A week of 06.11-06.15

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I spent this week at the Calvo studio to take a 5-day carving class.
David, Michael, Augustus, Raymond, Rosalie, Irwin.



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I learned sharpening tools, carving techniques, carving design planning.

A week of 06.04-06.08

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The first week of the summer break.
Boyd, Brad, Timm, John, Sean, Gus, Mike, Rich were all.
Steve came regularly to do his work, as well.
My portable camera were gone, so I could not take pictures as often as before.

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I remade the base(column and legs) part of the candle stand. It was made better than before, but still has a lot to be done better.
One benefit of this remaking was that I had confidence in that I did all steps by myself without any instruction.

A week of 05.28-06.01

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The end week of the second semester.
I moved from the lower bench room to the upper bench room.
My bench is located at the right corner of the room from the entrance.
Since it is by the window, I can hear bird's singing when I work.

A week of 05.21-05.25

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Glued legs to the column and installed table support.

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Case for bookcase was completed and glued up.

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Sunburst veneer for candle stand was prepared and glued.
It will stay under the glue press during the weekend.
Hope the top is not warped by the veneer.

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Dan gave a lecture and demonstration on carving, which called my itch for carving, one of final topics of furniture making.

A week of 05.14-05.18

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Chair workshop has begun.

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Legs were cut to shape by bandsaw, squared-up by table saw, and dovetails were cut by table saw and chisels.

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Table top panel was glued and smoothed.

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Housing of the column for leg dovetails was made and fitted.

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Sides of legs were beveled by hand planed and legs were smoothed by spokeshave, compass plane, black plane, etc.

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Reading of legs was made by using reading box and custom made scratch stock.

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Table tilt-top mechanism was made.
And legs were smoothed.

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Veneers for table top were selected. Curly maple and redwood burl for sunburst, and bird's eye maple for the center.

A week of 05.07-05.11

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My #3 project drawing, Bookcase.

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My #4 project drawing, Candle Stand.

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Full scale drawings of #3 and #4 projects were made.
Lumber for some parts were rough-milled and chisels were honed.
Ready for making.

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The column of the candle stand were turned and beading were done.

A week of 04.30-05.30

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Lance gave a lecture on shaper safety.

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Lance's cornice examples.
I am going to build a smaller bench-top version of the bookcase shown behind.