Kyle Stiefel
02-25-2007, 1:57 PM
I hope everyone is having a great weekend. I have been getting back into the shop mode after the last couple of weeks. The Army decided to recall my wife and so she is off for another tour in Iraq which leaves me and the dog here to make dust unless of course they recall me as well.
I tried to take a couple of pics in different light conditions, it is quite challenging to render the image exactly as the item shows itself in front of you.
I completed a bench for the entry way which is kind of similar to something I had seen in a Woodcraft magazine a few issues ago. It is of lyptus and walnut. When I was down in Seattle where I have to bring all my wood up from I thought I would try some since it is being promoted a sustainable timber. I found it worked just fine but nothing special upon finishing.
The second project was a stool of walnut and ash. I needed to make a stool for the spotting scope that looks across the ocean bay to the mountains. I am a bicycle rider and kind of got the idea from a friend and also a bit of Thos Moser. My tenon wedges weren't dress right dress but I will get correct on the next one.
A few weeks my old Black and Decker cordless went bottoms up which I had been telling my wife it was likely to do soon after 2.5 years of trusty use. I had been eyeing the Festool C12 and went in for the kill. Great unit, went with the 3.0amp batteries and the attachment pack. As if Festool doesn't get enough praise around here but they make things the way they should be made.
Bench- Finish Deft Danish
Stool- Finish Deft Danish seat, legs-Deft Lacquer
Another thing I should have done other then lining up my wedges correctly was to slightly angle in the bench legs toward the seat I think.
Thanks for looking, opinions are welcome.
I tried to take a couple of pics in different light conditions, it is quite challenging to render the image exactly as the item shows itself in front of you.
I completed a bench for the entry way which is kind of similar to something I had seen in a Woodcraft magazine a few issues ago. It is of lyptus and walnut. When I was down in Seattle where I have to bring all my wood up from I thought I would try some since it is being promoted a sustainable timber. I found it worked just fine but nothing special upon finishing.
The second project was a stool of walnut and ash. I needed to make a stool for the spotting scope that looks across the ocean bay to the mountains. I am a bicycle rider and kind of got the idea from a friend and also a bit of Thos Moser. My tenon wedges weren't dress right dress but I will get correct on the next one.
A few weeks my old Black and Decker cordless went bottoms up which I had been telling my wife it was likely to do soon after 2.5 years of trusty use. I had been eyeing the Festool C12 and went in for the kill. Great unit, went with the 3.0amp batteries and the attachment pack. As if Festool doesn't get enough praise around here but they make things the way they should be made.
Bench- Finish Deft Danish
Stool- Finish Deft Danish seat, legs-Deft Lacquer
Another thing I should have done other then lining up my wedges correctly was to slightly angle in the bench legs toward the seat I think.
Thanks for looking, opinions are welcome.