Thursday 21 February 2013
Customers idea /82" pottery cabinet
Sorry about the photo of the cabinet , its not turned up right, Well this could have been a difficult one to cut but with the Legacy woodworking machine it made cutting all the mortise and tenons real easy and it went together like a puzzle.
If your not familiar with the Legacy woodworking machine, it is index routing system. It can do a lot more than a lathe. It can turn , tapper , flute , tenon plus make square legs and many other stuff. I purchased it to duplicate chair parts and small spindles as small as 3/8” dia. It is also made so that patterns can be traced. With that I made notches so that it would start exactly in the same place, 6” spacing for each hole and add 1/2” for each vertical support and I used this same template for each End panel. And another template for the 9” high
I usually think about how I’m going to build and cut things with a project that I have never built before, I put about two days into drawing it out and thinking about the best way to interlock this together ,because the customer didn’t want a back panel. One other thing was with the squares only 6” W X 9” H it would have been hard to get the finish sprayed evenly inside , so I sprayed the finish before assembling it.
A guy just has to be smarter than the tool he works with.
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Medieval Style Wooden Sword – Woodworking
I recently tried my hand at making a Medieval style wooden sword. This is not something that I have ever attempted before, but I read a few articles that made me think “I could do that!” I decided to give it a go. Since this was my first sword, my intent was to make it for decorative purposes and not for actual fighting. I did some research on what the best strategy would be, and came up with a game plan. One of the number one things that I learned during my research is when you are creating a sword for fighting; you want to make the sword out of one piece of wood to minimize the weak points. Since this one is for decoration, I made the sword in three pieces.
I made the grip first by placing a block of wood on the wood lathe and turning it till I got the desired size handle. I etched notches into it to give it a more decorative look. I decided that I wanted to have the cross guard come all the way around the grip to create a hand guard, again to give it a more decorative look. Then came the blade, I imagined that this would be the easiest part of the whole process. It really wasn’t! The original blade was much larger and it took me awhile to get the blade down to the shape that I wanted. Once it was all completed, I carved a design into the blade with a dremel tool. I did not have any plans for this sword; it is all just what I came up with in my head. Now that I have learned from some of my mistakes on the first sword, I am anxious to make more.
I also want to eventually make a sword that can be used for fighting. I want it to be rugged and strong enough to hold up to some abuse. Yet still look appealing. This has been added to my list of future projects.
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Introduction
Good morning all forumites.
I guess this is hello.
My name is Alan. I am 28 years young, although certain days I feel much older. I live in Olmsted Falls, Ohio which is just south west of Cleveland. We bought a century home from 1854 in a historic district, and are working on fixing it up to it’s former glory. My wife and I are expecting our first in May so I am sure going to be checking out as many wooden toys as I can for my son.
I have been wood working for the past 13 years with real tools, and if you could sanding something with my grandfather that got me into the game, I guess I have 22 years of experience.
I am fairly analytical when it comes to projects, as I like to think about what I should be doing and why. Of course, I end up cutting twice after measuring once often, but I don’t make too many things from drawn plans. I like to sketch out an idea and see where it goes.
I will post a few pictures of projects as I can. My senior shop project was a model train from Cherry Tree. It is probably my best piece of wood working I have made. I think my favorite piece though is the display case I created for my grandfathers funeral flag/military medals which is displayed at my grandmothers home. That project was all in my head and it came out just as I wanted it. (pictures soon I hope)
So hello to all and keep the inspiration coming.
Alan
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