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« #31 : March 31, 2017, 07:31:33 AM » |
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Thanks Steve. I just wanted everyone to appreciate how big a job this is. You're actually making better time than I would have guessed. You must have all the really cool toys in your shop.
Tools, not toys. Tools, not toys. Tools, not toys. Keep saying it. ;-) I was working at a friend's house last week. When he retired, he had a $70K building put up in the back. Probably another $30K in machinery. While he was not there, his wife commented that woodworking tools are more expensive and extensive than her tools (she's a high end quilter -- "Fabric Artist"). I tried to explain we have a lot different tasks that needed to be done -- cutting, smoothing, shaping, sanding, drilling, turning, joining, etc. I don't think she was buying it. On an earlier visit she showed me her thread stash. I think she had 1000 spools of thread in all sorts of colors -- this drawer is my greens, this drawer is my reds, and so on.
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« #37 : May 20, 2017, 08:36:58 AM » |
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« #39 : May 24, 2017, 09:31:55 PM » |
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Very nice work. I can only guess how many hours. I remember a show of This Old House where Norm went to a woodworking shop where they reproduced wooden pieces. I think they had a finial and something from the outside of the house. Anyway, I was thinking that New England would have more business for that sort of thing than other places. I built up the tacking ledge with pine pieces to have more stapling surface. I've seen chairs where it is amazing how the upholsterer was able to get tacks into the small spaces. I guess when you spit tacks all day you get good at it. I would think that furniture makers way back when did not think about the upholsterer's work. Outside arms that have a piece of wood parallel to the ground but nothing to tack or staple sideways into the wood. You have to staple up into the wood. I've added wood at times to these types of chairs to make it easier for me to staple. gene gene
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QUALITY DOES NOT COST, IT PAYS!
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« #43 : June 04, 2017, 04:10:50 PM » |
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