Thursday, March 6, 2014

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Crazy Benches, Wow!!!
Nothing to it except thinking ahead, I swear.

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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Table Ideas

Here are copies of the plans and photos tables I had in class yesterday in case anyone wants to use them as a starting point. The 3rd one, the piano bench plan, is great for indicating all of the basic measurements needed. They are from a book I found at my local library, "Mission Furniture, How to Make It" by H.H. Windsor. If anyone wants a larger file let me know and I can email it to you, (anne@awtaylor.com).


Also I found this great site for more ideas in the arts and crafts style. There are several pages of ideas with multiple views, but only images since this the catalog of Mission Guild Studio. The company as they put is: “...is a "Quaint" dual artisan studio specializing in a revival and renewal of Arts & Crafts era ideals.” There are some great designs here including the keyhole table that is similar to the one we were talking about whether to make in plywood in class and this one in solid wood and M&T joinery. Too bad there aren’t any plans available….
And below is one of their more traditional tables that has a variation on the shelf idea and close up of through tenon ideas.

Here’s their description of the keyhole table”:
Quartersawn Oak Tables
Mortise & Tenon, Pegged Joinery
Coffee Table Measures 34 3/4" w x 19 3/4" d, 20 1/2" height
End Tables Measure 18" square tops, 24 3/4" height

http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/missionguild/index40MGStudioInfo.html
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Baroque Furniture

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Baroque furniture and design started in Italy around the 1600s. It soon spread all throughout western Europe and became the style of furniture that royalty favored. In France the Palace at Versailles and the Louvre were both decorated by this extravagant and impressive style. After the great fire in England King Charles II appointed Christopher Wren as surveyor to his court. Wren was a big fan of the French baroque style and used it to decorate much of the new palace. In Spain the Baroque style was much over exaggerated and used in catholic churches.
Characteristics of Baroque furniture and design are the large scale, bold details, lots of ovals, sweeping and curved surfaces, c and s scrolls, shell motifs, cartouches, subtle use of color, decoration,
and sculpture, and acanthus leaves. Furniture also included precious metals, inlays, and upholstery. The furniture that was made could be anything including mirrors, cabinets, vanities, beds, chests, and entire palaces would be filled with all sorts of baroque furniture. The style was often used as a total work of art. The result is a sensory overload when you walk into a baroque style room. There is so much to look at and you cant help but appreciate the craftsmanship and time it must have taken to create such elegant furniture. I have seen some baroque furniture at the Pitti Palace in Florence and also at the Marie Antoinette exhibition last year at the Palace of the legion of Honor. I really enjoyed the beauty of it and wanted to take a vanity and small table home, but of course they are all priceless. You can still buy recreations today.
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salvaging the remnants of ancient forests

in her blog entry last xmas, which is generally hilarious, shannon wrote that "to teach sculpture is to participate in turning valuable materials into waste; sculpture is itself a somewhat environmentally unethical pursuit."

indeed. it is generally unethical to produce non-functional objects from virgin material, especially when its student work that will likely be discarded or neglected after critique.

but we are not locked in to the cycle of rampant consumption, and as artists (free-thinkers and creatives) we should have the ability, desire, and conscience to adapt ourselves and our ideas to the materials available from salvage and secondhand sources.

thankfully, these wonderful people are here to help us:

http://www.ohmegasalvage.com/Showroom%20Pages/salvage_list.htm

http://www.driftwoodsalvage.com/

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/

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merry gleaning!
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

green wood part I



I thought I would take an aside from my research on wood ontology to do a little research on sustainable wood practices.

The FSC, or Forest Stewardship Council was mentioned today, and among a few other organizations, it seems to be the predominant society dealing with ethical and sustainable forestry practices, whose sole purpose is the coordination and development of forest management standards throughout the different biogeographic regions of the US.



Link to the 10 FSC Principles.



While the organization appears to be reasonable successful in providing a base for the development of sustainable forestry practices, it is designed for mass buyers of wood, like our friend Jeff. The industry really needs a stricter brand to advertise the fair practices endorsed by the FSC, like the ADA brand you find on toothpaste (I once bought a toothpaste without ADA brand, guess what the main ingredient was…Sugar), and their needs to be a stricter enforcement of these practices…

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Mobile workshop

Sure, food trucks are all the rage these days. Gone are the days of the roach coaches. Todays wagons offer gourmet cuisine on wheels. In San Francisco, many are announcing their daily whereabouts on Twitter minutes before people start flocking to them.

