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  • kjellhar
    18 February 2016 at 5:32 pm #134876

    I haven’t tried it myself, but according to the “Traditional Bowyer’s bible, vol2, chapter 2”, black cherry should be excellent bow wood. Cross checking the mechanical properties at http://www.wood-database.com, it is only slightly inferior to white oak. May need backing, but I intend to try without first and see what happens.

    Anyway, I’ll update on the stool once the wood has settled in my shop, and I have started building.

    raze599
    18 February 2016 at 6:05 pm #134877

    Wow, for one of your first projects as you say, you are very talented. My first projects (or even recent ones for that matter) didn’t turn out half as good lol

    Ed
    19 February 2016 at 12:00 am #134880
    kjellhar wrote:

    Nope, the type you shoot arrows with.

    Yowza.

    kjellhar
    27 February 2016 at 10:03 pm #135085

    So, now I have transformed some of the wood that I bought, cut and planed it to size and length. It was a lot of hard work, but now it is done. Stock for two pieces are now ready for joining.

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    Misha
    1 March 2016 at 10:25 am #135163

    Good luck.
    And be very careful if you don’t have some spare wood.

    Misha

    kjellhar
    1 March 2016 at 10:42 am #135164

    I have enough to make at least two more, so I’m good.

    Misha
    1 March 2016 at 4:48 pm #135170

    You’re lucky and clever, but I was foolish and hope am not now. I once realised I had sawn on the wrong side of the line, … and had to go shopping again.

    Misha

    kjellhar
    1 March 2016 at 8:53 pm #135180

    We’ve all been there Misha.
    I’m half way through the first one, and it looks good so far. Not perfect, but good enough for me.

    kjellhar
    6 March 2016 at 5:28 pm #135384

    First one finished ok, but I did stumble along the way.

    The photos how the result after one coat of boiled linseed oil. I intend to put on a few layers of shellac later. The joints turned out pretty good. Not perfect, but hey. Probably no other than me who will ever notice.

    So, what did go wrong? I glued up the two short end first. On one of them, I had flipped the lower rail. The housing joint was on the outside, which made it pretty useless. After a couple of minutes of despair (the PVA glue had dried overnight), I started to pound it with my biggest mallet. After a lot of released aggression, the joint gave up. A few splinters came loose around the tenons, but I managed to get them back in place again. Lots of work with the card scraper and sand paper made it almost as good as before.

    This lesson taught me several things.
    1. Pay attention when you glue up. Things will go wrong.
    2. It is possible to get a PVA joint apart.
    3. I am no longer concerned about the strength of PVA glue. It took a lot of effort to get it moving.

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    Alien8
    6 March 2016 at 6:14 pm #135389

    A very, very nice result…

    My mortice and tenon joints still look like a rat chewed them.

    A good ol’ pat on the back for you!
    Diego

    kjellhar
    10 March 2016 at 9:08 pm #135511

    So, although I will build a second one, I think this concludes my little project. My first fine furniture project. If it had been an apprentice test, I don’t think it would have passed, but it did pass wife approval, which mean it is certainly good enough for most people.

    At least I am very proud of it.

    Thanks to everyone here for support and nice comments.

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    JONATHAN WARREN
    10 March 2016 at 10:51 pm #135521

    Lovely stool, Kjellhar!

    From Warrington, UK. Making stuff in my front room.

    Marilyn Moreno
    11 March 2016 at 1:17 pm #135537

    Your first official piece of furniture turned out great. Imagine what you’ll be able to make in a year or 2..

    Marilyn - Lehigh Valley, Eastern Pennsylvania - USA

    laszlo79
    11 March 2016 at 9:57 pm #135553

    Very, very nice. So Arts and Craft style…
    Congrats

    Paul Cunningham
    30 March 2016 at 6:21 pm #136106

    Nice work Kjell.

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