Glenn Clabo
02-21-2006, 8:31 AM
Just in case you didn't know...This weeks New Yankee Workshop is about something you may be interested in. Norm is in Fredricksburg to recover some 150 year old white oak that was used for the reconstruction of a dam (Crib?) that blew out a couple of years ago. I happen to know the mother of the man, Steve Robinson, who was responsible for the reconstruction.
Corner Tablehttp://www.newyankee.com/sketches/0608s.gif
Program #1808
Saturday, February 25 at 1:00 pm ET (check local listings) (http://www.newyankee.com/getproduct3.cgi?0608)
This project involves some considerable effort. At the suggestion of a friend who, with his colleagues, is trying to restore a historic river, Norm agrees to paddle a canoe over some rapids in search of some unusual white oak that's been submerged there for nearly 150 years. The oak Norm wants was used as a dam on Virginia's mighty Rappahannock River. Today it sits as a pile of salvage on the river's edge just hoping a woodworker floats by to rescue some of it for furniture projects.
Norm engages Bill Jewell, a local sawyer of historical trees, to prepare this timber for the purpose of making a drop-leaved corner table, which Norm finds at nearby Kenmore House, a noted Fredericksburg mansion that was once owned by George Washington's sister. After Norm gets the wood to his shop, he spends considerable effort turning it into suitable pieces to make a copy of the original table - including the challenging turned legs that add so much style to this particular piece. The dimensions are 30" sq x 29" h.
Corner Tablehttp://www.newyankee.com/sketches/0608s.gif
Program #1808
Saturday, February 25 at 1:00 pm ET (check local listings) (http://www.newyankee.com/getproduct3.cgi?0608)
This project involves some considerable effort. At the suggestion of a friend who, with his colleagues, is trying to restore a historic river, Norm agrees to paddle a canoe over some rapids in search of some unusual white oak that's been submerged there for nearly 150 years. The oak Norm wants was used as a dam on Virginia's mighty Rappahannock River. Today it sits as a pile of salvage on the river's edge just hoping a woodworker floats by to rescue some of it for furniture projects.
Norm engages Bill Jewell, a local sawyer of historical trees, to prepare this timber for the purpose of making a drop-leaved corner table, which Norm finds at nearby Kenmore House, a noted Fredericksburg mansion that was once owned by George Washington's sister. After Norm gets the wood to his shop, he spends considerable effort turning it into suitable pieces to make a copy of the original table - including the challenging turned legs that add so much style to this particular piece. The dimensions are 30" sq x 29" h.