Now that the stretcher is flat, I decided upon the final curve using the grain. I found that bending a thin piece of wood around four nails did the trick. Here you can see the curve following the grain. Back to the bandsaw to remove the waste. The convex section I could clean up with […]
If you haven’t seen it yet, you should check out the October issue of The Highland Woodturner! In his column this month, Curtis Turner offers his strategies for doing woodturning demonstrations for the public. From showing off his spring pole lathe to providing a visual example of what happens to wood when it dries and […]
Seems like this project is all about flattening! Well, when you have pieces larger than your machinery, it’s what happens. I made a quick video about this part of the project. This stretcher has some serious twist to it: the winding sticks tell the story. Back to the usual suspects.
Have you always wanted to trek to Atlanta so you can step inside Highland Woodworking and just breathe in the woodworking all around you? Well, you should still plan to do that someday. Atlanta in the springtime is a lovely place to visit! But until you get that chance, here’s a video tour of Highland […]
After ripping off the top part of my six foot walnut board (where it splits and has some nice crotch figure) – it needs some serious flattening. Back to the old #6 for starters. Unfortunately this can leave some serious tear-out in the switching grain. So, I also sneaked in some passes with my Lie-Nielsen […]
Well, I am in North Carolina taking a class at John Campbell Folk School. I wanted to get out of town for a few days and take a class somewhere, so I ended up here at the School making a split bamboo fly rod. Can you say obsessive, detailed, fanatic, “are you kidding me”? If you have […]
After creating the full size templates, I picked the grain from pieces of my crotch walnut. It”s then easy to break down the stock using my Festool TS55 (once again!). Stickered and stacked to acclimate after being ripped from much larger pieces.