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267300 Matthew Groves <grovesthegrey@g...> 2018‑12‑09 ssshhhh...........I finished something
Stay calm.

Don’t tell anyone. It can be our little three legged secret. 

I’m on a 1 project in many years tear. A blistering pace.

I completed the Schwarz staked stool. 

Again, the free plans are here:
https://blog.lostartpress.com/2017/04/11/download-plans-for-the-staked-
high-stool/">https://blog.lostartpress.com/2017/04/11/download-plans-for-the-
staked-high-stool/

The build pics are here:
https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0UJ0DiRHJ6EAtV

Carry on, and we shall never speak of it again, lest word get out about all of
us and expectations rise.

Matthew Groves
Springfield, MO
267302 "yorkshireman@y..." <yorkshireman@y...> 2018‑12‑09 Re: ssshhhh...........I finished something
> On 9 Dec 2018, at 03:58, Matthew Groves  wrote:
> 
> The build pics are here:
> https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0UJ0DiRHJ6EAtV
> 
> Carry on, and we shall never speak of it again, lest word get out about all of
us and expectations rise.

overlooking the completion of something…

The spoke pointer - pure genius.  
but please tell us you had to buy the blade.   You have to buy another tool for
every project, it’s the rules, it’s expected.



Richard Wilson
267303 Claudio DeLorenzi <claudio@d...> 2018‑12‑09 Re: ssshhhh...........I finished something
This information must never get out...
Claudio


Matthew Groves wrote:

Stay calm.
267304 "John M Johnston (jmjhnstn)" <jmjhnstn@m...> 2018‑12‑09 Re: ssshhhh...........I finished something
'Morning Matthew and Galoots Assembled,

I'm enjoying my first cup of coffee and watching the snow fall gently on the
deck, looks like about 5 inches so far, we are expected to peak at about 12
inches today here in Asheville, North Carolina.  The power just flickered at
7:00 a.m. for the first time, so it's good to have lots of hand tools and candle
lanterns, and a wee bit of firewood for the woodstove.

Matthew, thank you for the very informative set of photos of your build of the
staked stool--very clear and helpful.  I think I've got all the necessary tools
except for the reamer, could you talk some about that tool?

I observed in your photos and in the Schwarz plans that there is a goodly
chamfer on the seat, but on the underside!  I was surprised by this as this
means that there will be a sharp edge digging into the underside of the sitter's
thighs, especially since the front edge is higher than the back.  Any particular
reason that the edges on the top of the seat are not relieved in some fashion?

Finally, what are your thoughts on final finish?  Milk paint?  Schwarz's burn
technique?  Nothing?

Again, thank you for the excellent series of build photos.

Your secret is safe with me.

Cheers,
John

P.S.  When are you and the brood going to come visit Asheville and surrounding
environs?  We've got guest rooms galore and on-demand shop tours!

John M. Johnston
jmjhnstn@m...
“P.S. If you do not receive this, of course it must have been miscarried;
therefore I beg you to write and let me know.” - Sir Boyle Roche, M.P.

-----Original Message-----
From: OldTools  On Behalf Of Matthew Groves

I completed the Schwarz staked stool. 

Again, the free plans are here:
https://blog.lostartpress.com/2017/04/11/download-plans-for-the-staked-
high-stool/">https://blog.lostartpress.com/2017/04/11/download-plans-for-the-
staked-high-stool/

The build pics are here:
https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0UJ0DiRHJ6EAtV
267305 Bill Ghio 2018‑12‑09 Re: ssshhhh...........I finished something
> On Dec 8, 2018, at 10:58 PM, Matthew Groves  wrote:
> 
> Stay calm.
> 
> Don’t tell anyone. It can be our little three legged secret. 
> 
> I’m on a 1 project in many years tear. A blistering pace.
> 
> I completed the Schwarz staked stool. 
> 
> Again, the free plans are here:
> https://blog.lostartpress.com/2017/04/11/download-plans-for-the-
staked-high-stool/">https://blog.lostartpress.com/2017/04/11/download-plans-for-
the-staked-high-stool/
> 
> The build pics are here:
> https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0UJ0DiRHJ6EAtV
> 
> Carry on, and we shall never speak of it again, lest word get out about all of
us and expectations rise.
> 
Well, you pulled that one off so well (practically) nobody noticed.

Bill
267306 Bill Ghio 2018‑12‑09 Re: ssshhhh...........I finished something
> On Dec 9, 2018, at 7:20 AM, John M Johnston (jmjhnstn)  wrote:
> 
>  I think I've got all the necessary tools except for the reamer, could you
talk some about that tool?

