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Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Adirondack chair plans skip to my lou
Adirondack chair plans skip to my lou
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Adirondack chair plans | over 15 free plans including shelters, Adirondack chair plans woodworking plans for both an adult and child adirondack chair. these plans also come with full size templates and a dvd.. Plans for building a adirondack chair | ehow, Plans for building a adirondack chair. adirondack lawn furniture is popular on decks and patios everywhere. known for their durability and rugged beauty. Free adirondack chair plans - woodwork city free, 8 different free adirondack chair plans. in my opinion, you can’t have too many adirondack chair plan varieties. this is a terrific project that is good for any. Adirondack chair plans: learn from norm how to build one, Learn how to build an adirondack chair from the best. our esteemed editor steve shanesy teamed up with norm abram on this project to teach you how to build an. Free adirondack plans. chairs and furniture, Free adirondack plans: simple adirondack chair plan build yourself a nice looking adirondack chair with these free plans. complete with materials list.. Adirondack chair plans - the fan back classic, by, Adirondack chair woodworking plans - the fan back classic © a favorite at the family picnic, this adirondack chair plan showcases your woodworking hobby while.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
My Take on Starting to Carve Part One
I think I might have said this before, but it bears repeating. One of the coolest things about writing this blog is the interaction it allows me with other woodworkers and like minded folks. Sometimes that interaction takes place in the comments area, sometimes on other social media sites, and sometimes via email.
Typically the emails are the most interesting because someone has a private comment or question about what Ive done or what I think. The most intimidating emails come from woodworkers who are either beginning completely or are working to add a new skill to their bag of tricks.
Since I started my foray into carving around two years ago I would say I have fielded more questions on that subject than any other. Often the question is akin to "Where do I start?" I should add that I dont consider myself an expert, a master, or any other assumed title which should give me authority to answer any questions. Im not published or recognized by anybody or entity which would provide me with any credibility, nor have I sought any of these things. I am mostly happy to be a man on my own island here.
So I try not to offer advice or instruction. Instead I try to relate my own experiences and path and offer that it has seemed to work for me. I try to first point out the resources that helped get me off the ground and then the places I stepped to go further. Over my next few posts Im going to discuss the adventure of beginning carving from my perspective starting with getting your hands on some of the tools, followed by the instruction aids and teachers that helped, and continue to help me, and finally talking about how I go about finding and capturing inspiration for making my carvings.
The first step is simply starting. As a young man I aspired to write the great american novel, this lead to me reading many books on writing and the advice I remember best is that you have to remember books dont write themselves. There are a thousand people out there with a million great ideas for the next Great Gatsby, but only a small percentage of them will ever apply their posterior to a chair and their fingers to a keyboard and bang out even a crappy first draft.
Starting a new adventure like carving can be the same issue. I remember standing before the wall of Pfiel carving tools at the Woodcraft store in Madison and struggling to not give up in dismay over the multitude of choices. For my two cents you should start small, a V tools and a couple gouges of different depths of sweep. I started with two tools, a V and a shallowish gouge.
On his blog, Peter Follansbee offers a more specific suggestion of 5 good tools to start with. That advice is found HERE. (disclaimer: PF is a woodworking superhero IMHO, I drew, and continue to draw a ton of inspiration from him in terms of carving and woodworking, your individual mileage may vary, but you will hear me refer to him a lot as I write on this subject)
The important thing here is dont cheep out on the tools. At your nearest home center you will find a vacuum sealed package of plastic handled crap masquerading as carving tools shaped objects. Do not get fooled. The items contained in that package are barely fit to open paint can lids with. Do yourself a huge favor and spend a little extra time and money getting a small selection of quality tools from quality makers. Pfiel, Ashely Iles, Two Cherries are just a couple names that scratch the surface of good modern makers.
Living miles and miles away from a Woodcraft or other woodworking specialty store? Too far to make the drive? You wont go wrong online if you visit the Tools for Working Wood website (http://www.toolsforworkingwood.com/). The page for the carving tools they offer is HERE and if you need help getting the sizes to match something like Peters suggestions Im positive if you drop them a line youll get the help you need.
You may also want to consider adding a round mallet if you dont have one already. Buy one or turn one yourself it doesnt matter, but this style mallet is perfect for the light percussion that sometimes accompanies carving.
Once you have your first few carving chisels take a little time to get to know them. Learn to sharpen them, Ive always found Leonard Lees book "The Complete Guide to Sharpening" to be a bible in these matters, but there is an equally good book written by sharpness guru Ron Hock called "The Perfect Edge" available on his site HERE.
Your collection will grow organically after you start. You can go one of two routes for this. You can carefully buy one gouge at a time based on experience and need or you can spend a little time searching eBay, antique stores, auctions, or estate sales and pick up a decent sized lot of tools collected together by someone previously. I chose to buy the slug of tools, twelve in a hinged box from the shelves of an area antique store. I appreciated this route because it gave me several tool options I might not have considered buying at first and now I find myself looking for different widths and sweeps of something I may never have bought alone.
