More Clothes Press Pictures

It’s been a might hectic this morning, gettin’ all the computers on line, But Sherri did it.  What a pain, anyway, I’ve been working diligently on the Clothes Press.  Thought I  would give you some pics to take a look at.   What I can’t show you in still pictures is how nice the sides open.  I used 3 heavy brass hinges from Horton Brasses, I wanted good sound hinges because this is a lot of door.   Billy was by yesterday and he asked why I didnt just make a door on the side and I explained that I could have, but I didnt want any evidence of it being there and I would have had a seam on the side and would have had to put a knob or pull or something to open the door and I didnt want that.  One would not expect the entire side and front to open, so it makes for a neat piece.  I used magnets to close and hold the side closed, when you close the side it will get with in an inch of closing and then just close its self.  I used  6 magnets per door, 1/2″ in diameter and put a magnet in the case and in the door , so its magnet to magnet, this is after all alot  of door, but it sure works nice , a light push on the side and it opens, sweet……  Okay, I got the base molding on the base and all the feet, final assembled the interior top case and hung the doors.  Fitted the door and made the column moulding to finish the front off, so now its on to the crown, then some hardware, locks and some drawers and we will have it….will do the huntboard  doors and drawers at the same time I do the press.  Both of these pieces have taken a fair amount of time because we have filmed a lot of the doings of them for cases and bases because both offer up some unique  challenges, but both are coming quite nicely, later yall…

Clothes Press and more pictures

The clothes press is a reproduction of a Williamsburg Piece, but we are doing it with an attitude , I like doing stuff like this, it gives me pause , to contemplate and get creative , in this case i elected to have the sides open , and create 3 spaces , instead of the one big center , where clothing would be shoved to the left and right sides and not easily accessed , so by opening the sides and putting adjustable shelving for shoes or folded garments , it makes for a neat case , and the seam in the front will be hidden behing a pilaster moulding, so it will not be evident that the sides open , should be pretty cool, we will also have some additional secret spaces in here which i will share as we move along, the front and side are made into one piece, and hinged in the back, , I have done similar before, you could have the front and side , bifold, but i dont care for the seam on the corner’s, so it will be solid, also makes for alignment and maintaining it also easier, but one thing , the cases and doors have to be perfectly square , so you have to be quite particular , which is how it should be any way , many of the features of this case will be in cases and bases DVD, this is the last case we were waiting on , and it wasnt planned to be there, but it has alot of unique things I felt it should be,

Here is a few Pictures of those “other ” shaker stands we did, these ae called sewing stands , and the tops are rectangluar , instead of round, the tiger maple is from Bob Kloes , not sure how the color will show , the lighting in the back isnt the best for taking pictures, but the figure is spectactular , and all one board, here is a case where we found the nicest widest top board and built to fit it , and the result is, well take a look,

and for those following “the show” , here is a quick preview of the case , we will have at the end of tomorrows show

well got to get to the gettin , later ya’ll

CN

gettin past the crash

as some of you know ,a week or so ago we had a major computer crash, what a pain , we have been going crazy getting everything back to normal , but then you learn ” what is  normal” , the new computers, have the new Windows 7  , operating  system , which wasnt set up for wireless connections and we have to have wireless , so that has been an issue , but seems to be getting resolved, the new computers hopefully will be all back up by the weeks end i hope, we are fully functional , but just the time the girls are having to put in getting everything reconfigured and in some cases reentered, we have also added an external hard drive back up, ( should have already done that) and as well doing an off site back up , just how it has to be these days , also as many of you know last year we were broken into and our video equiptment was stolen, and we had to replace all that , well  yesterday we saw where someone had tried to pry the office door open, they didnt get in , and have found no evidence of exterior forced entry, we have steel doors and dead bolts, and are very select who has a key, so that has given us concern, so we have done steel interior doors and locks, thats  a shame , but i guess in the times we live its what you have to do , as well im going to install a security system , for me that would be a good nasty “shop dog”,  named   Chomper , who lives up to the name ,others want something electrical, I have tried to explain that if the power goes out , Ol Chomper would still be on the job, but  i didnt win, so we will have all these key pads and stuff i guess, so it goes, if it isnt one thing its 10

 so enough of all that , hopefully tomorrow we will get some good photos of the Clothes press up , i been working hard on it , it has some challenges that i am enjoying , and am able to use some creative engineering and design,its a fun build, a litte head scratching going on, but i like that , because while it will look like the orginal , it will have alot of”secrets”, i love getting creative and doing those .

so hopefully , shortly we will be quite secure , and puters all cooking , its been fun , and course cheap….who would have ever thought that a woodworking shop would have to put in security systems and have a bunch of computers….geez, times do change , its changing with them thats hard 

