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Grogmister
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Yes during a class I took but do not want to mess with the setup and if you screw up a piece can be a pain to replicate it exactly.
WOW .... that's impressive talent, B2V.
I couldn't imagine doing something that detailed !
Those are amazing!
WOW .... that's impressive talent, B2V.
I couldn't imagine doing something that detailed !
Thanks guys!
The eagle and flag was actually the easier of the 2, probably have almost 40 hours in the bottom eagle (10 of those redoing screw ups
).It wouldn’t be any fun if you didn’t screw something upThanks guys!
The eagle and flag was actually the easier of the 2, probably have almost 40 hours in the bottom eagle (10 of those redoing screw ups
I've spend countless hours on a scroll saw, and some of my favorite projects were the stacked ones, similar to your flag/eagle.Thanks guys!
The eagle and flag was actually the easier of the 2, probably have almost 40 hours in the bottom eagle (10 of those redoing screw ups
The worst is, when almost complete with a 60 hour cut, and a piece snaps off. I spent a lot of hours fixing too, so I feel your pain.
I started drawing my own designs, since I wanted specific ones, and customers wanted something personal.
Some woodwork, some glass work.
Installed these today.
My home was designed in 1912, but built in 1995. My wife found some windows from 1910, so they are 103 years old. I had to reglaze the windows but the glass is all intact, despite it age, it is all unbroken and original. I modified the wood frames and fit them into my window frames, which are slightly larger than the windows, so it looks like they have extra thick frames. The interior trim in my home is poplar and cherry. I added some polar trim to the original window frames to fit them into my existing frames.
7 windows installed today in total. 2 in my living room, 3 in our foyer, 1 each in a bathroom and our laundry room, all of which face the street.
Installed these today.
My home was designed in 1912, but built in 1995. My wife found some windows from 1910, so they are 103 years old. I had to reglaze the windows but the glass is all intact, despite it age, it is all unbroken and original. I modified the wood frames and fit them into my window frames, which are slightly larger than the windows, so it looks like they have extra thick frames. The interior trim in my home is poplar and cherry. I added some polar trim to the original window frames to fit them into my existing frames.
7 windows installed today in total. 2 in my living room, 3 in our foyer, 1 each in a bathroom and our laundry room, all of which face the street.
Not quite finished with our new library wall. Started this months ago. Should be done by Thanksgiving.
This is all cherry.
Carpet needs to be redone. We have a remake of an original William Morris design rug that matches the colors of the mural that we inset into the book cases. That will go down into the area. To give you an ideal of the scale, that mural is 9' wide, full width is just under 16'.
This is all cherry.
Carpet needs to be redone. We have a remake of an original William Morris design rug that matches the colors of the mural that we inset into the book cases. That will go down into the area. To give you an ideal of the scale, that mural is 9' wide, full width is just under 16'.
the street rug really ties it all together.
That is fantastic! Did you design that yourself or buy a set of plans? I have a grandson that would love to make that for his 4H woods project.
Lots of free plans on the internet, that is one I modified. This is the same one made closer to the plans. Plans came from here: https://www.stevedgood.com/catalog/
This was a surprise gift for our 39th Anniversary (earlier this month) to the Lovely Mrs_Bob. She left to visit our daughter in Chicago for a couple days.
I had everything set to spring into action.
Purchased a few rolls of silk wallpaper with a blooming dogwood pattern and a burnished gold background. Hid the box when it arrived. I had a bunch of poplar trim that was already stained, but not the correct size for what I needed. I've been sneaking away to the workshop, ripping it down to size on the table saw, never spending too much time in the shop that she would ask what I was working on. Then had to match the stain on the newly sized edges.
The room as it was... (obviously taken with the Christmas decor). But the wall with the 5 double stacked windows is the area where I have been working.
So my idea was to install wallpaper in the 4 upper areas of the wall between the 5 window columns.
Yes, that is Blue painters tape holding some of the edges in place while the wallpaper paste dries.
The final step was to 'double frame' the wallpaper into the space.
So using some of the same sized trim, I ripped it down and set it on its edge, to create a tall thin frame inside the existing trim. This was a technique that I had seen on several Craftsman and Prairie style homes from the early 1900's. It adds a 3/4" wide piece of trim that protrudes an extra 1/2" forward, creating a nice shadow play and a bit more visual weight.
So PHASE 1 of project is finished. The upper spaces are complete.
Better photo of the framed in wood work over the silk fabric. It's a little detail, but one that is missing. And while we have been adding things for nearly 30 years to this house, compared to an original Frank Lloyd Wright or a Walter Burley Griffin home, it lacks so many details. So this is just one less that project in a long list that I need to do. It will be done someday?
So the second batch of wall paper arrived Thursday.
And I already glued it up into the lower areas between the windows.
