimes no matter how careful you are, accidents do happen. When these things happen one of the most important things you can do, appart from not bleeding on your project, is to avoid a serious infection from the wound. Your wound should be cleaned and properly dressed, and if you seek medical attention one of the first things they will ask you is, "have you had a recent Tetanus booster".</div><div align="justify">The bacteria that cause tetanus, Clostridium tetani, are found in soil, dust and animal feces. When they enter a deep flesh wound, spores of the bacteria may produce a powerful toxin, tetanospasmin, which acts on various areas of your nervous system. The effect of the toxin on your nerves can cause muscle stiffness and spasms — the major signs of tetanus. The time between infection and the first sign of symptoms is 5 days to 15 weeks, with 7 days as the average. Most cases of tetanus in the United States occur in those who have not been properly vaccinated against the disease. </div><div align="justify">The most frequent symptom is a stiff jaw, caused by spasm of the muscle that closes the mouth, accounting for the disease's familiar name "lockjaw." Muscle stiffness all over the body may follow. An infected person may also have other symptoms: difficulty swallowing, restlessness and irritability, stiff neck, arms or legs, fever, headache, and sore throat. As the disease progresses, the victim may develop a fixed smile and raised eyebrows due to facial muscle spasms. Spasms of the diaphragm and the muscles between the ribs may interfere with breathing, often requiring mechanical ventilation. The abdominal or back muscles may become rigid.<br />Wounds on the head or face seem to be more dangerous than those on other parts of the body. If the person survives the acute illness, recovery is generally complete. </div><div align="justify">This disease is easilly avoided with a common vaccine, which is virtually 100 percent effective in preventing tetanus. Adults that have recieved the initial vaccine in childhood shoul recieve a booster shot every 10 years or if the injury has occurred more than 5 years after the last booster.</div><div align="justify">So do what you can and get a booster vaccine every ten years, and if you do cut your finger off, remember to put it in a plastic bag and then put in ice and take it with you, perhaps they can reattach it, or if not, its really good to gross out everyone in the ER waiting room.</div>Brad Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480072672489492698noreply@blogger.com0