Mark Yundt
01-14-2010, 11:19 AM
I got this order well before the holidays. I glued up the blanks and started carving them when I rec'd the PO. Apparently they weren't in a hurry to get them and put them on hold until the start of the new year. Well now they're back on track again as of this morning so I'm back on them and posting this job.
Now granted , these aren't a tour de force of carving but fun to do. I glued up the blanks hollow in a series of laminations with solid sides. Even the sides aren't going to be carved the way I usually see/do them. They will basically be flat volutes in a quarter inch depth with buttons in the centers. Even the volutes don't sprial out in any fashion or have the traditional Acanthus leaves on them. Pretty boring actually but that's what was ordered. Just another variation of brackets. These will get primed and painted on site.
The build up is pretty straight forward. I made templates for the parts for consistency as each is made up of 10 parts. I also made templates out of thin sheet plastic to use for the layouts of the 12 sides for the 6 brackets as well as the face profiles to keep them uniform from one to the next. This I find is more consistent and durable than using paper for example and tracing with carbon. That sheet plastic is great but I also use sheet aluminum for templates for something such as pattern repeats in an egg and dart mldg. where the pattern has to hold a particular shape. Neat trick and easy to do.
This job also calls for two smaller brackets in the same design. The large ones by the way are 24 inches long, 11.5 wide and 12 high. The small ones will only be a foot long.
I just carve 'em and ship 'em. They will end up in a University in the South.
P.S. I do have other photo's showing the glue up, back views, clamping etc. if you're interested. These just show the block after prep and some of the carving.
First photo is two of the completed blocks with the 4 remaining in pieces in the background and the second is three of the blocks roughed in.
Now granted , these aren't a tour de force of carving but fun to do. I glued up the blanks hollow in a series of laminations with solid sides. Even the sides aren't going to be carved the way I usually see/do them. They will basically be flat volutes in a quarter inch depth with buttons in the centers. Even the volutes don't sprial out in any fashion or have the traditional Acanthus leaves on them. Pretty boring actually but that's what was ordered. Just another variation of brackets. These will get primed and painted on site.
The build up is pretty straight forward. I made templates for the parts for consistency as each is made up of 10 parts. I also made templates out of thin sheet plastic to use for the layouts of the 12 sides for the 6 brackets as well as the face profiles to keep them uniform from one to the next. This I find is more consistent and durable than using paper for example and tracing with carbon. That sheet plastic is great but I also use sheet aluminum for templates for something such as pattern repeats in an egg and dart mldg. where the pattern has to hold a particular shape. Neat trick and easy to do.
This job also calls for two smaller brackets in the same design. The large ones by the way are 24 inches long, 11.5 wide and 12 high. The small ones will only be a foot long.
I just carve 'em and ship 'em. They will end up in a University in the South.
P.S. I do have other photo's showing the glue up, back views, clamping etc. if you're interested. These just show the block after prep and some of the carving.
First photo is two of the completed blocks with the 4 remaining in pieces in the background and the second is three of the blocks roughed in.