STL330: Our least favourite questions

Please don’t ask

From Chuck:
If Mike may by no means hear a specific woodworking query once more what would it not be? And what’s his definitive reply to that query?

From Eric:
I’m within the means of shifting ahead with inviting a visiting artist (native space artist in residence program/grant) to realize entry to my store. I might think about my store well-equipped, however I’ve all the time labored solo in it. I’m developing a bench for them to make use of and reserving area for his or her supplies/provides/and many others. The place is the road drawn for YOU on what is on the market for unrestricted use and what’s hands-off for a visiting starting/intermediate furnishings maker over a 3-6 months?

Stunt elements

From Bevelup:
Within the journal, are the motion photographs on an article photos of precise items being constructed or do the topics put together elements particularly for photographs?

Prime 3(0) Store Mates

From Matcha:
In case you needed to choose 3 store mates, alive or lifeless, who’re you selecting to be taught from, who’re you selecting to be impressed by, and who’re you selecting to pal round with?

Wooden Motion, Wooden Shmoovment

From Andreas:
I not too long ago got here throughout an Instagram video the place a woodworker is constructing a desk. Within the video, he constructs an oblong body, mitered and glued in any respect corners. Moreover, the body is strengthened with crosspieces which are pinned and glued. This actually makes the body fairly steady however very doubtless prevents any motion in width, proper?

He then inserts a tabletop, roughly 35 to 40 inches large, constructed from flat-sawn boards glued collectively, into this body. Moreover, he glues this tabletop on to the crosspieces (No battens/cleats with room for motion). I wrote to him expressing my concern that the desk may tear aside on the corners, resulting from seasonal motion and probably at different factors as nicely. He replied that he didn’t see any drawback.

Am I fully mistaken, or can the desk really survive with this building?

Chaotic Kumiko

From Jim:
I’m planning on incorporating a kumiko panel in a brand new undertaking. I’ve been plenty of kumiko designs on-line and in books. When visiting the Metropolitan Museum in NYC I got here throughout this window within the Japanese part that appears to be full of a unique irregular kumiko-type lattice work. See the picture. I discovered the dearth of geometric rigidity breathtaking and engaging. I can discover no different examples of irregular kumiko patterns.

Questions:
– Are you conscious of a mode of kumiko that’s irregular like this? Do you additionally discover it attention-grabbing?

– Are there random or irregular parts that you just discover add to a design? As an illustration, I additionally discover that irregularly spaced slats on the again of a cupboard are far more attention-grabbing to have a look at than recurrently spaced ones.

I like the present. It’s wonderful how a lot woodworking you may be taught simply together with your ears!

Failing Eye Sight

From Thomas:
My Dad is an avid woodworker and retired a few 12 months in the past, and I’m serving to him with a bucket record undertaking of his: a European fashion workbench that I consider he modeled after Frank Klausz’s.

We’re fairly deep into the undertaking and to the purpose of creating the massive dovetails on the top caps and tail vise.

Our problem proper now could be that he’s affected by macular degeneration and whereas he can general see alright for day-to-day life, small particulars resembling a scribe line are troublesome to see. We’re utilizing tips resembling blue tape, headlamps, bench lights, and magnifiers, and he has ordered some fancy glasses, nevertheless it stays a problem.

I’m pleased to assist and revel in our time within the store collectively, however I additionally need him to really feel like this has been his achievement so keep away from serving to to the purpose of doing issues for him. Additionally, as soon as it’s finished, I would like him to really feel geared up to make extra items with this snazzy workbench as soon as we transfer it to his store.

I believe we should always attempt doubling or tripling layers of blue tape so that there’s a thicker ledge to really feel towards, however aside from that, I’m out of contemporary concepts. Whatcha’ll assume?

Store Setup

From Bevelup:
How lengthy / what number of iterations did your ships undergo earlier than you settled in your present structure?

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