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Tag Archives: Osmo Polyx
Walnut Picture Frame #201
As a furniture maker for me it’s all about the wood so when I get an artist client that needs a frame and wants it made of wood in all its natural beauty I get excited! I just completed this … Continue reading
Posted in Artist, custom profile, custom profile, Hand Planes, Picture Frames
Tagged black walnut, custom picture frame, custom picture frame molding, custom picture framer, helix head, http://www.devonmeyerillustration.com, Lie-Nielsen Smooth Planne, Osmo Polyx, Powermatic planer, tenryu silencer, Woodworkers Source, woodworksbyjohn.com
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Frame #185 Completed — Clavos!
Here’s a picture of the completed frame I blogged about recently. One of the things I really enjoy about WordPress is not only can is it a way to share my work but it also opens up conversation from like … Continue reading
Frame #185: Ebonized Oak
As a framer, my goal is to have the frame compliment the brush strokes, texture, and palette that the artist put into the painting. This is a painting my wife (Diane Eugster) recently completed which is 12″ x 16″ and … Continue reading
Posted in Artist, custom profile, custom profile, Design Process, Hand Planes, Hand Tool Woodworking, Picture Frames, YouTubeVideo
Tagged custom picture frame, custom picture framer, Diane Eugster art, Diane Eugster Paintings, ebonized oak, Osmo Polyx, Veritas small plow plane, vinegar solution, Woodworkers Source, WoodworksbyJohn
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Drawing Desk Complete
In the last blog the dovetails had been cut and fit for the bottom section of the custom drawing desk. If you missed it, here’s a LINK to that one and before I talk about the remaining work, let me … Continue reading
Posted in Artist Furniture, custom furniture, Hand Cut Dovetails, YouTubeVideo
Tagged adjustable top drawing table, artists furniture, Baltic Birch plywood, custom drawing desk, custom drawing table, custom furniture, Drafting table hardware, L-N Bronze Smooth Plane, Lie-Nielsen planes, Osmo Polyx, Rockler hardware, Rockler woodworking, WoodworksbyJohn
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I Love the Challenge!
In almost every aspect of my life, it’s all about the challenge and figuring out how to overcome it. Makes no difference, it can be a woodworking project, ultra-marathon mountain race, personal goal or whatever — rising to the challenge … Continue reading
Posted in custom furniture, Design Process, Finger Joint Box, Recycled Wood Furniture, SawStop Sliding Table
Tagged Chickering Piano, custom box, custom made wooden boxes, Design Process, ebony, Gorilla glue, Old Brown Glue, Osmo Polyx, panel clamps, piano hinge, recycled piano, SawStop sliding table, WoodworksbyJohn
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Latest Frame Commission and Box Done
I recently received an order for two picture frames from someone in the Portrait Artists of Arizona, they will be used on paintings entered into shows so that’s exciting! She asked for a fairly simple frame with a black finish. … Continue reading
Posted in custom profile, custom profile, Hand Cut Dovetails, Hand Tool Woodworking Class, Picture Frames
Tagged #20 biscuit, Birdseye Maple, custom picture frame, hand tool woodwork, hand tool woodworking, Kumiko, Kumiko jigs, miter joint on Sliding Table, Osmo Polyx, smooth plane, Timber Woodworking, Walnut
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First Kumiko Box
This has been a wonderful challenging project that was inspired by blogs I had read by Mike Pekovich of Fine Woodworking Magazine and Greg Merritt of HillBilly Daiku. To start this journey “down the rabbit hole” as Greg puts it … Continue reading
OSMO Polyx Oil: Is this my new go-to finish?
Since the mid 1960’s I’ve been using Watco Danish Oil for finishing almost everything. I built a house in 1980 and all of the cabinetry was finished with that, followed by a 3 part mixture of boiled linseed oil, polyurethane, … Continue reading
Black Limba Dovetailed Box
Seems as if I’ve been quite busy in the shop with commissioned projects which is a good thing but …. I keep telling myself that the Etsy Store needs to have more inventory for the hopefully good Christmas gift season. … Continue reading
Sliding Door Almost Complete
This sliding door is taking up most of the available floor space I have in the shop. Roughly 5′ x 7′ means that when I have it on sawhorses now to do the finish work I can barely get around … Continue reading
Posted in Current Commission
Tagged cherry plywood, clamping, glass stop, Osmo Polyx, Sliding Door
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