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skycranehandwork

9y

Pie Crust Tea Table, One Last Detail

Pie Crust Tea Table, One Last Detail

The tilt top needs a latch. So what do you do with a cracked up old scrap of desert ironwood? It was originally meant to be a part of a handmade marking gauge, but it broke when I went to punch out the

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skycranehandwork

9y

Pie Crust Tea Table, the Beauty Shots

Pie Crust Tea Table, the Beauty Shots

So I just draped a white sheet over my work bench and took a bunch of overexposed pics of the table. Came out OK. If you love it, set it free,

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skycranehandwork

9y

Pie Crust Tea Table, Attaching the Top

Pie Crust Tea Table, Attaching the Top

Pie Crust Tea Table, Attaching the Top

skycranehandwork

9y

Pie Crust Tea Table, Applying an Antique Finish

Pie Crust Tea Table, Applying an Antique Finish

Before finishing, I needed to make a few repairs. The scraping action of the beading plane is a bit rough on cross grain, so I smoothed it with some wood filler. I want it to look old timey, so I did applied

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INDONESIAN HIVE

5d

Smoke Spread Hits Banda Aceh and Lhokseumawe; Mayor Urges Precautions

Smoke Spread Hits Banda Aceh and Lhokseumawe; Mayor Urges Precautions

Src Smoke haze from land and forest fires in Kalimantan has grown increasingly severe. The spread of smoke has reached Banda Aceh, the westernmost city on the island of Sumatra. Besides Banda Aceh, the

skycranehandwork

9y

Pie Crust Tea Table, Attaching the Table Top.

Pie Crust Tea Table, Attaching the Table Top.

Watch how I mount the table top to the base.

skycranehandwork

9y

Pie Crust Tea Table, Glueing Up the Legs

Pie Crust Tea Table, Glueing Up the Legs

Pie Crust Tea Table, Glueing Up the Legs

skycranehandwork

9y

Pie Crust Tea Table, Leg Joint, Part Two

Pie Crust Tea Table, Leg Joint, Part Two

Now I need to cut a matching groove in the base of the spindle for the dovetail on each leg. (Sorry, these gifs may take some time to load, but it is worth it.) I marked out an area on the spindle to flatten

skycranehandwork

9y

Pie Crust Tea Table, Leg Joint

Pie Crust Tea Table, Leg Joint

I am ready to attach the legs to the spindle using a sliding dovetail. First I marked out my saw cuts. Then used a chisel to deepen the knife wall. By sawing just to one side of the wall I get a clean

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2d

The Quiet Range: What Bitcoin's Sleepiest Month in Years Is Really Telling Us

The Quiet Range: What Bitcoin's Sleepiest Month in Years Is Really Telling Us

In September, spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in roughly $2.6 billion and had their best week since October of last year. Three weeks into October, the same funds are net sellers by more than half a billion dollars,

skycranehandwork

9y

Pie Crust Tea Table, Turning the Spindle

Pie Crust Tea Table, Turning the Spindle

I started with a piece of scrap poplar left over from my vise jaws to practice, since I would only have one chance to get it right in walnut. Then used that as a template for the real one. I am still learning

skycranehandwork

9y

Pie Crust Tea Table — Beading the Legs

Pie Crust Tea Table — Beading the Legs

The legs needed some detail, so I put my beading plane to use. According to the instructions, you are not supposed to use this crossgrain. I did get a bit of tearout, but nothing I cannot repair. The tool

skycranehandwork

9y

Pie Crust Tea Table — the Legs

Pie Crust Tea Table — the Legs

Finally getting around to putting legs on my tea table. Based on my drawings I cut the legs to a rough shape with a jigsaw from 5/4 walnut. I glued them temporarily together for a preview. Then rounded

skycranehandwork

9y

Pie Crust Tea Table, Design Process

Pie Crust Tea Table, Design Process

Another table top I made a while back. Unfortunately, I did not take pictures of the build. It is koa veneer on baltic birch with hand carved cherry for the rim. I used steel wool in vinegar and garnet

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Black And White

3d

Oude Gracht. Monomad Challenge.

Oude Gracht. Monomad Challenge.

The Oudegracht ("Old Canal") in Utrecht/the Netherlands is a 2-kilometer-long inner-city waterway with roots stretching back to Roman times and the Early Middle Ages.

skycranehandwork

9y

Turning practice. Learning to turn a center spindle for a tea table in poplar.

Turning practice. Learning to turn a center spindle for a tea table in poplar.

It looks great in the photo, but up close it's pretty rough. I still need practice but I am happy with the shape overall. The real thing will be turned from walnut, if I can find some 12/4.