Howdy wreckers,
I finally remembered to get some shots of the flytying station I
finished a while back. It's got a carcase of cherry, a top of some
wild curly cherry, a drawer front of quilted maple, and the other main
parts are out of q-sawn sycamore:
http://www.swt.edu/~cv01/flystation01.jpg
http://www.swt.edu/~cv01/flystation03.jpg
http://www.swt.edu/~cv01/flystation04.jpg
The carcase is dovetailed together, the uprights are mortised into
the top, and the beams/arms are mortised to receive the tenons from
the uprights. The spool-holding platform is a two-sided "box" mitered
together, and supported by grooves/dados cut in the side-supports plus
a shallow groove in the top.
The spools are stored on 3/16" brass rod which passes through holes
in the top and is secured in place by corresponding holes drilled into
a piece of poplar which sits inside the "box". The box is closed up
by a piece of 1/4" ply that fits into rabbets cut into the top and the
poplar support piece.
The finish is BLO followed by superblonde Paddylac. The top was
rubbed down with superfine steel wool and regular old Minwax.
The majority of the work was done with handtools, but I did get the
routah out to do the roundingovah on the arms and the edges of the
top.
Chuck Vance
On 21 Jul 2003 05:57:54 -0700, [email protected] (Conan the Librarian)
pixelated:
>Howdy wreckers,
>
> I finally remembered to get some shots of the flytying station I
>finished a while back. It's got a carcase of cherry, a top of some
>wild curly cherry, a drawer front of quilted maple, and the other main
>parts are out of q-sawn sycamore:
Booful, chuckrateez. It's truly wild cherry, that's fer sher.
>http://www.swt.edu/~cv01/flystation01.jpg
Hah, that's not a man's bench. All dem treads 'n skizzers.
What is it, R E A L L Y ?
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Larry Jaques <jake@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Booful, chuckrateez. It's truly wild cherry, that's fer sher.
I didn't catch that (wild cherry) the first time through.
I was kind of curious to see how you would react to it. With the
combination of all the figured woods, I was guessing you would think
it was overkill. I know you're a minimalist kind of guy. (Especially
when it comes to actually *completing* something. ;-)
SWMBO gave me a hard time for using all that "fancy wood" for "shop
furniture". But that's OK. I like to surround myself with nice stuff
when I'm pursuing my hobbies.
> >http://www.swt.edu/~cv01/flystation01.jpg
>
> Hah, that's not a man's bench. All dem treads 'n skizzers.
> What is it, R E A L L Y ?
OK, you got me ... I'm planning on taking up needlepoint.
Chuck Vance
Just say (tmPL) Knit one ... purl two.
Larry Jaques <jake@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Now that you mention it, the sassa is too sassy and the
That should be, "the syc is too sycy".
> hammered copper handles are distractive,
I'll be sure and tell SWMBO. (I let her pick the handles.)
Actually, I had my doubts about them, but I like the hammered
effect in contrast to the figured maple. It makes you want to touch
the handles, and then draws you to the maple, which has a similar
pattern to its grain.
> but that wild
> cherry is enough to float a fly. Do you cast onto it
> often? The ripples in the figure are about the same size
> that a feeding fish leaves. Tres apropos, mon ami!
Funny you should mention that. I chose the piece because the
figure looked like a moving river to my eyes. I thought about calling
the piece "a river runs through it". *cough*
> >when it comes to actually *completing* something. ;-)
>
> (Shhh, someone else'll notice!)
Trust me, they have, Lar ... they already have.
Chuck Vance
"Jim Mc Namara" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Damn beautiful job Chuck! It's actually mesmerizing.
Thanks, Jim. I have to admit that I get cross-eyed if I stare at it too long.
And that doesn't really help a lot when tying flies. :-}
Chuck Vance
Have you practiced that line on SWMBO? A keeper fur shure!
On 22 Jul 2003 05:40:43 -0700, [email protected] (Conan the Librarian)
wrote:
> SWMBO gave me a hard time for using all that "fancy wood" for "shop
>furniture". But that's OK. I like to surround myself with nice stuff
>when I'm pursuing my hobbies.
Damn beautiful job Chuck! It's actually mesmerizing.
Jummy
"Conan the Librarian" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Howdy wreckers,
>
> I finally remembered to get some shots of the flytying station I
> finished a while back. It's got a carcase of cherry, a top of some
> wild curly cherry, a drawer front of quilted maple, and the other main
> parts are out of q-sawn sycamore:
>
> http://www.swt.edu/~cv01/flystation01.jpg
>
> http://www.swt.edu/~cv01/flystation03.jpg
>
> http://www.swt.edu/~cv01/flystation04.jpg
>
> The carcase is dovetailed together, the uprights are mortised into
> the top, and the beams/arms are mortised to receive the tenons from
> the uprights. The spool-holding platform is a two-sided "box" mitered
> together, and supported by grooves/dados cut in the side-supports plus
> a shallow groove in the top.
>
> The spools are stored on 3/16" brass rod which passes through holes
> in the top and is secured in place by corresponding holes drilled into
> a piece of poplar which sits inside the "box". The box is closed up
> by a piece of 1/4" ply that fits into rabbets cut into the top and the
> poplar support piece.
>
> The finish is BLO followed by superblonde Paddylac. The top was
> rubbed down with superfine steel wool and regular old Minwax.
>
> The majority of the work was done with handtools, but I did get the
> routah out to do the roundingovah on the arms and the edges of the
> top.
>
>
> Chuck Vance
>
On 22 Jul 2003 05:40:43 -0700, [email protected] (Conan the Librarian)
pixelated:
>Larry Jaques <jake@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
>
>> Booful, chuckrateez. It's truly wild cherry, that's fer sher.
>
> I didn't catch that (wild cherry) the first time through.
>
> I was kind of curious to see how you would react to it. With the
>combination of all the figured woods, I was guessing you would think
>it was overkill. I know you're a minimalist kind of guy. (Especially
Now that you mention it, the sassa is too sassy and the
hammered copper handles are distractive, but that wild
cherry is enough to float a fly. Do you cast onto it
often? The ripples in the figure are about the same size
that a feeding fish leaves. Tres apropos, mon ami!
>when it comes to actually *completing* something. ;-)
(Shhh, someone else'll notice!)
> SWMBO gave me a hard time for using all that "fancy wood" for "shop
>furniture". But that's OK. I like to surround myself with nice stuff
>when I'm pursuing my hobbies.
>
>> >http://www.swt.edu/~cv01/flystation01.jpg
>>
>> Hah, that's not a man's bench. All dem treads 'n skizzers.
>> What is it, R E A L L Y ?
>
> OK, you got me ... I'm planning on taking up needlepoint.
I became a member of the Seamsters Union last year when I picked
up that old cast-iron Universal sewing machine ($5 at a garage sale)
and got it running. I sewed up curtains for the inside shop/craft
area and shop door curtains so I really can't talk 'bout macho stuff.
> Just say (tmPL) Knit one ... purl two.
Proggers use Perl. Oh, never mind.
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