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[quote quote=8129]Hey guys, … Last weeks episode 7 of the box series someone posted saying that they were concerned we were getting repetitive with techniques. …[/quote]
Joseph, I believe being repetitive with techniques is exactly what we do need (repetition = practice). And I for one love the idea of using a limited set of tools and a limited number of techniques to build many different things. You are doing a great job! Love the projects, love the pace, love the website.
Robin HC
19 February 2013 at 7:28 pm #8182Excited about the new project! Really looking forward to it.
Regarding repetition, I don’t think the problem is doing the same thing over and over – that’s part of building furniture – but being shown the same thing multiple times, especially in the same series. We haven’t seen too much of it yet, other than housing joint crossover between the clock and carry tote series’, but I can imagine being shown how to do it in six months or a year would be frustrating. The great thing about videos is being able to rewind and rewatch techniques. It’s a difficult problem to solve but I’m sure we’ll work it out over time.
George.
Building on George’s comment: I think that part of the disconnect between the “just right” and the “faster, please” groups is that some folks on here have already worked through Working Wood 1/2 and/or are using other resources to accelerate the learning cycle, so the simpler projects often seem redundant. If we can at least alternate projects between simple and more complex while the library is being built, that would be great.
I’m in for the long haul, and looking forward to the table.
[quote quote=8182]…being shown the same thing multiple times, especially in the same series. We haven’t seen too much of it yet, other than housing joint crossover between the clock and carry tote series’, but I can imagine being shown how to do it in six months or a year would be frustrating…[/quote]
Good point George.
I was thinking about Paul’s “three-joint-ten-hand-tools minimalist woodworking theory” that I read about in his January blog post called: THOUGHTS ON THE JOINER’S TOOL CHEST.
“Mortise and tenons, through dovetails, half lap dovetails and housing dadoes are featured throughout the box. These joints are my three-joint-ten-hand-tools minimalist woodworking theory I have promoted now since 1990. Can you see how critical this understanding is to the simplicity of working wood.” – Paul Sellers, 22 Jan 2013
http://paulsellers.com/2013/01/thoughts-on-the-joiners-tool-chest/
I really like the idea of the 3 joint-10 tools theory, but I suppose it will be a challenge to keep the video instruction fresh. I confess that although I plan to go back and complete the clock project – having started during the dovetail box project – I will probably skip the carry tote.
I expect to see MOSTLY the same ten tools used to make the same three joints, but perhaps in a different and new way, to make a new and diferent piece. I love the idea that I wont have to keep buying new tools. I can just become better and better at using the basic tools to do harder and harder things.
Robin HC
P.S. After re-reading my post and giving it some thought – I will probably just keep buying more tools anyway. Curse you eBay! 🙂
I agree with Eric in that the projects introduced via the online learning are repeating the concepts covered in detail in Woodworking 1/2. The projects themselves are terrific and I’ve built multiples of the clock and boxes. However, I’ve built the little end tables in the DVDs and the now we are going to build a table with from what I see on the blog involves mortise and tenon and laminating boards which is a repeat of the project in the DVDs. I guess I thought the online classes were to continue where the DVDs ended.
For me I’m not bothered how many times things are repeated, I love the hole process. I don’t how many times I have watched the same woodworking DVD over and over, I never get tired of anything involving working wood. Just about everything we will ever make will be a repeat of some if not all the techniques we learn.
Just enjoy it guys 🙂
20 February 2013 at 9:59 pm #8262Coffee Table cutting list
Part# Qty Name Size
1 2 Short apron 7/8” x 4 7/8” x 18 1/2”
2 2 Long apron 7/8” x 4 7/8” x 36”
3 4 Leg 2 1/4” x 2 1/4” x 19”
4 1 Tabletop 7/8” x 22 1/2” x 40”
Undershelf
5 2 Short cross rail 7/8” x 2 3/8” x 21 1/4”
6 2 Long shelf rail 7/8” x 2 3/8” x 37 3/8”
7 2 Long inset rail 7/8” x 2 3/8” x 22 1/4”
8 2 Short inset rail 7/8” x 2 3/8” x 13”
Turn buttons
9 10-12 Turn button 7/8” x 1 1/4” x 3”
All parts from white oak or to preference.
20 February 2013 at 10:16 pm #8264Thanks, Joseph. I’ll struggle to get any sort of hardwood in those dimensions so may build the first one from softwood while I keep my eye open for some oak or beech.
George.
20 February 2013 at 11:29 pm #8267Is this project likely to start with wood selection? Like George, I worry that finding 2 1/4″ oak will be tough for me. Should I try to start tracking down some oak/cherry on my own? Or will there be instruction on selecting this wood (or alternatively, laminating narrower boards into thick enough legs)?
I’m with George on this one. Another points for me is cost, being on a fixed pension and the cost of hardwood in my location don’t make any hardwood projects really possible.
Last point for me is most of us are on the metric system including timber merchants, here in the uk anyway, but we seem to work in imperial as the default system.
Thanks for the cutting list Joseph good job.
Best
Ken 😉
21 February 2013 at 10:49 am #8285Maybe Joseph forgot to tell that the lumber will be delivered to our homes this week. It’s part of the subscription 🙂
Buying wood and especially hardwoods is a major concern for me too. The problem is that without this material there is no woodworking. Spruce for example is easy to find for me these days and affordable. The rest…..difficult and expensive. I need my own forest.
The New Legacy Forest. Great idea, Michael 😉
Since cooking has become so popular thanks to Jamie Oliver and friends we have more and more food stores that sell food based on recipes. You propably know it. This would be a good idea for woodworkers too. But then you loose the chance to select your desired grain etc.
Getting oak is not the problem for me but I always have to buy a complete rough board about 15-19 ft long and rip everything to size. It means that depending on the project one board provides wood for several smaller projects. Pine and spruce are readily available squared and cut to different sizes. I think a board for the coffeetable and other projects served by the restwood will be around 50 euros. That is for a board of 1″ thickness which is ususally the thinnest I can get a the lumberyard.
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