Dons diy project
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marino420td
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That is sweet!
They are so disorganized I quit caring. I'll put up a post when it actually happens.
This sure is a drawn out project trying to mix WW with mechanical and electrical. The finsh for the light should look like that ragety old table in the back ground. Should hold up wel concidering that table has seen more water, beer and abuse than this ever will.
Don
BeanAnimal
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Are you anticipating any discoloration due to heat don?
BeanAnimal
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Dumb question... all the heat in those guys is at the base, and that is the black area... sorry, back to the regularly scheduled programming. I do wish the delete post option worked.
jstraka1
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Don, you are a master of veneers, Do you cut your own? Did you study under a master woodworker, or self taught? I attended a couple years worth of fine woodworking classes at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and I can say that this work you are doing is artistically and technically inspiring. Keep the pic's coming. You have melded my two passions, fine woodworking and Reefkeeping.
Great work!!!
Great work!!!
Thank you. Yes I do saw my own veneers. I think if a person really has appreciation for wood and the grain, the band saw quickly becomes the most important tool in the shop. I have been to summer programs with some of the greatest woodworkers and things of that nature but I really never got to have a real apprenticship, I started a family early in life so had to keep turning a wrench.
There really isnt a way to make a living doing this sort of thing because this generation just wont pay the $$ and I refuse to build cabinets conventional cabinets. Times have changed since the days of Krenov, Maloof and even Stickley depression furniture.
Don
erics3000
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Wow I never realized you cut your own veneers. That is heavy duty. A true craftsman. I am really impressed.
It is funny. I was thinking the same thing. I am younge but I can still see how things have changed. I have been to automotive schools recieved ASE's when i was a kid when they first came out and got into networking and went to numerous training class for numerous vendors over the past 10 years. I have not got back into a little more of the mechanical, robotic, and electronic side of things. My brother showed me a trick with mudding and tape and I helped a friend build a room the next day and the skill was with me and my work came out very well. I was impressed because I dont like drywall but it came out nice. My father showed me a lot of iron work and some fiberglass and wood. Now that I am older and a home owner I guess I am more into carpentry and such. I am giving the autmotive thing a break. Not like this hobby is cheaper hahahaha
I never really worked or did an apprentiship with wood working. I crashed a mustang and worked on the side in a chasis shop for a few months to get my car fixed for free. I picked up alot on my welding and other skills. I am sure if I spent a few months with a wood craftsman I could pick up a lot of info. I know I don't have a lot of the big tools, but know I could benefit from a professional. it just kills me when I cant make things level, I guess I will hit the internet for some info.
Sorry for blabling but I really look forward to seeing your craftsmanship and seeing what I can learn form you. I am inspired all over again...Thanks,,..
It is funny. I was thinking the same thing. I am younge but I can still see how things have changed. I have been to automotive schools recieved ASE's when i was a kid when they first came out and got into networking and went to numerous training class for numerous vendors over the past 10 years. I have not got back into a little more of the mechanical, robotic, and electronic side of things. My brother showed me a trick with mudding and tape and I helped a friend build a room the next day and the skill was with me and my work came out very well. I was impressed because I dont like drywall but it came out nice. My father showed me a lot of iron work and some fiberglass and wood. Now that I am older and a home owner I guess I am more into carpentry and such. I am giving the autmotive thing a break. Not like this hobby is cheaper hahahaha
I never really worked or did an apprentiship with wood working. I crashed a mustang and worked on the side in a chasis shop for a few months to get my car fixed for free. I picked up alot on my welding and other skills. I am sure if I spent a few months with a wood craftsman I could pick up a lot of info. I know I don't have a lot of the big tools, but know I could benefit from a professional. it just kills me when I cant make things level, I guess I will hit the internet for some info.
Sorry for blabling but I really look forward to seeing your craftsmanship and seeing what I can learn form you. I am inspired all over again...Thanks,,..
BeanAnimal
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Generations of hands on knowledge is being lost by the second. People do not appreciate, nor care about things like that anymore.
I was in a coal mine several years ago. The slope (the steep cut into the ground that leads down into the mine) was cut in the late 1800's. It is several thousand feet long and steep enough that a man can not easily walk it without mechanical assistance (track is laid and a slope care is used to pull supplies in and out of the mine. The bottom of the slope had a mule barn, where the pack mules were housed (they hauled the coal carts from the working faces to the slope).
