Jim Shaver, Oakville Ont
07-27-2007, 2:50 PM
Hi:)
As in many wood working projects, we often combine a number of known skills with a few new ones to add to the satisfaction of the completed project. This project was more for practicing hand cut dove tails for a coming project so it served as a warm up since it’s been almost a year since I last cut dove tails.
I looked for a project in that light, to let me make the joinery and get the process reestablished in my hands. I found just what I needed in a book by Norm Abrams, Mostly Shaker. I have had this book now for about 8 years and this is the third project I have made with its guidance, a really well done book.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/jimshaver50/IMG_9216.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/jimshaver50/IMG_9213.jpg
I chose the step stool project as a gift for my daughter, Dana is now going on 11 and needs a stool to get up to her clothes in her closet. How she has more clothes than anyone else I know amazes me.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/jimshaver50/IMG_9215.jpg
The project is made in cherry and is really quite simple, not an advanced project at all really. In the description of the plans Norm uses a jig to make his dovetails, I decided that this project would be as much focused on the dove tails as it would also be using hand tools.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/jimshaver50/IMG_9212.jpg
I also kept some notes, following a theory that Chris Schwarz describes as Course, Medium, Fine.
For my Course work I used the following tools: Jointer, Planner, Table Saw and Bandsaw.
Medium work used, chisels, coping saw, hand saws, block planes and spoke shaves.
Fine work used a smoothing plane and a hand scraper and some 220 sandpaper for some lights sanding.
It took me three days to make this, it will take another two days of applying Danish oil to complete the project.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/jimshaver50/IMG_9211.jpg
Some times it’s very useful to make a project like this to tune up on a skill in preparation for something bigger.
As in many wood working projects, we often combine a number of known skills with a few new ones to add to the satisfaction of the completed project. This project was more for practicing hand cut dove tails for a coming project so it served as a warm up since it’s been almost a year since I last cut dove tails.
I looked for a project in that light, to let me make the joinery and get the process reestablished in my hands. I found just what I needed in a book by Norm Abrams, Mostly Shaker. I have had this book now for about 8 years and this is the third project I have made with its guidance, a really well done book.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/jimshaver50/IMG_9216.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/jimshaver50/IMG_9213.jpg
I chose the step stool project as a gift for my daughter, Dana is now going on 11 and needs a stool to get up to her clothes in her closet. How she has more clothes than anyone else I know amazes me.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/jimshaver50/IMG_9215.jpg
The project is made in cherry and is really quite simple, not an advanced project at all really. In the description of the plans Norm uses a jig to make his dovetails, I decided that this project would be as much focused on the dove tails as it would also be using hand tools.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/jimshaver50/IMG_9212.jpg
I also kept some notes, following a theory that Chris Schwarz describes as Course, Medium, Fine.
For my Course work I used the following tools: Jointer, Planner, Table Saw and Bandsaw.
Medium work used, chisels, coping saw, hand saws, block planes and spoke shaves.
Fine work used a smoothing plane and a hand scraper and some 220 sandpaper for some lights sanding.
It took me three days to make this, it will take another two days of applying Danish oil to complete the project.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/jimshaver50/IMG_9211.jpg
Some times it’s very useful to make a project like this to tune up on a skill in preparation for something bigger.