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270090 | Bill Ghio | 2020‑03‑15 | What to do these days |
Having decided to go out as little as possible, SWMBO and I were discussing how we would spend our days. Not an issue for me: https://flic.kr/p/2iEz9bo Twelve drawers to be dovetailed for the current project. Bill Sent from my iPad |
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270203 | Ed Minch <ruby1638@a...> | 2020‑03‑25 | Re: Fwd: What to do these days |
Halfway there |
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270213 | Matthew Groves <grovesthegrey@g...> | 2020‑03‑26 | Re: What to do these days |
The COVID hasn’t exactly given me any hobby time, but I have in the past few weeks managed to creep forward in the Follansbee (and others) vein of some 17thC joinery work. I convinced my friend Alex to assist me in relocating a large log. It was his first wedge/edge/sledge experience, which is always nice. We quartered it to manageable sizes as could be loaded in the truck by hand. At home I took quarters to eights and one eighth to sixteenths. Now axework and scrubbing to boards for who knows what. A joined stool? maybe. Box? who knows. I’ll set some stock aside for bent armbows and spindles. Pics/Videos and a question. https://www.icloud. com/sharedalbum/#B0U59UlCq7yAce <https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum /#B0U59UlCq7yAce">https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0U59UlCq7yAce> Here’s the question: Even though these bolts are providing 11inch boards, probably less sometimes, they’re not quite wide enough for stool seats. Do people ever glue up green wood? Would hate to use flatsawn stock for the stool seat. Were gigantic logs so plentiful that stock of sufficient width was never a concern “back then” ? Matthew Groves Springfield, MO |
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270217 | "yorkshireman@y..." <yorkshireman@y...> | 2020‑03‑27 | Re: [SPAM?] What to do these days |
Matthew’s splitting his log.. and what a splendid log! Makes me greenwood with envy. As to the questions - I have a number of joyned stools - seat width of 11 inches would just work. With a moulding down the edges, you could use stock that is getting thin at the edge, and get away with it. Gluing ? No - if it’s green it’s going to move. You could have some success if you add a spline though, and design the fixing to the frame to avoid any shrinkage in width from pulling your joint apart. - and yes, we’d like photos of the entire process… Richard Wilson Yorkshireman Galoot - in a peaceful Northumberland. |
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