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...
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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...
This is a Chippendale style chair fashioned after one made by 18th century Portsmouth, NH maker Robert Harrold.
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Where the original was in mahogany with over the rail upholstery, my...
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...
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! ...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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Roger
Looks good .... Keep us posted!
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...
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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...
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Another great prize....Thanks!
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