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I 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 m
by ejs 13y ago
I 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