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After completing a test piece, it was time to route out all the pockets for the knives. 19 knives in total, with the pockets to be routed in a beautiful piece of 7/8″ thick tiger maple. A little nerve wracking to say the least! Here are some progress pictures. The Eagle head of the I decided to do a test piece for the pockets I will be making for the knife display case. I’ve learned the value of test pieces from bitter experience. The extra time taken always seems to pay dividends as you figure out a process using a piece of scrap wood. The first step was My initial plan to create the slots holding the knives in the display case was to use my scroll saw. However, the case dimensions were 16″ x 30″ which would have been to big for my scroll saw. Further, when I took delivery of the knives I saw the eagle part of the handle I have received a commission to build a display case for a set of knives. The knives are a Harley Davidson collection and there are a total of 19 knives. They have been sitting in a closet for a number of years and the lady who commissioned me wants to give her husband a If the only tool you have is a hammer … .. . then all your problems start to look like nails. Yesterday evening I gave a demonstration at my woodturning club on turning a wooden mallet with an oval handle. I spent time over the weekend preparing for the demo. While I was turning I took some pictures of the natural edge bowl I turned in the video “Turning a Natural Edge Bowl”. Burnt natural edge bowl Burnt natural edge bowl As you can see, once again Mother Nature did a beautiful job. The spalting in the sweet gum is amazing. The bark had fallen off First of all, I hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable Labor Day Weekend! I’ve had my share of labor lately, a busy couple of weeks has kept me away from both my workshop and my blog. I got some much needed shop time on Labor Day afternoon and decided to get some |
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