Peter, after all that hard work riving and planing to rough shape, how/where do you stash your precious stock to await final processing? Stickering in the rafters? Standing in the corner by the stove? Do you have a solar kiln? How do you know when it’s ready to carve and join?
Mike - it's a subject all by itself. I'm planning a post about it. The preview is stickered away from heat/sun/wind. I pile them in the shop, away from the stove. I write the date on the end grain, often coat that end grain with yellow glue to slow moisture loss/prevent checking. I made some boxes recently from oak that had been rough-planed 2 months earlier. Practice & experience tell me when it's ready. If it's too wet, the carving loses detail. More to come
I appreciate that you have made it very clear in previous postings how you rive boards from round logs. How do you rive a log into square stock (I.e. legs, stiles etc)? Split to a grid marked on the log or continue riving in half to the desired thickness? For me the latter leaves me lots of waste, trimming over-sized pieces. I’m already making more than enough firewood.
I have way too much firewood as well. Small stuff, like rungs for ladderback chairs, I've used a grid system before. larger stuff, like 2" square joined stool legs - I tend to split in half/half again, etc - and yes, trim the waste. A particularly good log will let you split 1/3s in short lengths, which helps when splitting that stuff.
Brilliant name idea. A long cold winter has its advantages!
Interesting to see, on that two-case assembly, the method of registering with the rectangular tenons installed in the lower case and the mortises in the upper case.
like yoiur new marking system--pretty slick and very 21st c. I guess.
Peter, after all that hard work riving and planing to rough shape, how/where do you stash your precious stock to await final processing? Stickering in the rafters? Standing in the corner by the stove? Do you have a solar kiln? How do you know when it’s ready to carve and join?
Best regards,
Mike
Mike - it's a subject all by itself. I'm planning a post about it. The preview is stickered away from heat/sun/wind. I pile them in the shop, away from the stove. I write the date on the end grain, often coat that end grain with yellow glue to slow moisture loss/prevent checking. I made some boxes recently from oak that had been rough-planed 2 months earlier. Practice & experience tell me when it's ready. If it's too wet, the carving loses detail. More to come
Thank you!!
I appreciate that you have made it very clear in previous postings how you rive boards from round logs. How do you rive a log into square stock (I.e. legs, stiles etc)? Split to a grid marked on the log or continue riving in half to the desired thickness? For me the latter leaves me lots of waste, trimming over-sized pieces. I’m already making more than enough firewood.
I have way too much firewood as well. Small stuff, like rungs for ladderback chairs, I've used a grid system before. larger stuff, like 2" square joined stool legs - I tend to split in half/half again, etc - and yes, trim the waste. A particularly good log will let you split 1/3s in short lengths, which helps when splitting that stuff.
Brilliant name idea. A long cold winter has its advantages!
Interesting to see, on that two-case assembly, the method of registering with the rectangular tenons installed in the lower case and the mortises in the upper case.