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This campaign chest has a false bottom and false top. The interior bits are all dovetailed but will never show. You don’t want your chest exploding to bits when it falls off an elephant.Between a dovetailed joint and mere nailing there is a halfway house, dowelling. This construction is useful where skill is limited or price is decisive. It is particularly useful for cabinets housing technical equipment, for example, where an elaborate job is not necessary. A flush corner joint (Fig 237) is weak when dowelled, the holes being too close to the end (Fig 238). This means tops must overhang ends (Fig 239) or ends must be extended above the top (Fig 240). This latter can permit a back rail (Fig 241) which prevents items from slipping down behind. — from “The Essential Woodworker” by Robert Wearing #The_Essential_WoodworkerWe all enjoy getting good deals when purchasing anything, but when shopping for woodcarving tools, invest in good quality, professional, long-handled carving tools from the start. Your carving experience will be much more enjoyable. Budget carving tools tend to be bulky, and are often difficult to sharpen and maintain with a razor edge, as the metal is often substandard. “Gouge” refers to any chisel with a curved edge – because they gouge out wood. I prefer full-length gouges (9" to 11" long) rather than the shorter palm gouges for both safety and control. They are held with both hands, ensuring no skin is on the other side of the blade. One hand is always on the handle, pushing the gouge; the other is always on the metal shank, guiding the gouge. Shorter palm gouges are often held with one hand so the other hand could easily end up on the dangerous side of the blade. Long-handled gouges hopefully prevent bleeding! Fishtail (Gouge): The corners splay out in the shape of a fishtail (sometimes referred to as a fantail). These are my favorite for detail carving, as the sharper corners easily fit into tight areas and the tools are less bulky to hold. — from “Carving the Acanthus Leaf” by Mary May #Carving_the_Acanthus@RudeMechanic on Twitter
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Microwave Oven Drying
This is an excerpt from “Cut & Dried” by Richard Jones. Oven drying in a microwave oven takes between 20 and 45 minutes. The average time is 30 minutes. It saves a great deal of time compared to drying wood in … Continue reading
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Four Centuries of Drawer Making
This is an excerpt from “The Woodworker: The Charles H. Hayward Years: Volume II” published by Lost Art Press. The construction of a drawer seems a straightforward and fairly obvious piece of work; there is an accepted way of making it … Continue reading
An Interesting Old Bow-Saw
This is an excerpt from “The Woodworker: The Charles H. Hayward Years: Volume I” published by Lost Art Press. Recently we came across an old type of bow-saw which had been sent to a veteran village carpenter for repair. Its precise origin could … Continue reading
Jointing the Stone
This is an excerpt from “The Intelligent Hand” by David Binnington Savage. Joinery – that’s what this is about. Joints that hold components together. In this case, versions of one joint, the mortice and tenon. There are on this bench frame three different … Continue reading
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Snob Stick and Curtain Rod
This is an excerpt from “Slöjd in Wood” by Jögge Sundqvist. The snob stick is a long sallow (willow) stick with a knob on the end, on which the bark has been peeled off in a spiral shape. The snob holds … Continue reading
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Characteristics of Welsh Stick Chairs
This is an excerpt from “Welsh Stick Chairs” by John Brown. Probably the first record of a back chair is in the manuscript of the laws of Hywel Dda (Howell the Good), a 10th century Welsh king. The surviving document, inscribed in … Continue reading
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Derek Parkes
This is an excerpt from “The Intelligent Hand” by David Binnington Savage. It began with a walnut desk that had been commissioned by a London architect friend. This was a prestige job for a building conversion in London’s Covent Garden. It was right … Continue reading
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