Search:

Type: Posts; User: Roger Myers; Keyword(s):

Page 1 of 20 1 2 3 4

Search: Search took 0.02 seconds.

  1. Replies
    1
    Views
    1,122

    Georgian Foot Stool "Sampler"

    As I near the end of my two years at The North Bennet Street School it's good to look back and see how much I have learned. I have been a serious hobbiest for many years, but after retiring fron...
  2. Replies
    5
    Views
    1,717

    Chippendale chair

    This is a Chippendale style chair fashioned after one made by 18th century Portsmouth, NH maker Robert Harrold.
    287959

    Where the original was in mahogany with over the rail upholstery, my...
  3. Replies
    1
    Views
    798

    An unsolicited thank you to Liogier

    For the entire history, please see this thread in the Neanderthal forum

    http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?202624-A-little-help-in-return

    For those that don't frequent the hand tool...
  4. Replies
    12
    Views
    2,398

    Generosity from across the big pond!

    You will first note that this thread is many months old, but I am revisiting it to give a special thank you to a business owner who wanted to do some good, and has come through in a very big way! ...
  5. Replies
    41
    Views
    6,130

    Music stand hollow post...

    George,

    Those are beautiful stands and I may try my hand at a similar design.

    For those enquiring about height adjustment options and column hollowing and so on, you can see what I did on a...
  6. Replies
    18
    Views
    3,050

    Thanks for the kind comments everyone. This was...

    Thanks for the kind comments everyone. This was a fun project to do as it was 90% or more with hand tools... All of the inlay, stringing and so on as well as the shaping of the column. It just came...
  7. Replies
    18
    Views
    3,050

    Music Stand, Mahogany and Satinwood

    Latest project is a solid mahogany music stand with satinwood inlay, holly stringing, holly and ebony banding and ebony accents. The tablet is solid mahogany with a crotch mahogany veneer. The...
  8. Replies
    21
    Views
    3,865

    No, a serious amateur photographer... These pics...

    No, a serious amateur photographer... These pics were done by Lance Patterson at the school... He is an amazing photographer and furniture maker. See my post regarding this earlier in this thread. ...
  9. Replies
    21
    Views
    3,865

    Thanks for the comments... The color is what the...

    Thanks for the comments... The color is what the mahogany will end up looking like in 100 years or so, I just accelerated the process..and in person doesn't look quite as dark...there is even some...
  10. Replies
    21
    Views
    3,865

    I'm generally pretty thrifty too, but given the...

    I'm generally pretty thrifty too, but given the cost of the mahogany, the maple was very economical,, especially since I scored a 10' log milled to 1/2" thickness (i wanted it for drawer sides and...
  11. Replies
    21
    Views
    3,865

    Thanks Jim, And I should have given photo...

    Thanks Jim,
    And I should have given photo credits and meant to...

    Photos by Lance Patterson, one of the instructors at NBSS and a genius with a chisel or a camera. He shoots film in a large...
  12. Please count me in!

    Please count me in!
  13. Replies
    21
    Views
    3,865

    Six Drawer Chest

    This is one of my more recent projects, a six drawer chest in genuine (South American) mahogany. Designed and built as a tool chest as part of the requirements of the two year program at North...
  14. Replies
    10
    Views
    1,659

    I'm on vacation now between the first and second...

    I'm on vacation now between the first and second year of the program. It has met my expectations so far and I fully expect it will continue to do so. I had a fair amount of experience going into the...
  15. Replies
    10
    Views
    1,659

    Thanks for the comments... The new building is...

    Thanks for the comments...
    The new building is nearing completion... When classes resume in September it will be in the new spaces. I was in the new building a couple of weeks ago and it is really...
  16. Replies
    10
    Views
    1,659

    Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Exhibit

    I'm fortunate to have a couple of pieces of recent work on display at one of the most secure galleries around. The Federal Reserve bank of Boston has an265728 exhibition space which now has on...
  17. Please count me in! Roger

    Please count me in!
    Roger
  18. Replies
    27
    Views
    3,255

    Looks good .... Keep us posted!

    Looks good .... Keep us posted!
  19. Replies
    40
    Views
    5,824

    Poll: For my string inlay I actually use a 1/32"chisel...

    For my string inlay I actually use a 1/32"chisel from Blue Spruce, which I love. It replaced one I had ground from a vintage beater. I also have a set of Blue Spruce dovetail chisels which are...
  20. Replies
    352
    Views
    51,376

    Count me in!

    Count me in!
  21. Replies
    12
    Views
    2,115

    First Chair

    I've always been a bit intimidated by chairs and never took on the task of building one. Now that I am at school at North Bennet Street, I will have to build at least one as it is part of the...
  22. Please count me in!

    Please count me in!
  23. Please count me in!

    Another great prize....Thanks!
  24. Replies
    872
    Views
    98,847

    Please count me in!

    Please count me in!
  25. Please count me in!

    Please count me in!
Results 1 to 25 of 500
Page 1 of 20 1 2 3 4