Thread: Curves and Bends

Also first attempts at fully hand cut dovetails

Excellent work Jacko, looks great

Bloody Great Stuff....

& just how long was the creation process Jacko??

Could you enlighten us as to the finish used?

WoW!!

& just how long was the creation process Jacko??Well, on the go for about 6 months, but that included teaching myself about bending small radii, glue choices, as well as the creation of about 6 jigs and fixtures. Other projects that got in the way were a DVD/Hi Fi cabinet as well as a restoration job.

Could you enlighten us as to the finish used?
My favoritethree coats of Oil/poly, followed by three coats of Oil/wax. Finnished to OOOO and then with a finer Du Pont pad.
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Wow.....


Al

Jacko,

That is a spectacular piece. Could you give us a bit more detail about the construction? It look as as though the ends of the cabinet are coopered, but how are they joined to the top and bottom? Are the curved parts of the frame steam-bent and then laminated? Did you work out the design using CAD, or the back of an envelope? Which way does the grain run in the coopered ends? It looks as though it is running around the cabinet in the same direction as the grain in the top and bottom, but then you would have been glueing end-grain to end grain in the coopering. Or is it running from the front of the cabinet to the back? In that case, the grain in the top and bottom would be running at right angles to that in the ends. Which glues did you use? Sorry about all the queries, but it is clearly a piece in which you have succeeded brilliantly in overcoming major design challenges.

Rocker

Mind boggling and a work of art . How about a full frontal picture as well Jacko

Peter

Originally Posted by Rocker

Jacko,

That is a spectacular piece. Could you give us a bit more detail about the construction? It look as as though the ends of the cabinet are coopered, correct. 8 peices then shaped using specially made scapers but how are they joined to the top and bottom? They are joined using sliding dovetails, three separate peices on the base, with floating tennons to "close " the gaps. The top is only glued for the front half, the rear half kept in place by rather firm slidinf dovetails.Are the curved parts of the frame steam-bent and then laminated? Yes, 5 mm lams, the leg sections were tapered individuaslly by hand planing in a jig. Did you work out the design using CAD, or the back of an envelope? In my head at night followed by some extensive CAD verification, see some past posts. Which way does the grain run in the coopered ends? It looks as though it is running around the cabinet in the same direction as the grain in the top and bottom, but then you would have been glueing end-grain to end grain in the coopering. Or is it running from the front of the cabinet to the back? In that case, the grain in the top and bottom would be running at right angles to that in the ends. Thats the way it is, the figure in the timber gives the impression of continuity around the peice. Which glues did you use? I eventually used AV201 modified with 10% GF203 PVA for the laminations, cross linking PVA for the rest Sorry about all the queries, but it is clearly a piece in which you have succeeded brilliantly in overcoming major design challenges.
Rocker

Hope this helps, happy to provide any extra detail requested.
Jacko

Originally Posted by Peter36

Mind boggling and a work of art . How about a full frontal picture as well Jacko

Peter

As requested, full frontal. Hope you meant the peice and not me!!!! That would close down the site.
Jacko

That is one of the technically most difficult and aesthetically pleasing pieces I've seen. Congratulations.

Beautifully done, Jacko. An inspiration to all of us!
Cheers,
Graeme

That's truly wild, Jacko; genuinely creative. I hope one day I'm half as bold as that. It's like Shaker on acid. Er, probably.

Rus.

Jacko,
you're a technical virtuoso!

Mick