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Shine on
Saw this picture on a temple carpenter's blog, showing a stage for what look to be a Nō drama (能楽殿), set up for a town festival to honor a historical event, the departure of an emperor:Here you see...
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Kanna help you, perhaps? (VII)
A series describing the set up of a new plane, from the ground up.----One trick I forgot to mention in my previous post was a method to compensate for the tendency of a blade to damage the osae-mizo...
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Kanna help you, perhaps? (VIII)
Eighth post in a series describing the set up of a new Japanese hand plane, kanna.------------In the previous installment we looked at aspects of fitting the sub blade (osae-gane), to the main blade...
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A Square Deal (13)
Post 13 in a series describing the design and construction of two tables in figured solid bubinga. The first post in this series can be found here, with subsequent posts linked at the bottom of each...
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A Square Deal (14)
A brief update, nothing too major. Nothing to see here folks, move along, move along....I've got the breadboard ends fitted onto the side table slab, and after trimming the 'horns' off the breadboard...
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Tilt and Turn
I've just returned from a week in Colorado, where I took a workshop in European window making. The workshop is put on by a company called Rangate through their Alpine workshops Division. Rangate is...
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A Square Deal (15)
Post 15 in a series describing the design and build of a pair of tables in bubinga.------------------- Back at business after a 10-day hiatus, time to work on the two tables for my client on the West...
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MIA
On my way back from a business trip to Colorado recently, I took the opportunity to visit an old friend from my Japan-dwelling days who lives in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area of Minnesota. While there,...
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A Square Deal (16)
Sixteenth post in a series describing the design and construction of a pair of tables in bubinga. First post in this set can be found here, with subsequent posts linked at the bottom of each...
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A Square Deal (17)
Continuing on with working on the apron corner joints, today the focus on fitting the joints and establishing the miters.Here's what the joint will eventually look like:The apron faces are offset...
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Burr!
I happen to like wooden interlocking puzzles, and I'm not referring just to wooden architecture and furniture, but to actual puzzles themselves. Puzzles of interlocking sticks are termed 'burrs'.There...
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A Square Deal (18)
Post 18 in a series describing the design and construction of a pair of tables in bubinga. First post can be found here, with each subsequent entry linked at the bottom of the page.------------Onward...
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A Square Deal (19)
Post 19 in a series describing the design and construction of a pair of tables in bubinga. First post can be found here, with each subsequent entry linked at the bottom of the page.--------- I thought...
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A Square Deal (20)
Not a whole lot new to report, other than that the fitting of the 3-way mitered corners is pretty much done. What follows is a somewhat repetitive set of photos showing how each corner turned out,...
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A Square Deal (21)
Post 21 in a series describing the design and construction of a pair of tables in bubinga. The previous post can be found here, and first post here.--------------------Commenced work on the pillow...
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A Square Deal (22)
Post 22 in an on-going series.Here are some sketches of the side table design as it currently stands...Front elevation:I've made the bronze feet a little smaller, and tuck in the bottoms of the legs....
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A Square Deal (23)
Pillow blocks mortised and fitted to the corners:The dust panel is not installed, just sitting there to get a visual.Close ups of the pillow block corners: 2:3:And 4:Tomorrow will be consumed with...
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A Square Deal (24)
Post 24 in a continuing series. First post can be found here. Each subsequent post is linked at the bottom of each and every post.--------This morning I completed some sketches of the cast bronze...
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A Square Deal (25)
Twenty-fifth post in an ongoing series.-----------After submitting drawing to the foundry yesterday, today I found out they would like me to supply casting patterns for the leveler feet. These needed...
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A Square Deal (26)
Post 26 in a series describing the design and construction of a pair of bubinga tables for a client on the west coast. ------The recent drawing and cutting focus on the side table has been the drawer...
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