The slope walls were lined with red brick. Not a course, save a brick, was out of place. Plumb and level, it was workmanship like I have never seen. A modern laser transit would show no flaws, thousands of feet mind you.... The mule barn was of the same craftsmanship. Sad that we have sealed such a simple treasure behind an earthen and concrete plug. Tradesman that know their craft and put their heart into it are becoming a thing of the past just like the slope and mule barn that are burried to never be seen again.
Bean
I was in a coal mine several years ago. The slope (the steep cut into the ground that leads down into the mine) was cut in the late 1800's. It is several thousand feet long and steep enough that a man can not easily walk it without mechanical assistance (track is laid and a slope care is used to pull supplies in and out of the mine. The bottom of the slope had a mule barn, where the pack mules were housed (they hauled the coal carts from the working faces to the slope).
The slope walls were lined with red brick. Not a course, save a brick, was out of place. Plumb and level, it was workmanship like I have never seen. A modern laser transit would show no flaws, thousands of feet mind you.... The mule barn was of the same craftsmanship. Sad that we have sealed such a simple treasure behind an earthen and concrete plug. Tradesman that know their craft and put their heart into it are becoming a thing of the past just like the slope and mule barn that are burried to never be seen again.
Bean
Alot of it is folks even the wealthy cant justify the expense. This is a throw away society. People dont buy things with the thinking that they can pass it down to their kids and then their kids anymore. Of course in this hobby their are not many that will spend what it takes to get a gallery aquarium stand. Its not cheap and you can spend so much less and get something real nice. It may not last as long but you did save in the initial purchase.
I love to sell one of my rockers for 3+ grand but the average person can get a whole living room of furniture for that. For that one a year thats sold there is no way to make a living. This being the case alot of great woodworkers have to move on to other things. Its a shame but is reality.
Don
I love to sell one of my rockers for 3+ grand but the average person can get a whole living room of furniture for that. For that one a year thats sold there is no way to make a living. This being the case alot of great woodworkers have to move on to other things. Its a shame but is reality.
Don
BeanAnimal
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I still try to catch the woodright shop on PBS when I can
medic29
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I'm with you on that. True craftsman/tradesman are far and few between and are getting rarer. Yes, it is nice having automation for some things....but...
Part of the problem is the cost. The cost of the product these folks must charge to account for their time, materials, etc. It's just not productive and/or cost effective. Society has become so focused on money, which is the cause for the items costing so much. Whenever someone/anyone wants to make more money, it ends up costing everyone more money. It is mainly theoretical, but I believe there really is only a finite amount of money. If someone wants more money for an item, the person needs more money to purchase it, so they must charge more for what they do, ....and on and on it goes.
I miss the time where people took out things in trade. I need something you are good at doing and you are in need of something I need or am good at doing. No money passes hands, but we both got when we needed. Our first house was built that way...it was awesome...we only paid for the materials to build it.
But again, so many folks want to make tons of $$ and there is a price to pay for it.
Again, Don, you have done some amazing work. I'm anxiously awaiting to see how it all comes together.
Part of the problem is the cost. The cost of the product these folks must charge to account for their time, materials, etc. It's just not productive and/or cost effective. Society has become so focused on money, which is the cause for the items costing so much. Whenever someone/anyone wants to make more money, it ends up costing everyone more money. It is mainly theoretical, but I believe there really is only a finite amount of money. If someone wants more money for an item, the person needs more money to purchase it, so they must charge more for what they do, ....and on and on it goes.
I miss the time where people took out things in trade. I need something you are good at doing and you are in need of something I need or am good at doing. No money passes hands, but we both got when we needed. Our first house was built that way...it was awesome...we only paid for the materials to build it.
But again, so many folks want to make tons of $$ and there is a price to pay for it.
Again, Don, you have done some amazing work. I'm anxiously awaiting to see how it all comes together.
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mikeandjenn99
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Wow! That rocker is absolutely gorgeous! Is that one of yours Don? I'm loving this thread, and I can't wait for more pictures. Fantastic woodworking.
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