Some time back Adam Cherubini blogged about his experience “behind the ropes”. I think what he was trying to get at is how different pieces sometimes look in person than they do in a book or magazine. From the comments on his blog, it’s clear that some people are clearly focused on the interior of the piece. Looking solely at a photograph doesn’t really tell you about the unseen surfaces or the details the maker put into his structural elements.
Alas, daddy_O may be correct (eh, or not) that the time is soon coming where the only way you’ll be able to speak to me is through my manager. Today is not that day, however. I know, the title of this post seems rather pretentious even to me but what else would you call it?
Ok, I know it isn’t Sunday (I said my postings would likely come Sunday and Thursday mornings) but The Rookster stopped by my blog the other day. I read his comment here and then checked out his blog where I found a nice little post about my blog (does that mean I need to add it to the “Charles Bender on the web” post?…I digress). Since I’m naturally curious, I continued to delve into his blog…for the next two days (I’m a slow reader if you can’t tell by how fast I type…). It’s chock full of great information. He obviously is very passionate about his woodworking and his woodworking education. The posts are insightful and, quite often, entertaining.
Before we get into this segment, I wanted to address a question, or two, from daddy-O from the last installment. He asked “I think but can”t tell that the bit is putting 2 beads on the edge at the same time.”. So here’s a closeup of the final pic in the last post. Hopefully, you can see exactly what’s going on. It is a double bead that’s being cut by the same cutter I ground for the initial Oxbow post. And to answer another of daddy-O’s requests, click on the pic. When I get a free moment, I’ll try to rework the previous posts to utilize the “click to enlarge” feature for all the pictures.
Let’s pick up from where we left off. I had milled and cut all the parts to size, cutout and shaped the blades. If you noticed, I did not bead the case sides. The reason for this is, I want to route the dovetails into the case side for the blades first. This reduces the chance of tearing out the beads on the case.
This post is to give you a few links to places on the web where there is commentary on my work. I’ll add more as people let me know where to find them.
