#leafyseadragon

This folding screen is mean to be a gift for my 75 year old mother. Even though I made it with hollow core construction, and each panel is light enough for her to handle, I fear that all three together

With and without Ode to Watco Oh, Watco oil, you are so oily, Oily, oily. Penetrate that grain, So it does not spoily. You make the colors deep, And the burl buroily. And, some beauty shots.

Here is the final surface prep of the frame. The birdseye maple is prone to tearout so I smoothed it with a card scraper. A couple comparison shots of the birdseye maple, before and after scraping. You

Before I connect the three panels with hinges, I need to even up the feet so they are all the same height. Here I have scribed a line across all three feet for my saw cut. If you read my recent post about

You might recall from my post a few weeks back about how I was able to flatten out this curled and cracked walnut veneer. But up close, it still looks pretty rough. Even though it is mostly glued down,

So the veneer on the back side got a little dinged up, I need to steam it out before the finish goes on. A little moisture and heat works wonders. Here's before, you can see something scraped lines in

With the frame and panels all assembled, it is time to make final repairs and surface prep before finishing. Mostly the joints are tight but this one on the back needs some attention. The gap is just about

Now I have three panels framed up, but I feel like it needs something to pull it all together. The space at the bottom between the feet feels empty, so I started sketching trying to stick with the sea

Now the veneered panels, with the lattice sandwiched between, go into the grooves in the frame and the frame is held together with the joints at the corners. It was tough to get the warped panels into

Once I had all the panels veneered up it was time to insert them in their frames. You might notice that the veneered panels have warped a bit from moisture. I have a plan for that. The frames are 2 inches

So the plan was to trim this walnut veneer, Make a few repairs, Tape up the veneer sheets in what I call a slip-spin layup, then glue it to the panel. But, it turns out that was the wrong technique. Disaster!

For the back side of the folding screen panels, I am using some curly maple veneer left over from another project. Since I feel like I need some practice cutting and glueing tight seams, I decided I would

Completing the frame for the folding screen by joining the top rails with a single dovetail. This video shows the markup, cutting and dryfit. So I have three frames all fit up and ready for the veneered

What does Leafy Seadragon have to do with anything? It is the name I gave this project because the veneer panels I will use for the screens has a pattern that reminds me of a leafy seadragon. Here is a

I will be joining the lower rail to the stiles with a double tenon and mortice joint. Having squared up the stock, I used a 3/8 mortice chisel to set the spacing on the marking gauge. This will make all

I found some hidden gems on special at a local yard. These 4/4 birdseye maple planks were a little rough, but I can mill some nice stock for the frame of a shoji screen. Looks pretty good once you plane