Ted Otto
09-02-2015, 12:39 PM
Hello!
This is the first post I've started since I joined. A quick run down... I been into woodworking since I was a kid... I did all the woodworking classes in Jr. High & High school, worked two summers for the school district building cabinets, tables, show-cases, shelves, etc for the schools and worked two years at a cabinet shop in town. I'm currently finishing a loft bed/desk set-up for my son and am still trying to finish the inside of my shop...
So back to my question... I've got a bunch of rough cut oak boards from an oak that went down at my father inlaws. A friend of my Dad's milled them up for me, he had a saw mill...not sure what kind it is, its not a band saw one, but a big 3' to 4' diameter old circular saw one, belt drive off of an old IH tractor motor. I got to watch him run it for a little bit one night, pretty neat operation to watch. I've got the lumber stickered and stacked up in the back room of my shop drying, it's been drying for well over a year now. My plan for it is to build a rustic style bedroom set for my wife and I. We were at Cabela's in their "Home/Cabin" area a few years ago and they had a pretty cool bedroom set...my wife loved it...except for the price tag on it. So I decided that those boards will be used to build a bedroom set...someday. They have the big swirled/circular saw mill lines in them and should look pretty neat on the bedroom set. So I'm asking if there are any websites or info anywhere with tips and/or ideas on building rustic style furniture? I've looked and haven't found too much. I guess things like when you make clean cuts ways to make those clean cuts look milled or weathered again. Ways to sand to avoid getting slivers but still keeping the rustic look. Finishing ideas, things like that. I'm not planning to do the Log Style Furniture, but pretty typical solid panel sides with a face frame front type construction...but trying keep the rough cut look. I have a planner so I can plane them, probably one side only to get down to a 3/4" thickness, again for a typical build. If anyone has any recommendations, websites, info, etc that they're willing to share, I'd appreciate it. This project will be down the road a ways, but thought it doesn't hurt to investigate and get info before hand...should help me when it comes to designing everything.
Thanks!
Ted
This is the first post I've started since I joined. A quick run down... I been into woodworking since I was a kid... I did all the woodworking classes in Jr. High & High school, worked two summers for the school district building cabinets, tables, show-cases, shelves, etc for the schools and worked two years at a cabinet shop in town. I'm currently finishing a loft bed/desk set-up for my son and am still trying to finish the inside of my shop...
So back to my question... I've got a bunch of rough cut oak boards from an oak that went down at my father inlaws. A friend of my Dad's milled them up for me, he had a saw mill...not sure what kind it is, its not a band saw one, but a big 3' to 4' diameter old circular saw one, belt drive off of an old IH tractor motor. I got to watch him run it for a little bit one night, pretty neat operation to watch. I've got the lumber stickered and stacked up in the back room of my shop drying, it's been drying for well over a year now. My plan for it is to build a rustic style bedroom set for my wife and I. We were at Cabela's in their "Home/Cabin" area a few years ago and they had a pretty cool bedroom set...my wife loved it...except for the price tag on it. So I decided that those boards will be used to build a bedroom set...someday. They have the big swirled/circular saw mill lines in them and should look pretty neat on the bedroom set. So I'm asking if there are any websites or info anywhere with tips and/or ideas on building rustic style furniture? I've looked and haven't found too much. I guess things like when you make clean cuts ways to make those clean cuts look milled or weathered again. Ways to sand to avoid getting slivers but still keeping the rustic look. Finishing ideas, things like that. I'm not planning to do the Log Style Furniture, but pretty typical solid panel sides with a face frame front type construction...but trying keep the rough cut look. I have a planner so I can plane them, probably one side only to get down to a 3/4" thickness, again for a typical build. If anyone has any recommendations, websites, info, etc that they're willing to share, I'd appreciate it. This project will be down the road a ways, but thought it doesn't hurt to investigate and get info before hand...should help me when it comes to designing everything.
Thanks!
Ted