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On Friday and Saturday, @lienielsentoolworks will be here with all their tools. It’s a free event with guest demonstrations from @shuffling.andy.g, @period_furniture_makers and @markbuildsit. Full details on our blog.It must have been early on in the days of woodwork that the necessity for the rebate plane was felt. Certainly one would not get far in cabinet work today without it (I am speaking of course apart from machinery). There can be few pieces of woodwork in which a rebate is not required. In any case, there are many jobs in which some sort of a rebate plane is useful quite apart from the cutting of rebates. There are about four or five in the family of rebate planes, each designed for a special job, and of each branch there are several varieties. The choice is dependent to a large extent upon the work for which it is needed, and also upon personal preference. Types of rebate planes: A. Simple wood rebate plane. B. Compass rebate plane. C. Badger plane D. Metal rebate plane. E. Carriage maker’s rebate plane. F. Shoulder plane. G. Bullnose plane H. Side rebate plane — from “The Woodworker: The Charles H. Hayward Years: Volume I” published by Lost Art Press #The_WoodworkerAs a diversion from dry mathematics, let’s see how one of the greatest artists in the world used these proportional divisions in the creation of one of the great works of the Renaissance: Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Annunciation,” now in Florence’s Uffizi Gallery. As with many great buildings, you can work out what the structure might be beneath a great painting – you may be wrong, or there may not be any structure there, but let’s see. (I had the pleasure of sitting in the Uffizi with all the idiot youths of the world snapping selfies of themselves with Lenny.) My belief is that “The Annunciation” is a clever arrangement of horizontals and verticals, constructed so that they cannot be any other way. You move one, and they all have to change. So here is the first construction division: a vertical line creating a square to the right, and a Golden Section rectangle to the left. Note that Leonardo doesn’t show that division as a hard line; he hints at it with the gossamer fabric falling from the bookstand. Next is the division spotted on the back of the angel’s eye that goes down to the crook of the arm. Draw this, and we create two equal rectangles. Those have potential to have squares and golden section rectangles above, but only if we create a horizontal here – curiously, right on the line of the wall behind the angel and just touching the tips of her outstretched fingers as she gestures toward Mary. Now this may be a crock of effluent, but I do not believe that Leonardo was unaware of those divisions within his canvas as he laid out that composition. What is clear, though, is that they are not up front and shouting at you. Leonardo is a magician of visual deception; he likes to hide his thinking, to conceal his structures. He waves his hand over here to stop you looking over there. Whoo hoo – over here! — from “The Intelligent Hand” by David Binnington Savage @finefurnituremaker #The_Intelligent_Hand@RudeMechanic on Twitter
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Category Archives: Mouldings in Practice
The Dark Side
This is an excerpt from “Mouldings in Practice” by Matthew Sheldon Bickford. I have spoken to scores of people regarding the methods of making profiles with hollows and rounds that I have covered thus far. While most new users find the techniques … Continue reading
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Why You Don’t Need a Half Set
This is an excerpt from “Mouldings in Practice” by Matthew Sheldon Bickford. When I first became aware of hollows and rounds I read about the heralded “half set.” A half set of hollows and rounds is 18 planes, nine pairs, that … Continue reading
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Meet the Author: Matt Bickford
I imagine a lot of people had Matt Bickford figured out. Born in the Binghamton, N.Y., area (specifically Endwell) Matt lived there through the 8th grade, along with his parents, and his older brother and older sister. When the IBM … Continue reading
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Chippendale Apple Secretary
This is an excerpt from “Mouldings in Practice” by Matthew Sheldon Bickford. A Chippendale apple secretary desk and bookcase featuring triple-cusp scrolled returns. Colchester School, possibly Hebron or Lebanon, Conn., 1785-1805. Dimensions: height: 76-5/8″, width of lower case: 42-1/8″, depth … Continue reading
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The Sticking Board
This is an excerpt from “Mouldings in Practice” by Matthew Sheldon Bickford. A table saw has a fence, a powered jointer has a table, your bench has dogs or a stop. Like any other task in our craft, bracing a … Continue reading
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Make a Moulding Plane this Weekend
From Matt Bickford’s blog (Matt is the author of “Mouldings in Practice“) This weekend I will be teaching a class at The Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking. The students attending this two day class will build a round and leave … Continue reading
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Get Your Books Signed in Iowa
Several Lost Art Press authors will be available at Handworks to sign your books. If you want to get Don Williams and Narayan Nayar to sign “Virtuoso: The Tool Cabinet and Workbench of Henry O. Studley,” they have set up … Continue reading
