Sunday, February 24, 2013

A week of 2.18-2.22

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I can concentrate on the Seymour tambour desk project until the spring break.

The dovetails of the upper case was made, stopped dadoes for the sides and gallery dividers, and tambour grooves were made.
A piece of tambour slat were put into the grooves to test fit.

A week of 2.11-2.15

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Lance gave a lecture on Marlbro Feet.



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I finished the foot stool.
I made a lot of mistakes on this project. ;-)

Saturday, February 9, 2013

A week of 2.04-2.08

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I could finally finish the Windsor chair this week.



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We had fun time to take group pictures of our Windsor chairs on thursday.



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I started the Seymour tambour desk making.
Hope to finish it as soon as possible.



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We started Chippendale Side Chair Workshop, and worked on drawings.
This is my drawing.

A week of 1.28-2.01

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The Windsor Chair Workshop was going on.
However I could managed to spare time to rough mill lumber for the Seymour tambour desk.



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I made these inlay and veneer tools for the Seymour tambour desk project.
Thickness tool for inlay, veneer hammer, and scratch stock to make tambour slat double beads.

A week of 1.21-1.25

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I could almost catch up with the average pace of the Windsor Chair Workshop this week.
This is my third Windsor chair. I made a continuous arm and sack back before, but did not really understand how things were going. Now I felt more comfortable with this procedure.

Making a Windsor chair is very physically demanding. However I cannot but admit that I like this a lot.



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On Saturday, I made a mistake, by banging hand grip and broke it, and had to reglue it.
Grin.

A week of 1.14-1.18

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All students began the Windsor Chair Workshop from the first week, and the school was busy, messy, etc.
Students were assigned into one of the three groups, taking turns in using lathes, shaving horses, and other tools.
I was not in any group, so had to waste two days in this week too waiting for lathe, shaving horse.
Any way, I tried to catch up with the pace as possible as I could.

A week of 1.07-1.11

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I missed the whole classes of the first week.
Just for the record...