Later Ya’ll

Life is what you make of it …watch this you will be glad you did

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MslbhDZoniY

 

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a quick note

hope everyone got the newsletter, and those who follow the show caught the one we posted last night, and as well the next one goes up tonight.
at present we are still working thru the computer crash, but things are getting back on track, but it sure was a tough ,couple of days…getting everything restored…
I have finished filming the show for a couple of weeks out…and today i am back working on my hunt board and clothes press and starting into another good size project….and will tag you along here on the blog , today will be cutting and assembling the case’s of the clothes press , so hopefully tomorrow we can get some good photos up of it …think you will like it, it will have a few not expected , features..you will enjoy.

back to work, thanks all for your support and emails,

Charles

Finally got some Pictures up

Well we still have puter issues….finally just replaced the one puter , *^^^*^*(^&*(%* , that wasnt fun, geez always something , anyway all the data from one is transferring to another , so hopefully we will get the news letter our today or tomorrow, but the girls are working hard to get it done.

Here are some pictures you might like, the finished Chippendale desk , the curly cherry i got for the big case, and my bench, it had gotten ” a might scroungy”,   hey  I use it , but every now and then i scrape it down and put another coat of Waterlox on it , …did that last evening so now it looks better … ( was under orders), but i got it done…so now its off to film some more for the show , and other stuff, as well got several projects to get done and keep it all moving.

Newsletter day

well  we hope so anyway, seems we are having computer issues..not sure what , but the main one is “throwing a fit”,  I haven’t touched it, honest..Im on my lap top,  computers are like ” other things”, they are great when they work , but when they dont , well you understand , always something isnt it !

   I got up to Good hope hardwood and got some curly cherry for some matched raised panels for a big case im doing, I had some great stuff , but wanted to have it all match ( same log) , and it had to be at least 12″ wide …had to buy 5/4 , which i wasnt happy about , but decided i would resaw it and at least get some nice drawer front material, 5/4 will be about 1 1/4 when surfaced , ( if im lucky), so i can resaw approx 3/8 off , and hope to yield a 1/4 ” thick drawer front material, and then finish out the raised panel material at 5/8 to 3/4 , cant get pictures up because of , “something”, not sure what,  something to do with using the laptop, vs the other puters…one is pure Video, DVD stuff, but any way..

The newsletter will be a OCT/NOV issue, covering 2 months, as hard as we tried we just couldnt get bases and cases and the show and all the project work done  ,in time to get  the Newsletter done, so we just did a pretty good size one, hope you like it, and if I can i will get back on track for Dec 1 ,

those of you who have been following the show, I just unclamped my shelves and side panels , so its get the camera  ,and show you exactly how we glued them and the side panels as well, and how we will get them ready to start building and then to the case build.

well i have to get off here now, as they have to shut the internet down for a bit, later ya’ll

Tense Moments

well we got our first show done , had a few tense moments as it didnt start when it should bu Ken and Sherri got it going, if you dont know its best to start the show and then just pause it for 10 or 15 min to let the stream get ahead so you dont get and stopping and jerking  ..or at least thats what im told…the show thus far has gotten good reviews

Well tomorrow I am heading to Pennsylvania to deliver the Chippendale desk and go By Good Hope hardwoods… looking for some curly cherry , and looking for material for a special show project ..and who knows what else i might “just have to have”….going there is like a kid in a candy store… price is slightly different..but man they got some nice stuff….. I will take the camera and see what we come up with….

 well finally today i am getting the news letter finished, between coats of finish on the desk, ( just the bottom), been a long hard week, looking forward to getting out of the shop this weekend….well best get to writing and spraying…..see on Monday

Chippendale Desk

I had mentioned I had built a Chippendale desk, here are some shots of it, not a super hard build, it’s in the finish process right now…couple unique features, the underside of the desk has a full raised panel “closure panel”, and the corner of each leg has the scroll sawn corner blocks as you see. I laminated the corner blocks using 2 horzontial grains and the center verticle …it adds a ton of strength ..the color is all but natural, it has 2 coats of waterlox , now will get 1 light coat of Sealcoat shellac, then a light scuff and waterbase topcoat ( 3 coats), with crosslinker…

The Show is Filmed

Alright the first show is filmed….. as I mentioned its mostly about “figuring out what we gonna do”, then getting to the doing….. we call it telling stories , after this first project , i hope you will be able to build from a “story”,   remember the forum for the show and if you have questions please ask, its what its all about…….and dont be bashful……..remember this is just me and you in the shop…….building together….ask away…, well now i get to go finish gluing all the panels up for the cupboard…later ya’ll ,……………..Oh yea, im also now working on the news letter…finally…