This hollow form vessel is turned from a piece of end grain cherry a friend sent me. It was turned spitting wet so the form has moved a little. It measures approximately 8 inches tall by 7.5 inches wide. It is finished with acrylics.

All comments and critiques are welcomed and appreciated.

Thanks Lou!

Hi, Thought I would show you one of my jigs. I use alot of short, narrow and thin pieces of stock. Since I don’t have a planer or jointer these types of jigs allow me to cut my stock to thickness. The sacrificial wooden wedges hold the stock in place and I lock the router in place on the slide board with quick close clamps. I then set the depth and cut to size. Have longer ones for longer stock. Don’t grumble about what you don’t have, make do with what you do have. Thanks for looking.

Donnie

I reproduce period inlay and banding for resale. These are some I have made.

Fire killed black oak book matched slab counter top . Two coats epoxy , nine coats General Finishes Enduro , pumice 1-2-3 , rotten-stone rub out . The ray-fleck looks three inches deep- Shipped today .

Here is a table that I just finished this past weekend. This was my first attempt at creating a piece of furniture in the Arts and Crafts style. I really enjoyed working with this type of construction, it is very precise and unforgiving with mistakes. All pinned through mortises and only 6 screws conecting the top. Great practice on using a mortiser.

The wood is white oak. The finish is a liquid dye, oil stain, amber shellac and wax. It was also the first time using this type of finish and it turned out great. The next time I build a piece like this, I want to try ammonia fuming, if I can find industrial strength ammonia.

Can anyone recommend a great reference book for furniture design related to the Arts and Crafts style?

Also does anyone know of a good source for QSWO in the southwest region? I would like to use QS for my next project.

This is one of my standard design cutting boards I’ve been making them for over 30 years. This one is about 30 yrs old. It was made from a solid plank of 8/4 Eastern Hard Rock Maple 10” to 12 ” in width and Black Walnut splines ~ 1/8” thick x 2” wide x L.

The plank was ripped with a progressive spacing using a very well set up Unisaw and Glue joint-rip blade
Walnut splines (full height) of the exact thickness of the kerf are placed where the kerfs were and the plank is glued (Titebond) back up. A few runs through the planner make a perfectly clean and flat assembly.

The splined plank, usually 4 – 6’ long, is cut into several sections about 12 – 14” long. A vacuum template made of 1/4” lexan/= is placed on a board blank and the cutting board shape is traced out at ~ 1/8” over sized for the band saw. A 1.5 ” forstner bit is used to cut out the hole. The Vacuum template is re-attached and the final form is routed with a top piloted 3/4” dia. pattern bit (CMT). The blanks are then radiused on all edges with a 1/2” ball bearing piloted bit (CMT). Finally, after a light sanding to about 220 grit a clear Mineral oil finish is applied.

These particular cutting boards seem to have appeal due to the proportion and pattern of Walnut splines within the continuous flowing grain structure of the Maple. But, what I find most appealing is the sensual feel of the 1/2” radius on all the edges when you pick one up…kunk

I hate to be repetitious but I’m kind a pleased with the first one. Took more time to do. First 2 are corian and the 3rd one is acrylester.

I started making banding several years ago. Every once in a while I get an idea or a bunch of scraps and start gluing wood together. The one that looks like a railroad tracks is made from cutoffs from making tenons! The “S” one was a design I saw at a museum and tried to figure out how did they do that? These are mostly fun and a nice break from regular construction.

These are examples of what the online spindling community are referring to as French spindles. They are reproductions (with some of my own personal interpretation) of actual antique tools that have been photographed and shared with me.

Unlike drop or supported spindles, the spindle is manipulated primarily in the hand and twisted between thumb and fingers.

The wood on the left is Cherry, and the wood in the right is Hickory. The length is 11 1/2 inches and the total weight is under 2oz.

The wood has been hand polished and finished with orange oil and beeswax. The black decorative bands are burned into the wood.

Total time of creation is about 2 hours per spindle.

here it is.
Chuck