Grab some scrap cut offs and go about making a few cuts. Trace a curvy line with a pencil and follow it with the V tool. As adults we often forget the importance of "play" give yourself an afternoon to rediscover the meaning of that word. Carving is like most other hand tool skills, its a complementary relationship between the hands and the eyes. It takes some time and play to develop that relationship. like splitting the line to hand cut a dovetail, what starts as concentrated effort results in practiced confidence.
Next time I will talk about the sources I used to start "learning" to carve
Ratione et Passionis
Oldwolf
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Typically the emails are the most interesting because someone has a private comment or question about what Ive done or what I think. The most intimidating emails come from woodworkers who are either beginning completely or are working to add a new skill to their bag of tricks.
Since I started my foray into carving around two years ago I would say I have fielded more questions on that subject than any other. Often the question is akin to "Where do I start?" I should add that I dont consider myself an expert, a master, or any other assumed title which should give me authority to answer any questions. Im not published or recognized by anybody or entity which would provide me with any credibility, nor have I sought any of these things. I am mostly happy to be a man on my own island here.
So I try not to offer advice or instruction. Instead I try to relate my own experiences and path and offer that it has seemed to work for me. I try to first point out the resources that helped get me off the ground and then the places I stepped to go further. Over my next few posts Im going to discuss the adventure of beginning carving from my perspective starting with getting your hands on some of the tools, followed by the instruction aids and teachers that helped, and continue to help me, and finally talking about how I go about finding and capturing inspiration for making my carvings.
The first step is simply starting. As a young man I aspired to write the great american novel, this lead to me reading many books on writing and the advice I remember best is that you have to remember books dont write themselves. There are a thousand people out there with a million great ideas for the next Great Gatsby, but only a small percentage of them will ever apply their posterior to a chair and their fingers to a keyboard and bang out even a crappy first draft.
Starting a new adventure like carving can be the same issue. I remember standing before the wall of Pfiel carving tools at the Woodcraft store in Madison and struggling to not give up in dismay over the multitude of choices. For my two cents you should start small, a V tools and a couple gouges of different depths of sweep. I started with two tools, a V and a shallowish gouge.
On his blog, Peter Follansbee offers a more specific suggestion of 5 good tools to start with. That advice is found HERE. (disclaimer: PF is a woodworking superhero IMHO, I drew, and continue to draw a ton of inspiration from him in terms of carving and woodworking, your individual mileage may vary, but you will hear me refer to him a lot as I write on this subject)
The important thing here is dont cheep out on the tools. At your nearest home center you will find a vacuum sealed package of plastic handled crap masquerading as carving tools shaped objects. Do not get fooled. The items contained in that package are barely fit to open paint can lids with. Do yourself a huge favor and spend a little extra time and money getting a small selection of quality tools from quality makers. Pfiel, Ashely Iles, Two Cherries are just a couple names that scratch the surface of good modern makers.
Living miles and miles away from a Woodcraft or other woodworking specialty store? Too far to make the drive? You wont go wrong online if you visit the Tools for Working Wood website (http://www.toolsforworkingwood.com/). The page for the carving tools they offer is HERE and if you need help getting the sizes to match something like Peters suggestions Im positive if you drop them a line youll get the help you need.
You may also want to consider adding a round mallet if you dont have one already. Buy one or turn one yourself it doesnt matter, but this style mallet is perfect for the light percussion that sometimes accompanies carving.
Once you have your first few carving chisels take a little time to get to know them. Learn to sharpen them, Ive always found Leonard Lees book "The Complete Guide to Sharpening" to be a bible in these matters, but there is an equally good book written by sharpness guru Ron Hock called "The Perfect Edge" available on his site HERE.
Your collection will grow organically after you start. You can go one of two routes for this. You can carefully buy one gouge at a time based on experience and need or you can spend a little time searching eBay, antique stores, auctions, or estate sales and pick up a decent sized lot of tools collected together by someone previously. I chose to buy the slug of tools, twelve in a hinged box from the shelves of an area antique store. I appreciated this route because it gave me several tool options I might not have considered buying at first and now I find myself looking for different widths and sweeps of something I may never have bought alone.
Grab some scrap cut offs and go about making a few cuts. Trace a curvy line with a pencil and follow it with the V tool. As adults we often forget the importance of "play" give yourself an afternoon to rediscover the meaning of that word. Carving is like most other hand tool skills, its a complementary relationship between the hands and the eyes. It takes some time and play to develop that relationship. like splitting the line to hand cut a dovetail, what starts as concentrated effort results in practiced confidence.
Next time I will talk about the sources I used to start "learning" to carve
Ratione et Passionis
Oldwolf
Friday, February 14, 2014
My Cozy Shop Floor Part I The Cozy Part
My new shop floor is soft and cozy warm.
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| Where We Started On Friday Night. |
There are many components to a great shop. One that I dont think gets quite enough credit - and one that Ive ignored until now - is the floor. Like many woodworkers with a garage shop, for years Ive simply used the original concrete as my floor. It was there and machines on wheels were able to roll on it - it worked.
