tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post9023796555529560464..comments2024-03-01T05:31:44.635-05:00Comments on The Village Carpenter: The Sharpest Tool In The Shop...Kari Hultmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01224053263659415329noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-6105897131287742942010-01-12T07:25:26.841-05:002010-01-12T07:25:26.841-05:00Jaspr, that's exactly what I was planning to d...Jaspr, that's exactly what I was planning to do, but decided to just flatten the inside face first and see what it looked like. There's some patching I'll have to do on the dovetails, but it's not all that bad. Good thing this is a repro of a primitive piece so I can call all the mistakes "character." ; )Kari Hultmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01224053263659415329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-25863254892750991302010-01-11T00:55:46.403-05:002010-01-11T00:55:46.403-05:00HI Kari
Love your work and your blog.
For the dra...HI Kari<br />Love your work and your blog.<br /><br />For the draw, would it be possible to fit a new front using through dovetails, then resaw the old front, salvage the carved piece, flatten it on the inside and then apply it to freshly dovetailed drawer front. If you use a similar piece of timber and are careful with your joinery it might be hard to see that it is an applied front.<br /><br />xxxxxxxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00894942635293312764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-85889581571244521412010-01-07T15:13:56.095-05:002010-01-07T15:13:56.095-05:00Great post Kari. And I love the quote at the begi...Great post Kari. And I love the quote at the beginning. I'll have to recite that to myself every time I go into the shop. Oddly enough, I was looking at my bench the other day wondering why I haven't installed a planing stop yet. I have a nice beefy end-cap so there is no reason not to. You've inspired me to install one..........properly. :)<br /><br />Thanks.TheWoodWhispererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214863759446246762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-52899918269341492632010-01-07T14:50:14.101-05:002010-01-07T14:50:14.101-05:00Dean, I wish you'd chimed in before--I could h...Dean, I wish you'd chimed in before--I could have avoided all these mistakes! haha<br /><br />Jason, that's a really good idea--thank you!<br /><br />Azlan, thanks for the comment and the words of advice in avoiding stools. :o) Good luck with making your adzes. They seem like they'd be a challenge to make, but it sounds like you've done your homework.<br /><br />Thanks, Greg! I Kari Hultmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01224053263659415329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-20021449176499736042010-01-07T11:05:07.728-05:002010-01-07T11:05:07.728-05:00Learning how to fix or work around earlier mis-ste...Learning how to fix or work around earlier mis-steps is part of our craft, but sometimes - no matter how much it sucks - the best course of action is to find a new plank at start again. Hopefully, with the lesson previously learned firmly in mind, we do a better job the second time. Of course, you have all the carving effort already behind you, anbd the figure of the wood ... it has to be your Gregnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-90928180314779186432010-01-07T05:55:05.291-05:002010-01-07T05:55:05.291-05:00I can't really offer advice on a fix for the d...I can't really offer advice on a fix for the drawer front especially as it is a valuable piece already carved and moulded and I am not much of a joiner. In fact, I just dropped this comment here to thank you for your response to my last, and to clarify that I did mean the various patterns of the adze tool itself. In my own searches I have come across 3 main styles of adze which I classify as:Azlan Mustaphanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-53051424491206412742010-01-06T17:18:19.887-05:002010-01-06T17:18:19.887-05:00Kari,
A temporary fix for your plane stop could b...Kari,<br /><br />A temporary fix for your plane stop could be to get some 1.5" nylon washers, and put them between the bolt head and the wood. That way any pressure great enough to snap off the ends will be more evenly displaced around the opening.<br /><br />Just a thought.<br /><br />Peace,<br />JasonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-4350724590221853912010-01-06T00:14:16.402-05:002010-01-06T00:14:16.402-05:00First the stool, then the planing stop and now a d...First the stool, then the planing stop and now a drawer too! What are we going to do with you? Here's what I recommend. Go get yourself a plastic cup, fill it with a fine Merlot (don't open it yourself, you'll put your eye out)and relax in your favorite chair. Maybe this will uncatawampus you! Works for me Monday through Friday and sometimes on Saturday! Ha. Take care: ) No really!!!<Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-38213071866204479722010-01-05T17:25:03.435-05:002010-01-05T17:25:03.435-05:00Gye Green, I was considering using a really large ...Gye Green, I was considering using a really large mallet to show it who's boss!<br /><br />Chris, I wish it were that easy. The front of the drawer is carved and shaped and I'm trying to salvage my hard work. What I've decided to do is plane the inside face flat and glue a thin slice on the inside to make up for the lost thickness. Then I'll only have to remove a little bit of Kari Hultmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01224053263659415329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-83750843632504685912010-01-05T13:55:20.042-05:002010-01-05T13:55:20.042-05:00The answer of course is to throw out the drawer fr...The answer of course is to throw out the drawer front and cut a new one.<br /><br />If you really want the figure of the front board, cut a thick slice of veneer off the front of the current board and glue it to the new board, square it all up, then cut new dovetails.ChrisFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-50119823478883606632010-01-04T07:53:45.674-05:002010-01-04T07:53:45.674-05:00re: twist -- Ah!
