making wayne's bench

Recently I decided to build another bench. Crazy as it sounds the decision process in designing your own bench is a very difficult thing. Maybe it is the OCD that is in all woodworkers. We just don't want to get it wrong and we have to live with the thing for many years. Maybe we think we have something to prove.  I tell the ego that is inside me that if it is a problem just build another one. And so there will be probably be a few more benches in me. Mostly because they are fun to build. The tail vise design was created by JeremyTomlinson of  The Urban Woodworker .  It is a modified version of a Scandinavian vise sold by Lie Nielsen Tools . It is a simple design but the more I use it the more I like it. Thank you Jeremy.  The other vise is  The chain drive hardware from Lie-Nielsen. Very nice vice but it wasn't a wise decision for me to put it on the end although I love the ergonomics. Wood movement may cause a problem.

Wayne

storing and drying hardwood

Maintaining proper moisture content in hardwoods, storage, and seasoning air dried woods can be overwhelming. My storage room solves these problems for me. It maintains a moisture content of 8 % in my stored woods while gently seasoning air dried woods that I bring in from outside and provides a significant amount of storage. Well seasoned hardwoods from outside reach an equilibrium in my room in about 3 to 12 months depending on thickness. Check out my utube video. 

Ontario Crafts Council`s IDS14 display

The Ontario Crafts Council has generously included one of my tables into their display at The Interior Design Show 14 . Please come and check out their display and see what craft is all about in Ontario.

 

The completed bar for CUTMR 11

 

 

The bar table for CUTMR 11 is finally complete. She is making a brief appearance at the Mayor's Gala to display 100 bottles of wine to generate monies for The Stratford Perth Community Foundation today. Then she is off to Toronto to The Gladstone Hotel tomorrow.

She will be displayed on the second floor lobby under a canopy of lights designed by Hilary and Tim. It is an ironic pairing of sorts because I began woodworking as a paddle and boatbuilder. I drew heavily on my old boat fairing skills to shape the base. Our pairing was quit accidental.

 

Creating the bar for CUTMR 11 - a photo essay

Here is a photo essay of construction details of the CUTMR 11 bar.

I created a specifically shaped Krenov hand plane to create the inside curve on the base. Check out the process in this video.

I created another Krenov wooden hand plane to do the final surface smoothing on the table top surface. Check out the hand planing techniques in this video.

In this video I am cutting and fitting the dovetail tenon joinery for the base.

Visit the Gladstone Hotel for CUTMR 11.
 

http://gladstonehotel.com/hotel

creating a walnut slab coffee table

 

This is a photo essay of the construction details of the above slab coffee table.

Our January Arctic Vortex

This is the aftemath of the storm that froze the water pipe at the Gladstone Hotel and buried my workshop