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Timber panel doors
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Prototype: Roubo Campaign Stool –
Photo by Katy Schwarz Today my daughter Katy was home sick and asked to give me a hand in the shop building a prototype of the Andre Roubo campaign stool. We made the prototype using 1-1/8”-diameter dowels made from some spongy wood from Southeast Asia. We’ll make the real campaign stools from mahogany spun on…
Please let me focus –
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, seated, and Susan B. Anthony, standing. (Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov) One comment on my last post moved me to respond. I struggle with the “women only” classes.. to exclude on the basis of being inclusive… is a difficult logic puzzle. While I recognize the issues of sexism and bias (overt and unconscious) I…
Farewell, Fair Roorkhees –
This morning I mailed two Roorkhee chairs to customers on either side of the continent. It was a bit of a bittersweet job. I’m glad to have these chairs completed and out of the house. But the kids liked sitting in them, and I became enamored with them for some surprising reasons. For one, they…
Why the Haunch? –
FIG. 1. PURPOSE OF THE HAUNCH. This explains how the haunch strengthens the joint and fills in any groove that may be in the framework. This is an excerpt from “The Woodworker: The Charles H. Hayward Years: Volume III” published by Lost Art Press. The probability is that the haunch came into being as a…