The aim was to do a venture that did not entail my iMac (I guess till appropriate now..): create a chair! This is a conventional Chinese / Japanese style and design, or as at least as near as I could get by researching the one particular I previously have, and consulting with a colleague who designed one particular several many years ago in China (thanks Zhong-Min!). Fig. 1 is the final end result (moreover Veronica the cat) and Fig. 2 is my inital notion (argh far more iMac). This was my very first woodworking challenge. I utilised scrap pine boards, which felt like fewer force. I will check out great hardwoods up coming time.
I had three policies:
1. No power equipment.
2. No nails or glue.
3. No sandpaper or paint.
The strategy driving Rule #1 was to invest some ‘quality time’ with the wooden, making use of only hand instruments, lots of of them Japanese. This meant expending _considerably_ high-quality time finding out how to sharpen the blades! But boy did they conclusion up sharp…
The strategy driving Rule #2 was to discover how to make mortise and tenon joints. I ended up generating twelve pegged, blind (i.e. ‘stub’ or ‘stopped’) tenon joints. The trick here was that every joint was at a 97 diploma angle. This expected some iMac-sketching and head-scratching (Fig. 3). For the 8 rail joints, I angled the mortise, and for the 4 leg-seat joints I angled the tenon, in equally the x and y instructions (Fig. 4). In executing the latter I screwed up some angles, and for this reason experienced to violate Rule #2. A form of chain response of bad angles necessitated a remodeling of all 12 joints, so that they no more time fit properly and expected some wooden glue. Thankfully, earning the 1/8″ hardwood pegs was fulfilling and productive!
Rule #3 was intended to go away the wood area feeling ‘like wood’. I read a wonderful home furnishings artisan reserve from the SF Library (are not able to keep in mind the title) that advocated the use of a scraper to get off slim, single shavings from the surface, leaving a exceptional complete to sandpaper, which produces hundreds of miniature cuts. Really neat. A blend of blue and inexperienced stains ended up pretty vivid.
Gradual function…but all in all incredibly pleasing!
The resources (Fig. 5)…Japanese and Western mortise gauges. Gimlets for hand-drilling holes. Japanese saw, chisel, and mortise chisel. Drawknife for shaping the curved seat. Arkansas stone and Japanese water stone for sharpening. Scraper. Mallet. Combination square. Aged aircraft that didn’t do the job so terrific. Band clamp.
Device sources and info:
Alameda Antique Faire
Japan Woodworker (Alameda)
Hida Software (Berkeley)
Cliff’s Assortment (San Francisco)
Books and Bookshelves [stains and inspiration] (San Francisco)
Robert Larson Hand Tools (San Francisco)
“Japanese Woodworking Equipment” by Toshio Odate
“Hand Instruments” and “Planes and Chisels” from the “Good Woodworking on…” Collection
“Woodworking” by Jackson, Day, and Jennings
“Property Developing AND WOODWORKING IN COLONIAL The us” by C KEITH WILBUR
Posted by snake oil on 2009-12-15 09:34:42
Tagged: , woodworking , wooden , hand applications , jeff drawing
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