Rick Potter
11-25-2014, 7:42 PM
On a vacation trip. Just spent a couple days in Williamsburgh Colonial Village.
We had a short talk with the guy at the cabinet maker shop, where they were working on a Philadelphia Desk, a Harpsichord, and one fella worked the entire 30 minutes trying to plane one good edge on a 2X6 of Walnut.
Made me appreciate my DJ20 even more.
They were doing beautiful work, the sort I could only dream about.
The next day we visited the joiners shop, where another poor soul was trying to smooth the face of a 1x12 cedar board. It was a wild one, and no matter what he did, some area of the board just ripped out.
They had some really nice work there also, and I asked them what the difference was between a joiner and a cabinet maker. His answer...."We get ours done", sounds like a bit of friendly rivalry there.
One that they got done was a copy of George Washingtons campaign bed. It was a beautiful piece with headboard, overhead canopy, finials and a beautiful faux cherry finish. I believe he said it was made from Poplar.
The amazing thing was how the whole thing folds up to go into a chest for travel. There is a video of it being set up and taken down on You Tube. Look for 'George Washington's folding bed'. It's amazing.
Notice how the rails fold, one going over and the other under for storage.
Rick Potter
We had a short talk with the guy at the cabinet maker shop, where they were working on a Philadelphia Desk, a Harpsichord, and one fella worked the entire 30 minutes trying to plane one good edge on a 2X6 of Walnut.
Made me appreciate my DJ20 even more.
They were doing beautiful work, the sort I could only dream about.
The next day we visited the joiners shop, where another poor soul was trying to smooth the face of a 1x12 cedar board. It was a wild one, and no matter what he did, some area of the board just ripped out.
They had some really nice work there also, and I asked them what the difference was between a joiner and a cabinet maker. His answer...."We get ours done", sounds like a bit of friendly rivalry there.
One that they got done was a copy of George Washingtons campaign bed. It was a beautiful piece with headboard, overhead canopy, finials and a beautiful faux cherry finish. I believe he said it was made from Poplar.
The amazing thing was how the whole thing folds up to go into a chest for travel. There is a video of it being set up and taken down on You Tube. Look for 'George Washington's folding bed'. It's amazing.
Notice how the rails fold, one going over and the other under for storage.
Rick Potter