..Kev Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 Good choice on the selection! Looking great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeset202 Posted September 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 Finished sculpting the backs of the spindles, I used a fine Holey Galahad sculpting wheel to rough out the the shape, then a #6 Auriou rasp and cleaned up the shape with the #10 rasp. I highly recommend you invest in a good set of rasps if you are going to do any sculpting, the Auriou rasps cut like butter and are a joy to use. The self portrait is me getting ready to sculpt with the grinder, it's messy! The Roubo bench is definitely my next project, it is a pain using my bench! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 Could of put it in the middle... "I meant to do it that way". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeset202 Posted September 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 12 minutes ago, Chet said: Could of put it in the middle... "I meant to do it that way". I looked at that but I put some water on the spindles and it just didn't look right, only took about 15 mins to make another blank spindle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeset202 Posted September 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 Holy crap, these spindles are a pile of work, got them 90% done, need to sculpt the upper section, but I am calling it a day! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted September 11, 2017 Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 They are a lot of work! Looking good tho! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cheeset202 Posted September 18, 2017 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 Worked most of the weekend finishing the spindles and completing sculpting (well almost) of the seat. Still need to do more scraping on the back end grain of the bowl of the seat, that is one tough spot to get the scratches out! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 It's coming along, little by little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 Great grain selection! Looking great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 Looking good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cheeset202 Posted October 1, 2017 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 Worked off and on over the past 2 weekends focusing on sculpting the headrest and getting started on the body sculpting. This is my first sculpting project and it is a little nerve racking as you dive the cutting tools into the wood all freehand, especially the front leg round over at the outside of the joint. Starting to take shape but it will be a couple of more weekends to finish the body sculpting, refining every little spot down to 220 sanding. Maybe 3 weekends! Good thing I don't do this for a living, I would starve to death! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 Coming along! A lot of work goes into that sculpting as well as a lot of time assessing what you just did to decide if you want to go further or not. All personal choices and there aren't too many wrong answers as it's all personal choice. Nice work.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cheeset202 Posted October 9, 2017 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 Just about finished with the body and arm sculpting, just need to shave down the profile of the front of the arm to the front leg. Next up will be attaching spindles. The body and arm sculpting has involved a ton of rasping, scraping and sanding. The only issues I had in this step is getting everything looking close to the same - symmetrical! I still have some more fine tuning to do in this area as I stand back and look at the chair from different angles, a little here and a little there! The trees in my front yard are Norway Maple, beautiful fall colors! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 Nice job with the lower hard line on the back of the arm! One of my favorite parts of the chair! Such a nice touch of class! Nice work! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyG Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 Looking really good! You're overtaking me now with the build.... What finish are you going to use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cheeset202 Posted October 14, 2017 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 Andy, probably just going to go with the finish Marc uses in his video, finished the scraping and sanding today, will glue up the spindles and headrest tomorrow. I have spent 2 full days scraping and sanding the chair body to get things right and I know I will be doing more before the finish goes on. Looking forward to the rocker build! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted October 14, 2017 Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 Looking great! I know I spent more time going over ever inch of it to repair stuff than I did building it It pays off tho. The finish that Marc used is great if you want to fix a flaw after the finish is on. Not a lot of protection with it and it's definitely "close to the wood". Mine has held up better that I expected with that finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeset202 Posted October 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Well, finished the chair body and glued up the spindles and headrest. Started cutting plugs out of wenge with the tapered Veritas plug cutters. I was pretty disappointed with these as the large end of the taper was slightly smaller than the 3/8" hole, I expect better precision from Veritas! Maybe they got metric mixed with imperial units! I had an older set of non-tapered plug cutters and the 3/8" plug fit nice and snug. A little more touch up work on the headrest and its onto the rockers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Looking sharp! Getting close now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Looks great, nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Rocker Looks great! I think something is a miss with your plug cutters I just used the LV ones on my sculpted rockers and they bottomed out with about a 1/16th to an 1/8th left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeset202 Posted October 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 44 minutes ago, pkinneb said: Rocker Looks great! I think something is a miss with your plug cutters I just used the LV ones on my sculpted rockers and they bottomed out with about a 1/16th to an 1/8th left. You may be right on the plug cutters. I have excessive run out on my drill press (PM2800) and this may be shaving down the plug so it is slightly smaller at the widest end of the taper. Veritas is usually spot on with their quality so I may be blaming the wrong culprit. I need to start a thread on my drill press to see if others have similar run out issues and what they did to solve them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cheeset202 Posted November 6, 2017 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 Been kinda slow going the past couple of weeks on the rocker. Been getting all my outside work done around the house before the snow comes. I got the rockers made, no issues with this part of the build, put 2 strips of wenge in the rockers. I added the riser blocks, still in the clamps. We got 6" of snow yesterday, winter is starting early in the Silver Valley! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted November 6, 2017 Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 Looks great! I had the same issue here in MN got 3" snow before I could do final leaf clean up but it melted and dried up enough I could do one last leaf pickup..but I have to admit it was a bit nippy at 31 degrees lol. So are you plugs made of wenge as well? I really like that combination! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwacked Posted November 6, 2017 Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 coming along great! Was the strips of wenge for support or a design feature? Man snow already? yesterda here in texas was like 94 degrees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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