Jameshow
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Lovely.
Why do boxes usually have finger joints rather than dovetails??
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Why do boxes usually have finger joints rather than dovetails??
I feel a bit sheepish to show something so rough amongst all this finery, but here goes.
A very rustic mallet or maybe beetle. Cut from a carefully selected branch. It's Hawthorne so it's got a decent strength and hardness. Not sure how well it'll work or last, but I liked the idea of trying to make an integral or homogeneous mallet. I'll do a bit more work to refine and smooth it.
A very rustic mallet or maybe beetle. Cut from a carefully selected branch. It's Hawthorne so it's got a decent strength and hardness. Not sure how well it'll work or last, but I liked the idea of trying to make an integral or homogeneous mallet. I'll do a bit more work to refine and smooth it.
I think it started when machines took over from hand tool work,
They're also quicker and with a well set jig only setup requirement is depth of cut
I did them for quickness I made that box in about 4 hours, if I'd done dovetails which I've only done on 2 pieces I've made so far it would have probably took me a week
Adventurecub
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Here is my attempt at a Sam maloof rocking chair using Hal Taylor plans.
Made using walnut and ash.
Plus here is a video of the build process.
Lots of great projects on here.
Thanks connor
Made using walnut and ash.
Plus here is a video of the build process.
Lots of great projects on here.
Thanks connor
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Hornbeam
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Ash and walnut sideboard with starburst pattern
I started doing this as a project write up but never finished it
Sides and base are solid ash. The top and doors are birch ply with 2mm bandsawn veneers and then inlaid with 4mm walnut strips. Semicircular pieces of wild grain walnut were inlaid where all the lines radiate from
The drawer frame is allowed to move in the sides for timber movement. The front rail is scalloped out to allow room for fingers to access the back of the drawer to open it. The back of the drawer front is also scalloped out. The drawer is made slightly narrower than the carcase and the sided blanked off. This allows the door to open with the cupboard doors only opened to 90 degrees
The door knob was spilt turned
The door closes against a bottom stop tennoned into the bottom. with 10mm magnets. At the top small walnut spacers are turned with felt and these locate against the internal drawer front
Finish is 3 coats acrylic sealer and 2 coats acrylic satin all rubber on with a cloth. I find acrylic tends to alter timber colour the least,
Sorry for the poor image colours, it always happen when I compress j pegs
Ian
I started doing this as a project write up but never finished it
Sides and base are solid ash. The top and doors are birch ply with 2mm bandsawn veneers and then inlaid with 4mm walnut strips. Semicircular pieces of wild grain walnut were inlaid where all the lines radiate from
The drawer frame is allowed to move in the sides for timber movement. The front rail is scalloped out to allow room for fingers to access the back of the drawer to open it. The back of the drawer front is also scalloped out. The drawer is made slightly narrower than the carcase and the sided blanked off. This allows the door to open with the cupboard doors only opened to 90 degrees
The door knob was spilt turned
The door closes against a bottom stop tennoned into the bottom. with 10mm magnets. At the top small walnut spacers are turned with felt and these locate against the internal drawer front
Finish is 3 coats acrylic sealer and 2 coats acrylic satin all rubber on with a cloth. I find acrylic tends to alter timber colour the least,
Sorry for the poor image colours, it always happen when I compress j pegs
Ian
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Beautiful design and craftsmanship
Wasabibutler
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Built a quick chair for the workshop. Nothing special.
Lovely, but when does a chair become a stool?
Wasabibutler
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True. Technically it should be a stool!!!Lovely, but when does a chair become a stool?
A stool doesn’t have a back, it’s a chair
MorrisWoodman12
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Bar stools often have backs. It's a stool using the definition (it might be correct 
) that your feet cant touch the ground.
Oh I can see this could go on for ages.
) that your feet cant touch the ground. Oh I can see this could go on for ages.
Alex H
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What about milking stools?Bar stools often have backs. It's a stool using the definition (it might be correct
Oh I can see this could go on for ages.
kinverkid
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Just a reminder to all of us. Are you checking your stools?
John Brown
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I've got a couple from Holly. Both split a bit, but do get used.
SammyQ
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Adam W.
A Major Clanger
That's totally Fred Flintstone.
I have one from Hazel which is lovely for whacking a froe with.
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pulleyt
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This year's Christmas trinkets. By no means an original idea but yet another way to use up off-cuts.
Made from various woods including ash, beech, tulipwood and oak with bases from steamed tulip wood, teak (I think) and walnut. I ended up making fifty in total.
Made from various woods including ash, beech, tulipwood and oak with bases from steamed tulip wood, teak (I think) and walnut. I ended up making fifty in total.
Cute