So why not a mobile wood shop? Stephen Willner (AKA, "Willie") has been a shop teacher since 1985. Now he has converted a bus and put his classroom on wheels: Willies Woodshop.

Operating out of the Sacramento area, he offers woodworking classes for kids ages 5-14. They are one-hour sessions in which students get to learn some basics and actually produce a project. Hes even available for birthday parties. What a great idea!
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Monday, March 3, 2014

Furniture Lab Tech Cabinet Part 2

  John Tetreault, Associate Art Director 8 users recommend 
To cut the through-tenons on the shelves I simply clamped all of them together and used a hand saw to define the cheeks.
John Tetreault 
A router made quick work of removing the waste between the tenon cheeks.
John Tetreault 
When routing out the waste I nicked one of the tenons. If these were regular tenons the nick would have been hidden in the mortise, but since they are through-tenons and will be seen, I picked a similar grain from a scrap piece and made a tenon plug of sorts.
John Tetreault 
The scrub plane sure is a fun tool to use. I adjusted the blade to take shallow cuts and deliberately lined up the scalloping with the grain for all shelves. This texture will compliment the weathered texture of the case sides.
John Tetreault 
I marked the shelf through-tenons on the case sides and then drilled tiny holes at the four corners of the mortise location.
John Tetreault 
From the exterior of the case sides I used a forstner bit to drill out most of the waste and then carefully squared up the mortise with a chisel.
John Tetreault 
I cut slots on all the shelf tenons where wedges will be added later. After test fitting all the shelves, I disassembled everything and added glue to the shelf dados and a little drop on each of the tenon cheeks. Lots of clamps and cauls pulled it all together and one long clamp on opposite corners held the case square.
John Tetreault 
I cut the dovetails for the top purposely a little tight, so no clamps were needed once it was tapped in place. You can get away with this on a softwood like pine, but I wouldnt recommend using this technique with hardwoods.
John Tetreault 
To cut the through-tenons on the shelves I simply clamped all of them together and used a hand saw to define the cheeks.
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Furniture Lab Tech Cabinet - Part II
Follow along as Fine Woodworking associate art director John Tetreault constructs a cabinet using reclaimed materials found during our recent trek to southern Massachusetts.
Things are really beginning to speed up at this point of the Tech Cabinet build. The dados for the shelves have been cut in the case sides and the dovetails have been cut to accept the top. Next, I broke out the scrub plane to surface the interior shelves. The undulating surface that the scrub plane produces mimics the weathered exterior boards of the case sides. Browse through the photos above, where I show you how I made the through-tenons on the shelves and a little trick to cut mortises on the case sides when you want to keep the original patina of the wood.
Once the shelves were done, I was ready for the case glue-up. It was a little tricky with all those through-tenons, but I tackled the case first and then tapped home the dovetails on the top.
Ill be back next week, with the conclusion of the project and plenty of final beauty shots!
More Projects by John Tetreault
• The 3-Hour Cabinet
• Bending Dovetails
• Make Your Own Leather Chisel Roll
• Video: Build a Hybrid Roubo Workbench 
Watch the Furniture Lab Junkyard Visit
Be sure to read Asa Christianas story outlining the original idea and intent of Furniture Lab, plus, watch our original Furniture Lab junkyard visit. John Tetreault, Tom McKenna, and Anatole Burkin visited an old salvage yard for some quirky design inspiration.



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Bandsaw Hero! New Mere Mortals junk you can buy!

Time for another lame-o self-promotion! Heres something every Mortal woodworker needs to feel all warm and fuzzy inside and show the world that you totally shred in the woodshop!

Guitar Hero was okay, then came Band Hero. Yeah, they rocked, but nowhere near the ear-splitting challenge of...

Bandsaw Hero!


Visit the Mere Mortals Shop to be the first on your block with a
BS Hero T-shirt or coffee mug! Hoo yah!

I know, I know...you wanted something that had more to do with Dance, Dance Revolution.
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Sunday, March 2, 2014

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Saturday, March 1, 2014

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