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[Brian Holcombe]

Thanks John! My pleasure!

[Brian Holcombe]

Onto the casework! Now that the foundation is set, it's time to begin framing.

https://brianholcombewoodworker.com/...desk-casework/

[Christopher Charles]

Thanks for the post, Brian. Looking good. What do you do with all those walnut shavings?

[Brian Holcombe]

Thanks Christopher!

I have a trash bin, that gets emptied.....a lot. I should start marketing the shavings to artisanal wine shops or similar.

[Christopher Charles]

I can compost shavings, but haven't found a good fate for walnut yet as it doesn't play nice with the garden....

[Brian Holcombe]

That's a good use of them, I've heard walnut shavings won't bother anything but I've yet to want to experiment with that.

[Scott DelPorte]

Just saw this thread. Thats impressive joinery Brian.

[Pat Barry]

Its very interesting to watch this and other projects of your progress towards completion Brian. I saw this comment of yours on another thread

George I tend to agree. Steve's thread on gouge marks was Definetly one of the more interesting as of late. I've been considering starting my threads with the design posted first to have that become a topic in and of itself before kicking off the technical aspect of doing.

I think it would be great to see your design or concept as a preface to your actual work. I think that would really be a good thing

[Brian Holcombe]

Thank you both!

Pat, thanks for the comment on my post in the other thread. I think it may allow people to better follow along, I didn't think of this initially because previously I would sketch out my projects by hand. My hand sketches were not really worth showing, but now I'm doing them in Sketch-up so they are much more understandable.

[Mike Holbrook]

I am disillusioned! Apparently Brian's avatar picture is not Brian. Brian is younger. I had this older English gentleman all dressed in tweeds pictured in my mind! I guess I will get over it, eventually...Interesting to see videos of actual SMC members working, very illuminating. The joinery is beyond me for the moment. Guess I will go work on my glue ups for shutter panels and my shave horse, maybe one day.

[Mel Fulks]

Mike, I think that is the guy that was supposed to be king of England but stepped out of line .....like the school cafeterias the rules are really strict. So present queen's dad had to do it.

[Mike Holbrook]

Sorry to run off topic but..
Edward VIII? Interesting, we have a rare coronation cup for Edward VIII, actually it is my wife's handed down from her mother, native New Zealander. The fact that Edward was never actually crowned makes the cup kind of special. Good to know Mel. I did not recognize him from the picture on the cup, but now that I have studied it, I think I see the resemblance.

[george wilson]

Brian: be sure to not let your walnut be used as horse bedding. It is poisonous to horses.

I am curious about that NICE narrow dark wood and brass plane being used in a narrow dado in post #47. Can you post some pictures of it? Is it a dovetail plane?(I don't think so,but would like to see more of it.)

Great work. Keep the pictures coming.

[Brian Holcombe]

I am disillusioned! Apparently Brian's avatar picture is not Brian. Brian is younger. I had this older English gentleman all dressed in tweeds pictured in my mind! I guess I will get over it, eventually...Interesting to see videos of actual SMC members working, very illuminating. The joinery is beyond me for the moment. Guess I will go work on my glue ups for shutter panels and my shave horse, maybe one day.

And I dont have nearly as many tweeds as Edward VIII, but I have time to catch up.

Mike, I think that is the guy that was supposed to be king of England but stepped out of line .....like the school cafeterias the rules are really strict. So present queen's dad had to do it.

Sorry to run off topic but..
Edward VIII? Interesting, we have a rare coronation cup for Edward VIII, actually it is my wife's handed down from her mother, native New Zealander. The fact that Edward was never actually crowned makes the cup kind of special. Good to know Mel. I did not recognize him from the picture on the cup, but now that I have studied it, I think I see the resemblance.

He was an odd one, and while I don't think much of his politics I do like his sartorial splendor. He's held by many as the golden standard for how to dress in practically every occasion. I suppose once getting the whole 'becoming a king' mess out of the way he could focus on his hobbies.

Brian: be sure to not let your walnut be used as horse bedding. It is poisonous to horses.

I am curious about that NICE narrow dark wood and brass plane being used in a narrow dado in post #47. Can you post some pictures of it? Is it a dovetail plane?(I don't think so,but would like to see more of it.)

Great work. Keep the pictures coming.

Thanks George!

I'll keep that in mind about the horses as well and continue destroying these shavings. They seem pretty well worthless, bad for plants and horses.

That plane is a dovetail plane from Terry Gordon (HNT Gordon), it's in gidgee which is a dark australian wood. I also took pictures of it's companion plane which is a 1/4" dado plane.

[Brian Holcombe]

Part two of the casework is ready. I put s two part series on cutting the case dovetails up on the blog in addition to the usual round of photos and description.

https://brianholcombewoodworker.com/...sework-part-2/