No more practice required, I'd say.
Post what you're building..
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I made my granddaughter two drumsticks. She really thought they were great so I stopped delving into the musical side while I was ahead!
Nice work - I've done one playable portable/collapsible classical guitar and a couple of full size Gibson clocks.
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The day job is working at the family glass business. I’m still working on getting the wood shop setup so for now it’s still just glass projects. This was a recent install on Lake James. This shower has low iron glass which gives it a super clear view, especially with lighter colored tiles.
It’s pretty interesting how drawing out and installing a shower door is quite similar to woodworking projects. Piece size, square/plumb, weight support, mitre joints, etc but we also get to cheat a little bit with filling small gaps with silicone!
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On this one it is an operable transom. Perfectly centered so you can spin in all the way around like a water wheel. Want some steam - close it, don’t want steam - leave it open.
I used kerf bending on the top and bottom. I prepared panels of 4/4 poplar
, 14” wide. Then I made crosscuts about an inch apart leaving about 1/8” of thickness.
I had a curved form from another project that I used. I used special thickness mahogany veneer from Certainly Wood and glued a skin on both sides using the vacuum bag.
Apply edging veneer and you have the piece.
I joined the edges using a piece of 1/4” Baltic birch splines.
I plan to try again using dovetails for joinery, but that is a skill I do not have.
, 14” wide. Then I made crosscuts about an inch apart leaving about 1/8” of thickness.
I had a curved form from another project that I used. I used special thickness mahogany veneer from Certainly Wood and glued a skin on both sides using the vacuum bag.
Apply edging veneer and you have the piece.
I joined the edges using a piece of 1/4” Baltic birch splines.
I plan to try again using dovetails for joinery, but that is a skill I do not have.
Office accent wall (still in progress - too many other projects currently going on)
Need to finish adding trim to several more boxes, then nail it, fill holes, etc.. Once I am done adding trim, then I have to touch up, caulk, etc. Can't wait to finish this, so I can sit back and enjoy my work, then put the room back together. 1st time doing anything like this and not sure I will do anything like this... ever again.
Need to finish adding trim to several more boxes, then nail it, fill holes, etc.. Once I am done adding trim, then I have to touch up, caulk, etc. Can't wait to finish this, so I can sit back and enjoy my work, then put the room back together. 1st time doing anything like this and not sure I will do anything like this... ever again.
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Rory - I just did something similar but simpler for my son/DIL's place.
They wanted accent wall and color above their fireplace. I simply nailed on the MDF strips (into upright rectangles) and caulked the edges & nail holes. The painter then painted it all black, with the rest of the walls white. Yep black and white is in. It looks great (dramatic) at this point, but I have to see the room furnished before I decide if I really like it. It was about a 10 hour job, including the non-rectangles up against the cathedral ceiling. Adding the trim detail and keeping the contrasting color adds tremendously to your level of effort and time commitment compared to the relatively simple one I did. Keep at it - the end is in sight.
Most Sunday mornings I make a small batch of four biscuits for our breakfast. At Biscuitville a couple of years ago I watched the biscuit maker roll out dough with a flanged roller to get uniform biscuit thickness. That prompted me to make one also.
Haven’t turned any useful items recently, so yesterday I decided to make a biscuit cutter to replace the clam can with a brass knob that I have been using.
Wanting to hide the air vent hole, I drilled a 1/4” blind hole up the axis and a 1/8” intersecting hole under the knob.
Both items are made from sycamore air dried for a dozen years. “Finish” is mineral oil.
Haven’t turned any useful items recently, so yesterday I decided to make a biscuit cutter to replace the clam can with a brass knob that I have been using.
Wanting to hide the air vent hole, I drilled a 1/4” blind hole up the axis and a 1/8” intersecting hole under the knob.
Both items are made from sycamore air dried for a dozen years. “Finish” is mineral oil.
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