Thread: need help... for mortise ...

That thing? Yeah. Couldn't read it... oh, wait -- that's you.

Lol.

Becky,

I'm no expert with Photobucket (nor the composition and heat treating of steel), but all I did was create a slide-show (I know, starts to equal the time you might have spent just re-sizing the pics for the forum - but the pic size can be much larger, so there is still an advantage) with the pics you want to link to. Open the slide show in a separate window in your browser, copy that link and paste it into the forum so people go right to and only to those pics and not any others you might have (eventually) in your album. There is most likely an other and better way to do it, but I quit when I'm ahead (or clearly beaten).

Steve

p.s., this should be a link to one pic in my album (following my own directions) http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...g?t=1221746555

Becky,

I'm no expert with Photobucket (nor the composition and heat treating of steel), but all I did was create a slide-show (I know, starts to equal the time you might have spent just re-sizing the pics for the forum - but the pic size can be much larger, so there is still an advantage) with the pics you want to link to. Open the slide show in a separate window in your browser, copy that link and paste it into the forum so people go right to and only to those pics and not any others you might have (eventually) in your album. There is most likely an other and better way to do it, but I quit when I'm ahead (or clearly beaten).

Steve

p.s., this should be a link to one pic in my album (following my own directions) http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...g?t=1221746555

Wow. So emphatic were you, Steve, you posted it twice Twice, I tell you. That's two times. Two. Times.

You redundant fellow, you. Thanks: will give it a shot (er... try, that is).

Nice kanna. What's the underside like?

Becky

Well... Here's the link:http://s528.photobucket.com/albums/d...t=9e161030.pbw

But I gotta say, it wouldn't let me choose "absolutely no freaking style at all" -- and defaulted to this tunnel vision nightmare of antique Japanese beams flying at you.

What say, Steve-o -- Any way to modify that obnoxious presentation?

Thanks,
Becky

I deleted the second post of the duplicates (or was it the first?).

You should be able to log into your album and choose edit for the slide show. In the meantime, I just clicked on one of the pics in the show before it flew out of sight and it opened by itself in a second window where I could choose to see the pics one at a time. There is also the option to "view the album" (but as I said, you may eventually not want people to have access to all your pics - maybe too many and hard for people to find some you are referring to).
When you click on your slide show, it will open in a new window. Click "Full Size" and it should open in another new window. Copy that link and paste it here in the forum - ala-
http://s528.photobucket.com/pbwidget...x/9e161030.pbw

Steve

p.s., here's the flip side:
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...g?t=1221770317

Trying again...

[media]http://s528.photobucket.com/albums/dd327/yojimbo_pix/?action=view&current=916.jpg[/media]
... which URL opens the icon you see, which says "Highslide JS" -- which I've never seen before. I clicked it, and it took forever to load whatever it said it was loading, so I opened it in a new tab, and there was the photobucket page, all nice and un-styled.

Thanks, Steve.
Becky

Actually, its a closed loop (photobucket). Even if you open the slideshow full size and paste that link, clicking on any of the pics takes you back to the album (and all that's in it). I guess you'd have to open each pic separately and link each one (not good for a lot of pics) like I did with my mentori kanna. So, don't put anything in your album you don't want the world to find.

Btw, my wife really like the stools. I can see some pressure (on me) in the future to produce a copy cat. It won't be with ancient wood beams though, just what I can salvage from what's still lying around here after hurricane Juan in 2003 (although if I wait too long it will all be rotted away).

Again, beautiful work.

Steve

So... you're saying you can see them all, right?

Nothing in the slide show but the stools...

And my next task is using native wood: there just aren't enough 150-yr-old Japanese beams in the States. Funny, that.

I'll keep you apprised of the natives. Mostly wild cherry, locust (very hard!), and cedar.

Started work on a hunk of locust today. The piece was cut months and months ago; been drying out of the rain for months: when I stripped the bark and got to the phloem, it was still wringing wet. Amazing stuff, locust.

Do your native wood. It'll probably check nicely as it dries, leaving you opportunity for butterfly keys, and the carving/leaving-it-as-is possibilities are limitless.

Honored your wife liked them.

Thanks, Steve.
Becky

Hey, Becky, nice looking stools. How are those endgrain butterflies working out?

Pam

Hi, Pam -- refresh my memory, please? Was it that we were thinking of sticking a hunk of elm through the entire pair? (We didn't.)

Otherwise can't recall discussions of endgrain...

... Breathing too many solvents...

Originally Posted by yojimbo

Hi, Pam -- refresh my memory, please? Was it that we were thinking of sticking a hunk of elm through the entire pair? (We didn't.)

Otherwise can't recall discussions of endgrain...

I don't know that we discussed end grain or not, but in photo 6 you show what looks like the top of a stool with two keys in the end grain across fairly large cracks. Generally, I'd be leary of doing that because I'd expect the end grain to tear out eventually; but I could be really wrong.

Pam

Hi, Pam.

Sorry, I was being dense.

The chamfered edges help a lot with preventing tear-out, and I've used grain filler on the ends -- especially since there's so much powder beetle damage -- and many coats of Waterlox (two or three of the medium sheen sealer [which can also be your final coat], and then two or more of the satin sheen. Must use the satin since there's no hope of rubbing out the finish on these beams.)

They've been hauled around my temporary workspace quite a bit, and sat on plenty -- both as "test fitting" and just for a place to sit down -- and unless really abused (errant tool strike, carelessness when refining the top, etc.), there's been no tear-out at all.

The keys were set firm, and then the tops sanded again, from 120 up to 400 grit. Then 400 grit sandings between finishes: just enough to smooth the intermediate layers. Absolutely no sanding of the final coat.

Does that answer the question? (And sorry I was so slow on the uptake here...)

Becky