Kirk (KC) Constable
10-07-2003, 7:02 PM
I am now officially on vacation until Thursday morning when we load the truck for the show... :rolleyes:
This is a very simple cherry quiltrack. The circle in the side is cherry burl, and covers up the compass hole that I foolishly put on the outside instead of the inside. Afterward I decided to just make a template so I won't have to put a hole in either side anymore. The cross pieces are simply 1" x 1-1/4" cherry with a 3/8" roundover all around. They're a little bigger than planned, a result of poor chisel work when I was cleaning up the mortises. This is certainly nuthin' special, but it was nice to be able to knock something out in a few hours that might actually be useful.
http://www.kcwoodworks.net/quilt2.jpg
Next is a the chess table of mesquite and 'mystery' wood I mentioned in a post a few weeks ago. I still don't know what it is, other than dark. The decorative striping is curly maple and mystery wood, the outside border mesquite. I think the board came out quite nice...
http://www.kcwoodworks.net/chess2.jpg
...but I'm not happy with the base. :( I haven't made a three legged table in many years, and couldn't find the pictures to use as reference. I cut dovetail slots for the legs in the post without too much bother, but had just a helluva time getting the cuts right on the legs. The legs look too small for the table because they are too small...I cut 'em down about three times trying to get the dovetail right. But I learned a lesson.
http://www.kcwoodworks.net/chess1.jpg
Last is a slightly modified version of the WOOD Mission rocker. I use three back splats instead of four, and take out the lower stretcher at the front (beacause it gets in the way of your feets while rocking). Since I mentioned that, I'll also mention that I think the seat is a bit too deep according to the plan, and the upper front frame piece hits me in the back of the legs...not sure whether it's because of the depth of the seat or the width of the frame (3"). Whichever it is, it's a problem on both of these I've built. I put a gentle bend in the upper back legs instead of just leaving it straight, and I won't use fake 'through' tenons like they do in the mag (and I didn't bother making real ones, either). The seat is 3" foam, and wrapped in some kind of tan/beige suede feeling scraps that my upholstery dude had laying around. I didn't spray this, just WATCO natural and a couple applications of WATCO Satin Wax.
http://www.kcwoodworks.net/rock1.jpg
http://www.kcwoodworks.net/rock2.jpg
Thanks for browsing...I won't bore you with any more pictures until at least Monday. :D
This is a very simple cherry quiltrack. The circle in the side is cherry burl, and covers up the compass hole that I foolishly put on the outside instead of the inside. Afterward I decided to just make a template so I won't have to put a hole in either side anymore. The cross pieces are simply 1" x 1-1/4" cherry with a 3/8" roundover all around. They're a little bigger than planned, a result of poor chisel work when I was cleaning up the mortises. This is certainly nuthin' special, but it was nice to be able to knock something out in a few hours that might actually be useful.
http://www.kcwoodworks.net/quilt2.jpg
Next is a the chess table of mesquite and 'mystery' wood I mentioned in a post a few weeks ago. I still don't know what it is, other than dark. The decorative striping is curly maple and mystery wood, the outside border mesquite. I think the board came out quite nice...
http://www.kcwoodworks.net/chess2.jpg
...but I'm not happy with the base. :( I haven't made a three legged table in many years, and couldn't find the pictures to use as reference. I cut dovetail slots for the legs in the post without too much bother, but had just a helluva time getting the cuts right on the legs. The legs look too small for the table because they are too small...I cut 'em down about three times trying to get the dovetail right. But I learned a lesson.
http://www.kcwoodworks.net/chess1.jpg
Last is a slightly modified version of the WOOD Mission rocker. I use three back splats instead of four, and take out the lower stretcher at the front (beacause it gets in the way of your feets while rocking). Since I mentioned that, I'll also mention that I think the seat is a bit too deep according to the plan, and the upper front frame piece hits me in the back of the legs...not sure whether it's because of the depth of the seat or the width of the frame (3"). Whichever it is, it's a problem on both of these I've built. I put a gentle bend in the upper back legs instead of just leaving it straight, and I won't use fake 'through' tenons like they do in the mag (and I didn't bother making real ones, either). The seat is 3" foam, and wrapped in some kind of tan/beige suede feeling scraps that my upholstery dude had laying around. I didn't spray this, just WATCO natural and a couple applications of WATCO Satin Wax.
http://www.kcwoodworks.net/rock1.jpg
http://www.kcwoodworks.net/rock2.jpg
Thanks for browsing...I won't bore you with any more pictures until at least Monday. :D