Bob Winkler
09-17-2004, 9:41 AM
I hate to keep throwing pics at you guys, but because I'm a new member, I have some catching up to do.
I thinks it helps for you guys to understand me better, if I tell you about "my work" binder. After I complete a project I'm proud of, I document it by making a PowerPoint slide with pictures and text, explaining why and how I built the piece, and anything interesting about it (cost of material, etc.). I print out the slide on archival card stock, protect with a plastic sleeve, and include it with my other works in a 3-ring binder.
Ok, so I'm a little anal. I do all this for a couple of reasons. It helps my poor memory when in a few years I look back to answer questions how I did something. Plus, since most of my work becomes a gift to someone, maybe when I'm gone, this record will seem important to those I left behind. Ok,so I'm anal and sappy.
I attached pics of a blanket chest and nightstand pair I made for my daughter when she moved out into the world (into a condo). She has an old Hitchcock (for you CT Creekers) BR set, and it was missing nightstands. So I built these to match the wood and stain of the Hitchcock pieces. They are hard maple, with a medium brown custom mix stain. The blanket chest (we she afffectionately calls her "coffin"), was from plans in Fine Woodworking. I wished I had made it a little smalller- it weighs a ton.
OK, enough of me for now. Thanks for looking.
Bob
I thinks it helps for you guys to understand me better, if I tell you about "my work" binder. After I complete a project I'm proud of, I document it by making a PowerPoint slide with pictures and text, explaining why and how I built the piece, and anything interesting about it (cost of material, etc.). I print out the slide on archival card stock, protect with a plastic sleeve, and include it with my other works in a 3-ring binder.
Ok, so I'm a little anal. I do all this for a couple of reasons. It helps my poor memory when in a few years I look back to answer questions how I did something. Plus, since most of my work becomes a gift to someone, maybe when I'm gone, this record will seem important to those I left behind. Ok,so I'm anal and sappy.
I attached pics of a blanket chest and nightstand pair I made for my daughter when she moved out into the world (into a condo). She has an old Hitchcock (for you CT Creekers) BR set, and it was missing nightstands. So I built these to match the wood and stain of the Hitchcock pieces. They are hard maple, with a medium brown custom mix stain. The blanket chest (we she afffectionately calls her "coffin"), was from plans in Fine Woodworking. I wished I had made it a little smalller- it weighs a ton.
OK, enough of me for now. Thanks for looking.
Bob