As Ive finished up the odyssey that was my shop walls over the last few months Ive thought about the floor. After the work of the walls, the floor would be quick and simple - provided I could get all my crap off of it. When I realized that my kids would be away with my Dad and my Wife away with her sister on the same weekend I knew I had a chance to install the floor that I had to take advantage of.
On Friday of the big weekend, once everyone was on their way I began by moving all of the living room furniture into the dining room. Then I laid out drop cloths and began moving my shop into the living room. I brought my Cousin over and together we emptied everything out of the shop except the table saw, band saw and jointer. Then I paid him with dinner.
I dragged myself up on Saturday and got to work. Unlike many published designs for installing shop floors over masonry floors, I built mine without sleepers. To get away without the support sleepers provide, I used 60 psi extruded polystyrene (XPS) rather than the standard 20 psi. Between the high psi XPS and the diffusion the 3/4" OSB would provide to point loading of weight, I decided no sleepers would be needed. I didnt do any structural calculations, but so far the lack of sleepers hasnt been a problem.
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| The gap between the wall and the XPS is filled with Great Stuff |
After vacuuming the floor, the first step was to lay down the XPS. I measured a relatively straight line about 1/2" off the curb at bottom of the exterior wall of my shop. I used that line to set the XPS. I filled the gap between the curb and the XPS with Great Stuff. I used Window & Door great stuff with my Pro-Gun, as I have for the entire shop renovation. The gun gives application control unachievable with the standard can and straw. The Window and Door Great Stuff is better than standard Great Stuff because it stays softer and expands less than standard Great Stuff, making installation easier.
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| Air sealing as I go. |
The XPS I used has a rabbit around the edge. I installed it upside down so that when the sheets were laid against each other, the rabbits created a channel which I filled with M-1 caulking. This allowed me to air seal between the boards of insulation.
With the XPS down, it was time for OSB.
Monday, February 10, 2014
A Porch In My Finish Room A Full Size Mockup
9/24/09 The furniture made it to its porch in Boston this week ...
And what a grand porch it was ... I was thinking the coffee table might be tight, but instead, it couldnt have been any smaller for the sclae of the porch ... perfect!
8/27/09
Im working with some friends/clients on furniture for their porch. Its a beautifu, spaciousl porch on a grand old home and we want to do it justice without filling it up so much that it feels crowded. I fooled around with a couple different layouts in my cad program and now that we have finished the chairs, were working on a size and shape for the coffee table. Fortunately , the client had stopped by last week just as the table/desk shown in a recent post was leaving and happened to get a good view of it just before we loaded it up. She had seen the wood at Open Studio back in May and coincidentally I had the smallest of the three slabs still on hand. The porch is longer than my finish room, but I had enough room to layout and mockup the business part where most of the furniture will go in full size, including the slab for the coffee table. We set it up on some scrap plywood that was a little shorter than I would have designed it, but it turned out it that lower was perfect. Good for feet, can also double as a bench, emphasizes the horizontal length of the seating layout and does a good job of standing up to the overall space of the porch ... Looks like itll work, and totally reinforces the concept of mocking things up in full size WHENEVER YOU CAN cause they always look different in person than they do on paper or in your minds eye. No substitute for the real thing, the real size, AND the real height. Taping it out on the floor just wont do .... Check it out ... Click the pictures to enlarge them ...
The actual porch
First Layout
Final Layout
The chairs in the shop ... 4 fixed, two rockers ... The real cushions will be ready next week
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And what a grand porch it was ... I was thinking the coffee table might be tight, but instead, it couldnt have been any smaller for the sclae of the porch ... perfect!
8/27/09
Im working with some friends/clients on furniture for their porch. Its a beautifu, spaciousl porch on a grand old home and we want to do it justice without filling it up so much that it feels crowded. I fooled around with a couple different layouts in my cad program and now that we have finished the chairs, were working on a size and shape for the coffee table. Fortunately , the client had stopped by last week just as the table/desk shown in a recent post was leaving and happened to get a good view of it just before we loaded it up. She had seen the wood at Open Studio back in May and coincidentally I had the smallest of the three slabs still on hand. The porch is longer than my finish room, but I had enough room to layout and mockup the business part where most of the furniture will go in full size, including the slab for the coffee table. We set it up on some scrap plywood that was a little shorter than I would have designed it, but it turned out it that lower was perfect. Good for feet, can also double as a bench, emphasizes the horizontal length of the seating layout and does a good job of standing up to the overall space of the porch ... Looks like itll work, and totally reinforces the concept of mocking things up in full size WHENEVER YOU CAN cause they always look different in person than they do on paper or in your minds eye. No substitute for the real thing, the real size, AND the real height. Taping it out on the floor just wont do .... Check it out ... Click the pictures to enlarge them ...
The actual porch
First Layout
Final Layout
The chairs in the shop ... 4 fixed, two rockers ... The real cushions will be ready next week
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