Hm. Dunno how well this would ...re: twist -- Ah!<br /><br /><br />Hm. Dunno how well this would work, but: <br /><br />-Build a wooden cube-like "torture rack" frame out of 2" x 4"s, about 2 ft x 18 in x 12 in (? - or whatever suits this purpose), with diagonal cross-bracing, and with cables or ropes and turnbuckles attached to each corner, plus more along the center<br /><br />-Toss the drawer front in a Gye Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15972251323124084977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-49063284494344816812010-01-03T08:50:27.932-05:002010-01-03T08:50:27.932-05:00Christopher, in that case, I suffer from bench ras...Christopher, in that case, I suffer from bench rash, too. : (<br /><br />Rob, Happy New Year to you, too! I'm all in favor of laughing at our mistakes. It's better than the alternative. :o)Kari Hultmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01224053263659415329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-70246610874902988832010-01-03T08:47:14.828-05:002010-01-03T08:47:14.828-05:00Bob, hee hee
Ken, that's a good idea--even a ...Bob, hee hee<br /><br />Ken, that's a good idea--even a 1/4" strip of masonite glued to the cherry and then sawn with the slots would probably do the trick. <br /><br />Barb, glad to hear I'm not alone! I wish I could flatten the inside of the drawer front, but with half blind dovetails, the sides would no longer fit the front. I'm thinking about resawing the front and gluing Kari Hultmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01224053263659415329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-83909554363853984642010-01-03T08:41:19.243-05:002010-01-03T08:41:19.243-05:00Hi Kari - Happy New Year...welcome to the chaotic ...Hi Kari - Happy New Year...welcome to the chaotic world of the 'Self-depreciating Society'. Not the 'Self-preservation Society' (as sung about in the original and best Italian Job with MC) but I suspect the two might be mutually exclusive! - RobWoodblokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04573880625129679293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-28795174574385813512010-01-03T08:36:33.506-05:002010-01-03T08:36:33.506-05:00Bench Rash -- Those little dings you get from drop...Bench Rash -- Those little dings you get from dropping your work, or for me, somehow getting debris between your benchtop and the piece and then chiseling away creating big gouges and scrapes. I try to avoid it by setting my work on a scrap of old suede -- but sometimes I forget.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03042590412023915722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-83782389660094975722010-01-03T06:51:58.830-05:002010-01-03T06:51:58.830-05:00I guess I don't quite understand specifically ...I guess I don't quite understand specifically how the boards were "not flat" -- but since you how have three of the four sides flat, couldn't you just dry-fit them, and plane the top and bottom edge of the face piece -- using the other three sides as references?<br /><br />Great quote ("Time to do it right...") Have added to my running list o' quotes on my Gye Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15972251323124084977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-50985336136093947902010-01-03T04:45:39.794-05:002010-01-03T04:45:39.794-05:00Kari, i'm just glad you didn't hurt yourse...Kari, i'm just glad you didn't hurt yourself again. After your post about taking a tumble, the title of this post made me a little nervous!naomihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02971548347815459796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-85336127063323656012010-01-03T03:51:04.831-05:002010-01-03T03:51:04.831-05:00Wow! So this happens to everybody? Not just me?...Wow! So this happens to everybody? Not just me? Here I was beating myself up for making one of my chisel cabinet doors upsidedown....The Great Ethan Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01325538741317535595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-87003441658277318312010-01-03T00:24:39.181-05:002010-01-03T00:24:39.181-05:00Seriously, what is bench rash? And, comically, do...Seriously, what is bench rash? And, comically, don't they make a cream for that?Abi Parrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-86897840839064945062010-01-02T21:30:13.865-05:002010-01-02T21:30:13.865-05:00I too have made my planing stop too thin. I also ...I too have made my planing stop too thin. I also love the fact that someone else uses the term "catawampus"!!JERMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-28841390579514269112010-01-02T21:00:16.550-05:002010-01-02T21:00:16.550-05:00I was so distracted by seeing the word "ninco...I was so distracted by seeing the word "nincompoop" in print that I lost my concentration reading what the post was about... I'll come back to it later after I've settled down.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03708357189123167757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-90764220096998541152010-01-02T19:08:42.440-05:002010-01-02T19:08:42.440-05:00I can't count how many times I've given my...I can't count how many times I've given myself fits over something not being absolutely flat. It's my third resolution for the year -- the first two being "No more bench rash." and "I'm putting 1,000 pencils in this shop."Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03042590412023915722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-60925435123598581962010-01-02T18:42:05.726-05:002010-01-02T18:42:05.726-05:00Don't you just hate it when we sabotage oursel...Don't you just hate it when we sabotage ourselves? You are not alone. Seems like the only solution will be to flatten the insides, then recut the drawer front to shallower dovetail cuts to fit the drawer sides for the half blind dovetails. That was a case of the 'little voice' warning and not being listened to, I'll bet.BarbShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07150568874944098670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-6672083034002078932010-01-02T18:00:45.422-05:002010-01-02T18:00:45.422-05:00Maybe if you added another backer board to the pla...Maybe if you added another backer board to the planing stop that stayed with the bolts and spanned the entire length of the stop. You would need longer bolts, but the extra support behind the stop might keep it from failing.Ken Schnabelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128369950831173916.post-57295443101158863922010-01-02T17:56:03.531-05:002010-01-02T17:56:03.531-05:00LOL @ "catawampus" !! B-)LOL @ "catawampus" !! B-)rgdanielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200147673917128908noreply@blogger.com