I’ve been slightly under the proverbial weather lately, so not in the shop much, and not organized enough to shoot anything when I am there. I went last week to the Lie Nielsen event in Manchester, CT at the Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking. While I was there, I spent some time showing visitors some photos … Continue reading some tool marks from 17th-century pieces
I have been meaning to shoot photos in the shop of tool marks; and how they are made. I have not got to the pictures yet, but recently a reader asked about some difficulty he’d been having with tear-out in white oak. Some tear-out is common, especially in white oak that is near the juvenile … Continue reading surface textures & tool marks
Many times the best view of a piece of furniture is not the front. In this case, we have a seventeenth-century joined chest from New England. I have the chest sitting on its head, feet in the air. I was behind the chest, shooting the back & bottom. There are so many things to see … Continue reading Tool marks, seventeenth-century joinery
here we are looking at the proper right rear stile of a New England 17th-century joined chest. I marked some points I wanted to show – (click the pictures to enlarge, these are small details we’re looking at.) the height of the mortise is struck with an awl (and presumably) a square. The awl skitters … Continue reading more joint ID marks
The next step in the joined stools I am making is turning the stiles’ decoration. Here I am using a miter gauge to mark the centers on the stock. Once I locate the centers, I define them with a center punch and apply a bit of beeswax. Then they go on the pole lathe for … Continue reading turning joined stool parts
During the bowl-turning class I attended earlier this month, we spent some of our “off time” discussing spoon design. I recall Robin Wood saying something to the effect of “the game has changed” – meaning there have been great strides in spoon carving in recent years. I don’t have a large collection of other people’s … Continue reading thinking about spoon shapes
…it’s just that I haven’t made any lately. But I have been sticking my nose into some furniture books. Every winter, it’s time to re-new membership in the Regional Furniture Society. I have written about their organization before, it’s a great one. Their journal goes back more than 20 years – while you’re poking … Continue reading I haven’t forgotten about furniture,
My family & I took a quick trip to visit friends in Maine. No class, no workshop, lecture, etc. Just plain fun. Scattered about the self-proclaimed “house of chairs” is a great mis-mash of ladderback chairs. When I began woodworking in 1978, I started with this book. It showed how to make a … Continue reading House of Chairs
First, from Chris Currie, a friend from the Regional Furniture Society -some pictures of brackets. First, Chris had posted a comment on the post I did about brackets, https://pfollansbee.wordpress.com/2010/06/15/i-always-get-this-part-wrong/ then sent the photos thru. so now here’s the photos along with Chris’ comment: “…a Communion table I saw recently, the brackets on the long rails applied … Continue reading two notes from England
Finally getting around to photographing some stuff I’m finishing up. First is this box stool. It’s a form I’ve only seen in passing in England; but its construction is pretty straightforward. I have used some carving patterns from Devon, and the turnings are generic enough. Here’s a view of it open: While I had … Continue reading a couple of photos
PETER FOLLANSBEE: JOINER’S NOTES 