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Thread: Walnut Secretary Build Part 4 – Mouldings, Hidden Drawers and Egg and Dart Carving

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    EXCELLENT Work mike!!!! Thank you....
    Jerry

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    Wow Mike, really wonderful work. Following along with great interest!
    Bumbling forward into the unknown.

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    Getting better and better! And you work feverishly fast!

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    Wow! this is amazing. I wish I had just a fraction of your talent!

    Jeff.

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    Thanks Jim I love your acorn knob

    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Koepke View Post
    Very nice indeed Mike.

    One of my favorites for small knobs is to turn an acorn:

    Attachment 362061

    This one, made of rosewood, is on one of our kitchen cabinets. They can be made of just about any wood that will turn on a lathe.

    jtk

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    Leo carving the end grain was more of a challenge as all carving elements were short grain- fragile and pron to crushing v. Cutting.

    The front edge had some long grain rising the elements together. Some of the details were not practical in this small scale and should have been left out. The pattern was intended for larger, architectural scale moulding.

    Superglue was key tool for repairs on both edges. Even with the repairs, there are more than a few places where the basket was lost. If I were doing it again I would make the darts a simple , single plane shape.

    Cheers, Mike


    Quote Originally Posted by Leo Graywacz View Post
    What was the difference in carving the end grain compared to the edge grain. Harder, easier?



    Looks like it came out great. Not sure if I could do it in 15 hours.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeff Ranck View Post
    Wow! this is amazing. I wish I had just a fraction of your talent!

    Jeff.
    Nice. Thanks all for your very kind comments! Jeff you could totally do this. It's really just sharp tools and plugging away.

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    What about carving them out of a separate pc of edge grain and inlaying them. I figured the end grain would be a lot tougher to carve. Even with scary sharp, end grain resists.

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