glenn bradley
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There are only 155 days left till Christmas and my scrap pile is getting smaller as I work through some gifts:
This is a dry fit of the rough components ready for the hand work; sanding, pegs and any other details. This is just to give you the idea of where I am going:
Sketch Up is great for giving your measurements a quick sanity check:
The Mortise Pal earns it's keep again on these:
I use a wheel gauge to mark the tenons:
I use a small sub-base/fence that I built for my smaller bandsaw to rough in the tenons. I clean up the shoulders and round them to match the mortises with a butt chisel when they are this small:
I use the router table, fence and stops to make the pierced details:
A 1/4" MDF template in a jig for the cloud lifts:
Here's a little detail shot of the varying elevations. You can see the parts for a cherry version in the background:
And another view from a little further back:
This weekend I'm having a garage sale so I won't get back to these till next week. Steps to go include hand shaping/sanding, pegs for the tenons and rabbeting out the back for the glass/pic/backer-board. Once I have a few prepared I will start the finishing as I go.
This is a dry fit of the rough components ready for the hand work; sanding, pegs and any other details. This is just to give you the idea of where I am going:
Sketch Up is great for giving your measurements a quick sanity check:
The Mortise Pal earns it's keep again on these:
I use a wheel gauge to mark the tenons:
I use a small sub-base/fence that I built for my smaller bandsaw to rough in the tenons. I clean up the shoulders and round them to match the mortises with a butt chisel when they are this small:
I use the router table, fence and stops to make the pierced details:
A 1/4" MDF template in a jig for the cloud lifts:
Here's a little detail shot of the varying elevations. You can see the parts for a cherry version in the background:
And another view from a little further back:
This weekend I'm having a garage sale so I won't get back to these till next week. Steps to go include hand shaping/sanding, pegs for the tenons and rabbeting out the back for the glass/pic/backer-board. Once I have a few prepared I will start the finishing as I go.
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