Ha Ha! You guys are funny! I don't have the few hundred dollars in waterstones, but my arkansas plus a strop sharped my carving tools quite nicely and I only have about $30 tied up in my system. You...
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Ha Ha! You guys are funny! I don't have the few hundred dollars in waterstones, but my arkansas plus a strop sharped my carving tools quite nicely and I only have about $30 tied up in my system. You...
Thanks John, the bottoms are all veneered BB.
As for the Cherry joints, the DTs are hand cut, the miter was cut with the table saw and pared to the appropriate depth. Solved a problem I was...
Here are a couple more serving trays I made for Christmas presents. Both of the panels are veneered over BB ply.
This one is Cherry with cherry veneer and maple burl veneer. The banding is from...
Beautiful work and excellent choice of veneer!
Can you give some info on the pump? What size did you use? I may have access to one and yours obviously worked quite well!
That is a beautiful table. I have had to come back and look at it several times.
Anytime!!!
Thanks everyone!
John, this wasn't terribly difficult. Check out Mike's tutorials. They are a big help!
This is a Christmas present for my Dad. I have several more to do, but they won't be quite this complicated!
The pattern is from Mike Henderson. Thanks Mike!
It's interesting how the camera...
Here's a brief write up from FWW. I've never heart of them. For the price they advertize, you can get the Pfeil from WC and they have a history of being an excellent tool.
Great job on the lettering! I used bench chisels for the majority of my attempt at lettering too. They obviously work!
The African Mahogany is more prone to splinter. Doesn't look like that was...
Hey Eric. Great looking chest! Where in Concord are you? I work in Concord, but live in S. Charlotte.
I've found transtint dyes work much better and more consistant than stains. Miche give that a try next time. In the meantime I'd try what was suggested above and sand the surface with no more than...
Please don't use putty. I don't know if the piece has any value, but putty will devalue it. Pay attention to the glue type and finish. Likely hide glue and shellac.
Thanks David.
Your comments are valid and I did think about adding the stringing around the eagle, but I wasn't really sure how to go about it. I guess I could have cut a template, but at that...
The basic idea came from Rob Millard's work. I searched the web for images I liked and found one that I thought would work. It was a fun project! I definitely need to do a couple more to address some...
Thanks! Yes, they are dovetails. Guess I could have done better on picturing them!
Here's a serving tray I've been working on for the last couple weeks. The fans were done a few months ago with no project in mine. LOML said she wanted a serving tray which gave me an opportunity to...
I copied and modified a design from a set of chairs LOML had before we met. These are pretty simple projects and there are a ton of plans available on the internet. I use 1/4 hardboard for my...
Nice carving Mike! What is the depth of the relief? That seems to be where I usually make a mistake by going deeper that is really needed.
Pretty much any coping saw will work. Follow the kerf from the DT saw and turn to clear the waste. I made this saw which I really like because it tensions the blade much more than the store bought...
I obviously haven't been spending enough time here. I was reading through some of your previous posts. You are indeed quite a craftsman, and that's an understatement! Thanks for sharing and I'll be...
That is an amazing piece of craftsmanship. Are the components sand castings? You guys keep making me want to try new things!
I used a drill bit with a stop block and drilled a lot of holes all over the background fields. That gave me a reasonably consistent depth for the relief.
I rarely keep track of my time on this type of project. I started it about 3 weeks ago and I worked on it a little most days.
Here's something I just finished. My dad showed me a lidded box he turned a couple weeks ago and I loved the basic shape, but I decided to take it a step further and carve it. It is walnut and the...