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I've been thinking about making a kind of greene and greene inspired side table for my front entry... of course arts and crafts styles in general have a lot of
by swalsh 13y ago
I've been thinking about making a kind of greene and greene inspired side table for my front entry... of course arts and crafts styles in general have a lot of the breadboard ends. Do you have more information on techniques to avoid cracks?
- ejs 13y agoI enjoy arts and crafts style furniture, I only consider true breadboard ends if they are mortise and tenon jointed on. When doing this you can design for the movement of the wood. Also quartersawn white oak is most used, a wood that does not have as much expansion going on. This is how I did it for my A&C style coffee table: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ejschmitt/9053576208/in/set-72157633287746623 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ejschmitt/9053576208/in/set-721... Final shot of the coffee table: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ejschmitt/9115541399/in/set-72157633287746623 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ejschmitt/9115541399/in/set-721...
- dfc 13y agoQuartersawn oak is one of the most used woods in A&C furniture. Quartersawing any wood is the best way to produce dimensionally stable stuff (I love that stuff is actually joinery jargon albeit somewhat archaic).
- mturmon 13y agoBeautiful work, thanks for sharing.
- gknoy 13y agoPlease forgive my trouble googling this, but what is "A&C style"?
- ne8il 13y agoArts & Crafts style. Made popular in the US by Gustav Stickley's furniture design. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts_and_Crafts_movement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts_and_Crafts_movement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Stickley http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Stickley
- tjic 13y agoGreene and Greene? My favorite style, bar none! You'll find these two books quite useful. http://www.amazon.com/Darrell-Peart/e/B001JS36Q2/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1 http://www.amazon.com/Darrell-Peart/e/B001JS36Q2/ref=ntt_ath... > Do you have more information on techniques to avoid cracks? 1) alternate the growth rings of the flat table pieces: one cupping up, next down, next up, etc. 2) keep breadboard ends in line with the plane of the tabletop by using splines 3) pin or glue the breadboard ends only in the center. 4) start reading Fine Woodworking magazine.
- hindsightbias 13y agoDarrell has classes: http://furnituremaker.com/Greene_and_Greene_class.htm http://furnituremaker.com/Greene_and_Greene_class.htm
- pndmnm 13y agoOh man, I can't believe the school (I grew up in Port Townsend) both offered a Joint Stool From A Tree course earlier this year and didn't get enough signups for it: http://www.ptwoodschool.com/joint_stool_from_a_tree.html http://www.ptwoodschool.com/joint_stool_from_a_tree.html I would absolutely love to do that. The book is a great read -- the basic premise is that you can build furniture from green wood in such a way that the drying of the wood will lock your joints and strengthen the stool: http://www.lostartpress.com/Make_a_Joint_Stool_from_a_Tree_p/bk-majsfat.htm http://www.lostartpress.com/Make_a_Joint_Stool_from_a_Tree_p...
- dfc 13y agoThe strength of green wood furniture also comes from the fact that the wood grain is left intact because it is split along the grain. Peter Follansbee is awesome, he was on the two most recent Woodwright episodes.
- vailripper 13y agoLook into the wood whisperer. He has done a lot of Greene & Greene projects in fantastic detail: http://thewoodwhispererguild.com/members/ http://thewoodwhispererguild.com/members/
- sivetic 13y agoThe Wood Whisperer was one of the major reasons I got into wood working, and his end-grain boards were the first project I ever made. Makes me miss spending time on those projects :(