Finger joints are easy if you are using a table router (almost too easy). They aren't that hard with hand tools - just make the fingers as wide as your chisel....
Yes, but if you are going to do that with chisel and handsaw, you might as well make dovetails, is what I'm saying. It might be MORE work if you make as many...
... From: medievalsawdust@yahoogroups.com [mailto:medievalsawdust@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of C N Schwartz Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 5:04 PM To:...
I've used both box and dovetails on 1/4" stock. If you've never done dovetails, practice with box joints first. You can use a dado blade on a table saw or a...
... You know, there is one place where finger joints are easier to cut than dovetails, even for hand tools. That's where you are stacking a number of boards or...
I'm looking to talk with people who have and use them at wars. I'm looking into trying "wood pellets" in the typical "metal box" wood burning stoves that many...
Definitely Out-of-Period, but useful article about handtools, some of which ARE 'in period'... http://www.popularwoodworking.com/articledisplay?id=14900 ...
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hello i have recently come across some VERY NICE spalted american live oak (more that i can use). i have several hundred board feet in various dimensions, from...
Where in florida do you live? I am in St. Petersburg Fl. and I might like to purchase some of it from you. Is the wood cut into boards yet? 1" or 2" stuff? ...
i actually live in montreal canada. i have some wood here. the wood is harvested near ocala. this is a joint venture with a cousin near ocala.it can be cut...
http://s147.photobucket.com/albums/r295/ConalOhAirt/New%20House/ EVERYTHING is finally moved. Now I just have to put it all away. and then..... Start sorting...
Out of all the war beds people have made and used, which designs seem to be the sturdiest? Which holds up to the most use and abuse? What kinds of woods have...
Mike, I too asked this same question two years ago or at least a year ago now. I got some varied responses. I was not sold on rope beds. For our first Pennsic...
First, you must be 18 or older to ride this ride. The easily embarrassed or extremely conservative will want to skip this one. Well, it wasn’t MY bed, but...
It's been more than 10 years since I built my Gokstad slat bed from the Oakley plans, using Doug Fir for the posts and 1x red oak for the rails and slats. I...
I just posted some new photos of a 6 board chest that I did. Pine with white oak stain. The next one I do will have a dado'ed bottom panel and cleat nails...
IMO it all starts with wood selection. Choose a wood that is less prone to splitting and has high stiffness (Ash) and you can design a much slimmer, lighter...
Rope beds are the way to go. Less weight and space in wood, No slats to break or slip out of place. With a bed wrench you can tighten the ropes so tight they...
While detaching a headboard and footboard from the posts makes transportation and storage easier, I have had my best luck building static headboards and...
Greetings All, Came across this video of an expanding table. It is way too cool. http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?ei=UTF-8&gid=254110&vid=346669&b=1 Charles...
I've seen that video before. The company specializes in HIGH end capstan tables for HIGH end yachts. The tables are VERY cool. But like I said HIGH end. I...
It looks like something that Malaki would have. I'm sure that we do not limit our woodworking to JUST period items. This would be good for a family that...
It is too cool. I've seen that clip before, I saw it posted in this very group. There's a series of posts about this table in Dec 2006, although not much...
Here is the company that makes them: http://www.dbfletcher.com/capstan/ As I said, very HIGH end stuff, and yeah I am pretty sure the mechanism is patented....
http://www.dbfletcher.com/capstan/ Says they have a patent. Also.. looking in a little further, the design is based originally on a table by Robert Jupe in...
I too would love to see the plans for that - I can think of SEVERAL potential applications.... ; ) In Magical Service, Malaki It looks like something that...
If I'm remembering correctly, David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley (son of Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon), has (or had) a similar version of this table...
