I ❤ Wood
I ❤ Wood
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- drgs1
How
- Yes, HOW??OBBTKN
- It's call a Dovetail joint (aka) Fancy Joinery.utopian
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- It must go together diagonallyscarabin
- scarabin0
Some traditional japanese joints
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- Way above my skill level.lemmy_k
- lemmy_k5
Finally can post a f'n picture. Here's my latest project.
- Love it, what is it for?utopian
- It's a jewelry box for my wife. I am using wood that her father that passed 2 years ago had in his basement. I am making one for each of his daughters. She...lemmy_k
- (my wife) flew out to New Jersey, boxed it up and shipped it home to CA.lemmy_k
- really like that ur using father-in-law's lumber. respect.bezoar
- Thanks. Using wood together that I normally wouldn't, making an interesting piece.lemmy_k
- lemmy_k3
A clock I made
- lemmy_k2
Trying something new and it looks awesome.
Making my own tools
Serving tray
- lemmy_k4
Forgot to post the full pic of the color changing metal flake paint experiment...
- lemmy_k4
The next jewelry box
And the door with the finish applied
- Why did you used so many typefaces?grafician
- My father in law passed a few years ago in New Jersey and he had a bunch of exotic wood in his basement.. My wife flew back, packed it up and shipped it home...lemmy_k
- to CA. I am making three jewelry boxes out of it. One for each of his daughters.lemmy_k
- It's three different typefaces, walnut, maple and zebrawood.lemmy_k
- Aha! p.s. was worried you wouldn't get the question lolgrafician
- lemmy_k7
Here is the one I made for my wife. It's now complete. Her bday is New Years Eve, also the day we got our adopted son.
- utopian6
- This stuff is all hand cut. Way beyond my patience level.lemmy_k
- Japan had shortage of wood for some period, forcing them to reuse old wood this way, but for your average needs this is completely uselessdrgs
- How do 500 cuts save wood?i_monk
- You have many short pieces, but you want one long beam. What do you do?drgs
- Cut out half the wood apparently.i_monk
- Strong timber is timber without any joints. In fact the fewer joints the better. Whatever they are doing in that video is masturbationdrgs
- Now you've got a problem with masturbation?garbage
- Art is masturbationscarabin
- lemmy_k1
All three are done now. One ships to New Jersey and the other to Colorado. The one in the middle is my wife's. Almost four months from start to finish. What a great experience. So much learned.
