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Long week of mitered dovetails in gorgeous black walnut. These stack to make a 7’-tall Monticello bookcase with clear pine backboards. Everything on this is matchy-matchy. The dovetails and grain match up the case sides. The vertical backboards match up the case. It has been a crap-ton of work but the customer should like it. And I hope to ship it by next Friday.In my county, chair rail mouldings are common in older, traditional houses. Local people would make peg boards from leftover moulding material. A peg board is a piece of moulding with several pegs. The peg’s tenon must be seated very tightly in the moulding. If the pegs are very dry, 4 to 5 percent moisture content, and the moulding is 10- 12 percent moisture content, the hole shrinks and strengthens the joint. To control the moisture there are pin-activated moisture meters that are handy and time-saving This construction method, together with the wedge and the shoulder, creates a very strong joint if it is done accurately. — from "Slöjd in Wood” by Jögge Sundqvist @surolle #Slöjd_in_WoodOf all the knowledge necessary for cabinetmakers, that of the rules of perspective is one of the most essential. However, it is the most often neglected discipline, nothing being more common than to see work that often lacks merit where the rules of perspective are absolutely violated, whether in the design that the cabinetmaker compose themselves, or in those that they copy, which they often render badly (supposing that they are well made in the first place), and which lack the knowledge of these principles that have served to put these designs in perspective. — from — “To Make as Perfectly as Possible: Roubo on Marquetry” by André-Jacob Roubo; translation by Donald C. Williams, Michele Pietryka-Pagán & Philippe Lafargue. #Roubo_on_Marquetry@RudeMechanic on Twitter
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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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Pricing Your Work
This is an excerpt from “Shaker Inspiration: Five Decades of Fine Craftsmanship” by Christian Becksvoort. One of the most difficult tasks when starting a business is pricing your work or product. Many woodworkers, especially those just beginning, seriously underprice their work. Hobbyists, especially, have no … Continue reading
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The Ideal Tool Cabinet
This is an excerpt from “The Woodworker: The Charles H. Hayward Years: Volume IV” published by Lost Art Press. A sense of orderliness in woodworking is an important factor contributing to good work. For instance, the bench should be clear of … Continue reading
Carve the Curled Lobe of the Italian Renaissance Leaf
This is an excerpt from “Carving the Acanthus Leaf” by Mary May. STEP 25: Round the Curled Leaf Tip. Using a #3, 14mm, round the curled lobe at the tip of the leaf and lower the outer edge of the leaf where … Continue reading
Visiting the Saalburg Workbench
This is an excerpt from “Ingenious Mechanicks” by Christopher Schwarz. Throw the Bench Down the Well It’s not unusual to find Roman artifacts stashed in wells. Archaeologists have recovered thousands of tools, domestic goods, nails and even coins from the bottoms of Roman wells. … Continue reading
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Chisels Needed for Dovetailing
This is an excerpt of “The Joiner and Cabinet Maker” by Anon, Christopher Schwarz and Joel Moskowitz. After years of dovetailing, I noticed that two of my chisels were seeing almost all the action: the 1/4″-wide and a 3/4″-wide tools. I … Continue reading
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Unsegmented Felly Wheels
This is an excerpt from “Woodworking in Estonia” by Ants Viires; translated by Mart Aru. Unsegmented felloes in Estonia and Latvia were always bent from ash wood. In Russia too, ash was occasionally used, although oak and elm were preferred. The Assikvere wheelright used ash … Continue reading
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