Lee Valley makes some that re quite reasonably priced -
http://www.leevalley.com/us/home/Search.aspx?action=n

Elia Bizzarri has some -
http://handtoolwoodworking.com/reamers/

As does Tim Manney -
http://timmanneychairmaker.blogspot.com/p/tapered-reamers.html

Peter Galbert has a discussion of the Manney reamer here -

http://chairnotes.b
logspot.com/search/label/Tools, scroll down to Saturday, January 26, 2013.

Finally, if you noodle around the Lost Arts Press blog you will find more -

https://blog.lostartpress.com/2015/03/11/the-staked-furniture-toolkit/

Bill
267308 Thomas Conroy 2018‑12‑10 Re: ssshhhh...........I finished something
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John M Johnston (jmjhnstn)  asked:  "I think I've got all the
necessary tools except for the reamer, could you talk some about that tool?" and
Bill Ghio gave links to three makers.
If I recall correctly, the late Trevor Robinson's The Amateur Wind Instrument
Maker has instructions on how to make two separate styles of reamer.  I just
bought a used copy on Abebooks, where they are cheaper than on Amazon; thanks
for giving me an excu....er, an occasion for actually getting a book Ive wanted
for years. Maybe he wrote something in the Archive about reamers, but I'm too
computer unsavvy to search it.
Tom Conroy
We used to say "Lift a glass to the majority." I believe that is no longer true;
but still, lift it to 'em.
267310 Ed Minch <ruby1638@a...> 2018‑12‑10 Re: ssshhhh...........I finished something
And here are the dimensions for the home-made wooden one:

https://arivinghome.wordpress.com/2015/10/19/making-the-tools-part-i
-the-tapered-reamer/">https://arivinghome.wordpress.com/2015/10/19/making-the-
tools-part-i-the-tapered-reamer/ <https://arivinghome.wordpress.com/2015/10/19/making-the-tools-part-i-the-
tapered-reamer/">https://arivinghome.wordpress.com/2015/10/19/making-the-tools-
part-i-the-tapered-reamer/>

You will also need a matching gauge block to match the reamer like this one:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/22401169501/in/album-72157659112
561228/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/22401169501/in/album-72157659112
561228/ <https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/22401169501/in/albu
m-72157659112561228/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/22401169501/in/albu
m-72157659112561228/>

Click left and right for use of the thing.  Drill and ream a hole in a piece
about  1-1/2” thick, then split it down the centerline of the reamed hole giving
you 2 identical blocks with the negative of your tenon.  As you turn on the
lathe, fit the block to your tenon as you go.

I started on this path about 2003 and at the time there was not much available,
I use one of the one-piece steel reamers in a brace and I can't imagine using it
in a dr*ll m*t*r as it goes so fast.

Ed Minch
267335 Matthew Groves <grovesthegrey@g...> 2018‑12‑13 Re: ssshhhh...........I finished something
John asks questions,


> I think I've got all the necessary tools except for the reamer, could you talk
some about that tool?
> 

Others have pointed to various good links. The one in my photo is an 11 degree
reamer by Fred Emhoff. As are my spoon bits (not pictured). My next reamer will
be a 6 degree reamer made in the jennie alexander style using a compass saw
blade. Can’t hurt to have more than one reamer, right??


> I observed in your photos and in the Schwarz plans that there is a goodly
chamfer on the seat, but on the underside!  I was surprised by this as this
means that there will be a sharp edge digging into the underside of the sitter's
thighs, especially since the front edge is higher than the back.  Any particular
reason that the edges on the top of the seat are not relieved in some fashion?

Having finished the stool and sat in it, I can tell that the sharp edges have
not come into play. If you sit with the seat tilted back, your feet rest on the
stretcher, which raises your legs high enough to not rest on the sharp edge.

When you sit the other way, with the seat tilted forward, your feet rest on the
ground and again, my thighs do not encounter the sharp edge.

I think folks are more than welcome to ease the top edge as needed.

The bottom edge is beveled only for visual lightness, tricking the brain into
thinking the seat is a thinner material.

> 
> Finally, what are your thoughts on final finish?  Milk paint?  Schwarz's burn
technique?  Nothing?
> 

I had originally planned on the shou sugi ban finish (the torched, brushed,
varnished finish), but I was too eager to get it together. That finish is best
when performed pre-assembly (the joints must be done post-assembly). I don’t
know whether I’ll finish with wax/oil, or milk paint, or nothing.

Surely I will make more of these.

> 
> P.S.  When are you and the brood going to come visit Asheville and surrounding
environs?  We've got guest rooms galore and on-demand shop tours!
> 

John, the wife doesn’t travel well, so I’m afraid we don’t ever leave town. If
you’re coming through, do let me know!


Matthew Groves
Springfield, MO

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