Chris Barton
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Well, this will be a little different in as far as I've never done a work in progress kind of "serial" post. As many of you know I do as much flatwork as I do lathe work and often combine the two. This thread will detail from beginning to end my construction of a Federal Period style desk. The desk will be made of cherry, many veneers and will include inlay and banding work. So, there should be something here for everyone. However, this first installment is turning of the legs but, since the project is mostly flatwork I chose to post it here.
First, when I've posted pictures of my past projects I've often gotten questions about where I got plans for my project. This project like almost all of my projects was born from historical pieces I've discovered in my readings but, not pure duplications. In fact, the majority of my projects carry a theme from a given period of American furniture but, are usually self created to suit my needs. I decided when I finished the curly maple hutch project that my next project would be for me; a new desk. After looking over many examples of period pieces I drew my plans for a desk as can be seen in the first picture. I would love to use Sketchup to do this but, I'm too lazy to invest the time. Drawing is much faster. As you can see, I don't get into a lot of detail...
My first step in making this piece was to make the template master for the legs of this desk which will feature reeding. Most of the time I make a prototype using poplar but, I decided to go strait to making the first leg and I will reproduce the other 3 using this one as the master. I turn all my reproductions by hand and don't use a duplicator.
The pictures below show the leg prior to, and following the reeding process as well as my hi-falootin reeding lathe thing (hey, it works). Using the indexing wheel on my lathe I ran 12 reeds along the axis.
Please feel free to question my sanity at any time or offer suggestions or critques...
Thanks for looking... more to come
First, when I've posted pictures of my past projects I've often gotten questions about where I got plans for my project. This project like almost all of my projects was born from historical pieces I've discovered in my readings but, not pure duplications. In fact, the majority of my projects carry a theme from a given period of American furniture but, are usually self created to suit my needs. I decided when I finished the curly maple hutch project that my next project would be for me; a new desk. After looking over many examples of period pieces I drew my plans for a desk as can be seen in the first picture. I would love to use Sketchup to do this but, I'm too lazy to invest the time. Drawing is much faster. As you can see, I don't get into a lot of detail...
My first step in making this piece was to make the template master for the legs of this desk which will feature reeding. Most of the time I make a prototype using poplar but, I decided to go strait to making the first leg and I will reproduce the other 3 using this one as the master. I turn all my reproductions by hand and don't use a duplicator.
The pictures below show the leg prior to, and following the reeding process as well as my hi-falootin reeding lathe thing (hey, it works). Using the indexing wheel on my lathe I ran 12 reeds along the axis.
Please feel free to question my sanity at any time or offer suggestions or critques...
Thanks for looking... more to come