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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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elegant work, edge, and great combinations of wood types.
krenov did quite a bit of irregular dovetailing in drawer work, not sure why. you're obviously doing it for strength--never saw it done that way before and those drawers will last until the next ice age.
i don't think murcy has anything to apologize about, however, except maybe spoiling that baby.
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Wonderful work and really cool thread!!
"Is that a bidi in the abalone shell? (details are important.)" I was wondering the same thing:-) But sage is good.
What is it about NH and fine woodworkers?
My buddy in Upstate NY is a woodworker too and like yours edge it is just beautiful art work.
So glad the craft continues.
Cheers,
DD
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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nice work.
and nice tr.
part of the transition out of rc, eh? the next step would be the big move out west. heh.
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WBraun
climber
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Thanks edge for the dovetails, I loved it.
We need more "how to do it threads" instead of all the useless blather normally here.
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Edge
Trad climber
New Durham, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 3, 2010 - 10:29am PT
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Lovegasoline wrote:
Post some more pics of your work.
Here is my el cheapo website link. $3/month through Intuit. Keep in mind that I only put it up on the off chance that it might help some people find me. 90% of my work is word of mouth (the best advertising) and when one project could take anywhere from 100-900 hours, I don't need a huge pipeline to stay busy.
All of the pics are clickable for larger views.
http://loransmithwoodworking.com/index.html
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Edge
Trad climber
New Durham, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 3, 2010 - 10:32am PT
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klk wrote:
part of the transition out of rc, eh? the next step would be the big move out west. heh.
We have had our house on the market for a total of about 10 months with virtually no interest, so we dropped the price a tiny bit. All of a sudden we have had three serious viewings in the last week. Keeping my fingers crossed!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Edge,
You have come up with a witty way to make life more difficult; tapered
drawer sides, indeed! How old is that Paragon plane? Does the GW on it
stand for George Washington? :-)
Beautiful work and a nice tutorial.
I gotta get to work designing a 9' x 3'-6" x 8/4 White Oak dining table.
My back is already hurting at the thought of dealing with it. :-(
ps
Survival,
That's some nice chainsaw work!
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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It's a little late in the conversation, but Tony Bird- when you said it was all pegs and I saw the shingles- that was my first question.
I don't see why it couldn't be done, but I'd think it was over kill. Unless I was paid by the hour.
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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it's worship, tom--you're expecting more than hourly payment.
one reference speaks of tarred shingles--wouldn't be hard to stick 'em with wooden pegs and tar, i guess. i'd build the peg right into the shingle, easy to do with my makita grinder. :-)
here's a good link on the history--not many left, and the wisconsin example seems to be a copy. those dragon heads supposedly hark back to the vikings:
http://www.fillmorecountyjournal.com/Main.asp?SectionID=9&SubSectionID=9&ArticleID=56
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Excellent thread! I started to get into woodworking. Bought some gear, made a bookshelf that is pretty sweet, but nothing like some of the work y'all have done.
Fun stuff for sure.
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Dick Erb
climber
June Lake, CA
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I find it interesting that a relatively high percentage of climbers are into woodworking. I do so much production work that is is nice sometimes to just slow down and spend whatever time it takes, getting totally absorbed in every little detail. Relaxing and gratifying.
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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i like 'em, dick--more alternatives to mitered corners.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Wood is such a limitless and sexy material!
Dick- You certainly have a woodworkers disposition. Nice work! It is fun to wander away from uniform and substantially flawless...
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Beautiful work Edge and Tony and Steve and Erb and all...............and Survival with your chainsaw!
Amazing, how for many of us climbing has dovetailed into so many other directions in life.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Love is in the details...not the Devil! LOL
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Zander
Trad climber
Berkeley
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This is a great thread Edge,
Thanks guys for all the other pics. Good stuff.
Here's something that is kind of dovetails meet Dr. Suess.
Zander
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Edge
Trad climber
New Durham, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 8, 2010 - 09:16am PT
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Great bench, Zander! Way to think "outside the box..."
I accumulated a variety of chisels over the years for different tasks. In the pic below, the top three are for timber frame houses, of which I only did a half dozen or so frames. The bottom three are a sampling of my furniture chisels.
The top slick has a 3 1/4" cutting edge, and the bottom chisel is a hand modified dental pick with a 1/16" edge. All of them are sharp enough to shave with (quite literally, when I am asked to do demonstrations I take a bit of hair off my forearm near the wrist to prove the point.)
I also have a selection of about 40 carving chisels, mostly antique with good, old Sheffield steel. Those are the fun ones to sharpen, but at least I get to use a leather strop on those for touching up the edge between honings.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Jan 17, 2017 - 11:00am PT
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Thanks for the link Edge! Looked at your website as well - intimidating. I guess the part I find most intimidating about woodworking is that it's like free-soloing; so much work and so many distinct operations in making a piece of furniture and it only takes one f*#k-up to ruin the whole thing so it's dicey and nail-biting right to the very end.
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Jan 17, 2017 - 11:02am PT
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Not really. The one thing about wood working is you can always fix your mistakes.
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roy
Social climber
NZ -> SB,CA -> Zurich
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Jan 17, 2017 - 11:26am PT
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This is beautiful work. Excellent craftsmanship from people who really care.
Cheers, Roy
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