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    Get yourself one of these to match the desk.

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    Visit my website at www.myFineWoodWork.com

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wongo View Post
    Get yourself one of these to match the desk.

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    but Wongo, that IS what my computer looks like.....!
    Last edited by fletty; 7th August 2013 at 06:03 PM. Reason: there's no 'i' in Wongo
    a rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!

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    Default and now for the shelves.....

    I've been using the desk for a few days and now know what and where I want the shelves. I'll lift the printer, scanner and turntable (remember the big black CD's that had concentric scratches.......) up onto a shelf and store drives, discs, hubs and cables under.

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    i have a design in mind and plan to do it with traditional joinery ... even if NOT traditional methods!


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    this is the jig that allows me to machine cut mitred tenon joints and bridle joints

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    and this is the first completed joint

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    which assembled pretty well for a prototype although I cut the through tenon a little undersized IN EVERY DIMENSION!

    As there is no attempt to pass this off as an antique, I will both glue and pin all of the joints .... so I'll just use THICK glue....

    fletty
    a rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!

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    Quote Originally Posted by fletty View Post
    I've been using the desk for a few days and now know what and where I want the shelves. I'll lift the printer, scanner and turntable (remember the big black CD's that had concentric scratches.......) up onto a shelf and store drives, discs, hubs and cables unde...

    fletty



    Sorry to be a party pooper but those scratches were actually Archimedean spirals.

    ( I'm ready for the bricks that will undoubtedly come my way )

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    Nearly forgot Great restoration there Fletty!!!bravabrava

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    Quote Originally Posted by fletty View Post

    i have a design in mind and plan to do it with traditional joinery ... even if NOT traditional methods!
    All I can say is that the average suburban Chinese carpenter of the 19th Century had far too much time on his or her hands.
    This is the result of a whole afternoons work....


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    The jig allows for half and full mitred through tenon joints and this simple frame has some of all of them!

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    all of the parts tapped together well


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    and, as you can see, this style of mitred joint makes continuous beading a snack


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    Quote Originally Posted by artme View Post



    Sorry to be a party pooper but those scratches were actually Archimedean spirals.

    ( I'm ready for the bricks that will undoubtedly come my way )
    Artme, I've been right through my BIG BLACK CD collection and can't find anything by the Archimedean Spirals? Were they a 60's or 70's group?

    fletty
    a rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!

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    Quote Originally Posted by fletty View Post
    All I can say is that the average suburban Chinese carpenter of the 19th Century had far too much time on his or her hands.
    This is the result of a whole afternoons work....

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    The jig allows for half and full mitred through tenon joints and this simple frame has some of all of them!

    Attachment 281608


    all of the parts tapped together well

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    and, as you can see, this style of mitred joint makes continuous beading a snack


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    Artme, I've been right through my BIG BLACK CD collection and can't find anything by the Archimedean Spirals? Were they a 60's or 70's group?

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    Your 3 attachments are invalid.

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    Quote Originally Posted by A Duke View Post
    Your 3 attachments are invalid.

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    fixed .... I hope!

    fletty
    a rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!

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    Quote Originally Posted by fletty View Post
    fixed .... I hope!

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    Thanks
    Regards
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    Very nice work Fletty.
    I like your dado stack mitre sled. I think I will be pinching that idea. Your royalty cheque is in the mail.
    Those were the droids I was looking for.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fletty View Post
    All I can say is that the average suburban Chinese carpenter of the 19th Century had far too much time on his or her hands.
    This is the result of a whole afternoons work....


    iHAN041web.jpg

    The jig allows for half and full mitred through tenon joints and this simple frame has some of all of them!

    iHAN040web.jpg


    all of the parts tapped together well


    iHAN042web.jpg

    and, as you can see, this style of mitred joint makes continuous beading a snack


    iHAN043web.jpg







    Artme, I've been right through my BIG BLACK CD collection and can't find anything by the Archimedean Spirals? Were they a 60's or 70's group?

    fletty
    I'll pay that Fletty!!!

    You've done a wonderful job with all the joinery on that there frame!!!

    Obviously the jig has been set up extremely accurately, the blades are sharp and the planets
    are in the correct alignment.

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    I am putting my order in for first copy of "Mr Fletts Chinese Joinery" book with Chinese and English translation plus DVD combo.

    It will mean you can retire earlier than at 81 1/2

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    No pictures yet because all you can see is clamps but, tonight I glued together all 33 parts in the most complex exercise of assembly I've ever attempted. It needed to go together in EXACTLY the right sequence ... or it wouldn't go together. All but 6 parts were unique!
    I am most pleased with the 2 double-tenoned-3-way-mitres joints ..... WATCH THIS SPACE!

    fletty
    a rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!

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    Default I know its a cr@ppy pic but.....

    I just had time to go to the shed prior to going to work. I removed the clamps and took some rather unflattering pictures in the low morning light streaming into the shed ... and now I wish i didn't have to go to work!
    This is one of the 3 way joints and it is straight off the clamps. This is a very typical Chinese corner joint and, in urban joinery like my desk, the tenons go right through the joint. In high end furniture, the tenons are stopped and there is no way you can tell how the joint is held together!

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    I can't wait to get back on to it tonight ... or tomorrow ... or the weekend

    fletty
    a rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!

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    I wish to enroll in Master Chinese Furniture class of Mr Flett I understand that payment can be in a box of Golden treats.

    That is looking good A, I thought about ringing your boss and telling him how he's making us suffer and to give you the rest of the week off.

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