The chest taken apart and being fitted with a floor and a till.
Detail of the till.
The bed to this point, dry fit and testing out some planks for the sides of the legs.
woodworking
Walnut Baby Crib
Carving of a dove-messenger on the crib’s headboard.
Two views of the baby crib in black walnut.
Walnut Headboard-Chest
The walnut headboard-chest will have a “free-edge” on the top. The lid will be “floating” within the top of the chest. So the top edges need to be balanced out and given a certain quality of surface to fit this application.
Below, I am cutting along the top edges with a medium sized gouge.
Below, a detail of the edge. More adjustments will be needed as the bed progresses.
Workshop
Dovetails
The set-up for chopping the dovetails for a large walnut chest, which will be incorporated into a bed I am building.
Here a joined walnut board is clamped upright in the vice and to the stretchers for sawing the dovetails.
Finally, in the act of chopping.
Puppet Stage Front
This stage front is for a large marrionette, who narrates for The Two Deaths of John Beartrist Laceroot.
The narrator is named Jonas, thus the carved whale.
Ash Logs
A trailer load of Green Ash logs to be milled. We had to split the big one to get it loaded, but it will be quarter sawn, anyway.
Unloading with the hook and the WD.
Alder Wood Console
Above are the front and back view of the alder wood console which after the final assembly. Below are some detail shots of the carved elements. There are some minor details to complete, such as to turned globes for the tops of the back posts, hardware, and finishing. The construction is mortise and tenon, frame and panel and a few dovetails at the top of the carcass. I use a combination of traditional work methods using hand tools and traditional-leaning work using power tools.
Details of the rosettes and fans (or sunburst).
Alder Wood Console
Some images of an alder wood console, underway in the shop. The frame, dry-fitted, and some panels being shaped, then some dovetials of the frame assembly.
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