Before I get into this post the subject of frequency has
come up. There is no set schedule, weekly or so is what I would like but that all depends if there is something of interest to
post. That all depends on how fast the project develops and what problems I
run into. I plan on including those things that went
well and the areas where I had problems.
I hope the problems are minimal but you never know.
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| Segmented Turning |
I looked at using several different types of wood to make
the chair; oak, walnut, regular and curly maple, mahogany, ash and cherry. I wanted something finer grained than oak and
lighter than walnut. I think regular maple
would be too light and the ones I have seen made out of curly maple the figured
wood overwhelmed the design. Ash was
also too light and mahogany looks to be too open grain. So, after much consideration I decided on cherry
for all the main parts. That should not
come as a surprise as cherry is really my favorite wood to work with as these
photos show. Now all I have to do is
find a source for roughly 50 board feet of 8/4 straight grained cherry
heartwood. This is proving to be a
problem. So far I have contacted three mail
order places and two locations in El Paso all with no luck. I will be expanding my search to Tucson and Albuquerque.
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| Cherry & Curly Maple Night Stand |
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| Curly Cherry Guitar |
The accent pieces are still under
consideration. I want to use a dark
contrasting material for the plugs and layers in the runners. I briefly thought of using walnut but my experience
of using cherry and walnut together is that they look fine when new but as the
cherry darkens over time and the walnut lightens up a bit they lose their contrast. Ebony would be my first choice but I probably can’t get a
piece long enough for the runner layer and at $100+ a board foot it’s pretty
pricey. Ebonizing a wood might work but
I am concerned about the depth of the ebonizing and the black ebonization being
removed as I do the final sculpting.
Other considerations are wenge and cocobolo. I am leaning toward wenge.
Next up – Making Templates
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| Green & Green Style Table Cherry, Curly Maple & Ebonized Accents |
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