Month: June 2008
Walnut Bench
An unfinished black walnut bench for the Big Horn River Lodge in Montana. Incorporating a lot of mortise and tenon joinery, I have built quite a few of these over the past year.
Three Painting Updates
Asher Lev and the Messenger, oil on Linen, 22″x 30″
John the Baptist, oil on panel, 8″x10″
The Stoning, oil on canvas, 22″x25″
Lathe Operation
Turning a hickory chair post.
Chair-making tools
A simple foot operated lathe for turning chair rungs. The frame is dimension pine and the poppets, which house the points and sandwich the piece to be turned are black walnut, with the remaining pieces made of Q.S. white oak. Go to the Traditional Woodcraft page for more on these subjects.
A shaving horse for preparing pieces for the lathe and for finish work in its own right. It is made from part of a red oak that I milled last fall.
The School of the Transfer of Energy 