Carved birch bowl.
Using the adze, making a carving block.
Curved adze for initial hollowing.
Smoothing with a curved knife.
Shaping the outside with a hatchet.
Smoothing the outside with a hatchet.
woodworking
Rustic Rocker in Eastern Red Cedar
Cantilevered rocking chair in Eastern Red Cedar. Yet to be oiled in these photos, but I like the softness and light on the forms of the unfinished cedar.
Wormy Persimmon Bowl
Two shots of a wormy persimmon bowl. It took hours with a small pick to clean the sawdust compacted in the cavities.
Natural-State Cedar Table
Some photos of the progression of the legs for a natural state Eastern red cedar table.
Single leg with scribed branch support
Fitting the top supports
Sawing leg bottoms flat
Both legs with more branch braces and top support bolted on
A couple of views of the table so far.
Cedar Slab Table
Here are some photos as I am working on the top for a cedar table.
being glued up
the edge with the bark peeled
trimming the ends
arty saw picture
beautiful red sawdust
planning the end…
…up in the air
Workshop . Three Legged Stool
Photos in the workshop of one of a pair of three legged post oak stools. Still in a very raw – and experimental state.
The busy bench top.
The bend and splay and stance of the legs.
Laying out for the black walnut rungs.
Post Oak seat.
Shaping tenons on the rungs.
Workshop: White Oak Pedastal and Stool Legs
Here are some pictures of current work from the workshop. First is a white oak Quercus alba pedestal commissioned for a bronze ballerina. Second are three green-bent post oak Quercus stellata (also a white oak variety) stool legs in the midst of shaping and their black walnut rungs that have been roughly shaved for another commission.
The pedestal, nearing completion here, was turned in segments on a faceplate made more broad with plywood. The main cylinder was turned between centers.
The pedestal with one coat of min-wax black walnut, and one coat of Watco black walnut, which isn’t as dark as the min-wax, but has a little more red which warms the tone. I will add at least one more coat of the Watco.
Detail of the large bead, cove, and fillets.
The post oak stool legs.
Walnut rasp handle.
Making of the Pedestal Cylinder:
Composite box of 8/4″ white oak (harvested at Boaz, KS). Recessed blocks were glued inside the box and then pine plates fitted and screwed on either end to allow installation on the lathe.
The corners trimmed at the table saw.
Spinning the box into a cylinder with a roughing gouge. Very heavy, lots of inertia, but well balanced.
Cylinder.
Post-Oak Stool Legs
Below are some photographs from the process of the rough-shaping and bending (green) of post-oak, which is a variety of white oak, for use as legs in a pair of 3-legged stools -hopefully.
First the log was cut and split. This one has quite a of twist, which I am hoping to integrate into the design of the stools.
Next the halves are split into quarters and then into eighths with froe at the brake (no photos), then the eighths were trimmed with the hatchet.
After trimming the pieces are shaped down with drawknife at the horse.
After this rough shaping each piece was place in a form and bent using clamps, the clamps were removed after a few days and were replaced with wire. The legs will remain in the forms until they are dry and I am ready to shape them to final size.
For deep information on working with green wood please see Peter Follansbee’s blog.
New Three Legged Stool
Pictured is a recently completed stool made from red oak and black walnut, harvested from Boaz, near Fall River.
Walnut Slab Bench
Pictured below is a walnut slab bench that is meant to accompany the headboard-chest bed, also of black walnut.
A detail of the joinery – bridle joints join the legs to the aprons and are pegged, and the stretchers are joined to the aprons with sliding dovetails.
The Bed
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