Now I have the hard work to do. I need to rip down some poplar wood to the proper dimensions. Stain it to match the existing trim, varnish and then install it. I have enough poplar to do the job, but it all is old wood from prior projects, some have bad edges, so there will be a lot of waste, but given that some of this wood has been laying around for nearly 30 years, it is not like it has anywhere else to go. Might as well rip it down, waste a few bits, and use most of it to add another dimension of trim to the room.
When I did the original project, which was only the top portions of the wallpaper, I already had the wood prepared. So the job went much quicker. I knew the lovely Mrs_Bob was going to be gone for a bit more than 48 hours. So I'd sneak away to the shop, cut a few pieces. Stain a few pieces. That went on for weeks. All of the wood was ready to go. She had no idea because I would sneak away for short periods of time. For the install, I just needed her out of the house for a couple days so I could slap up the wall paper and then fit the trim. 2 good days and the job was done.
Got to clean it up, sanding sealer, stain, varnish ...
I'm running a little ahead of schedule. Got all the wood ripped down to rough size. I need 8 pieces roughly 5' long and 8 pieces roughly 2' long.
I had everything set to spring into action.
Purchased a few rolls of silk wallpaper with a blooming dogwood pattern and a burnished gold background. Hid the box when it arrived. I had a bunch of poplar trim that was already stained, but not the correct size for what I needed. I've been sneaking away to the workshop, ripping it down to size on the table saw, never spending too much time in the shop that she would ask what I was working on. Then had to match the stain on the newly sized edges.
The room as it was... (obviously taken with the Christmas decor). But the wall with the 5 double stacked windows is the area where I have been working.
So my idea was to install wallpaper in the 4 upper areas of the wall between the 5 window columns.
Yes, that is Blue painters tape holding some of the edges in place while the wallpaper paste dries.
The final step was to 'double frame' the wallpaper into the space.
So using some of the same sized trim, I ripped it down and set it on its edge, to create a tall thin frame inside the existing trim. This was a technique that I had seen on several Craftsman and Prairie style homes from the early 1900's. It adds a 3/4" wide piece of trim that protrudes an extra 1/2" forward, creating a nice shadow play and a bit more visual weight.
So PHASE 1 of project is finished. The upper spaces are complete.
Better photo of the framed in wood work over the silk fabric. It's a little detail, but one that is missing. And while we have been adding things for nearly 30 years to this house, compared to an original Frank Lloyd Wright or a Walter Burley Griffin home, it lacks so many details. So this is just one less that project in a long list that I need to do. It will be done someday?
So the second batch of wall paper arrived Thursday.
And I already glued it up into the lower areas between the windows.
Now I have the hard work to do. I need to rip down some poplar wood to the proper dimensions. Stain it to match the existing trim, varnish and then install it. I have enough poplar to do the job, but it all is old wood from prior projects, some have bad edges, so there will be a lot of waste, but given that some of this wood has been laying around for nearly 30 years, it is not like it has anywhere else to go. Might as well rip it down, waste a few bits, and use most of it to add another dimension of trim to the room.
When I did the original project, which was only the top portions of the wallpaper, I already had the wood prepared. So the job went much quicker. I knew the lovely Mrs_Bob was going to be gone for a bit more than 48 hours. So I'd sneak away to the shop, cut a few pieces. Stain a few pieces. That went on for weeks. All of the wood was ready to go. She had no idea because I would sneak away for short periods of time. For the install, I just needed her out of the house for a couple days so I could slap up the wall paper and then fit the trim. 2 good days and the job was done.
Got to clean it up, sanding sealer, stain, varnish ...
I'm running a little ahead of schedule. Got all the wood ripped down to rough size. I need 8 pieces roughly 5' long and 8 pieces roughly 2' long.
@melensdad, what a transformation! Blends and extends the outdoors from the windows. Excellent execution and boy will she be surprised!!!
Wood was pre-stained on Friday.
Stained on Saturday (3 coats, 3 different colors to try to match up very closely to the original wood, which was stained nearly 30 years ago and finishes tend to change or darken with age).
This morning I got the first coat of polyurethane on the wood. After it dries I'll sand it with 600 grit sandpaper and reapply the polyurethane if needed. Then I can load the truck up with the compound miter saw, finish nail gun, and the wood. The workshop is only a couple hundred feet away from the house, but so much easier to drive everything I need in 1 trip than to carry the tools and wood in several.
So not sure if I will get to installing any wood later today? Or if it will be installed tomorrow? Really depends on if I need a 2nd coat of polyurethane or not.
Plus we have Mother's Day dinner this afternoon in Chicago that will take away 4+ hours of possible installation time. I guess, the more I think about it, looks much more likely the wood trim will be installed tomorrow.
Stained on Saturday (3 coats, 3 different colors to try to match up very closely to the original wood, which was stained nearly 30 years ago and finishes tend to change or darken with age).
This morning I got the first coat of polyurethane on the wood. After it dries I'll sand it with 600 grit sandpaper and reapply the polyurethane if needed. Then I can load the truck up with the compound miter saw, finish nail gun, and the wood. The workshop is only a couple hundred feet away from the house, but so much easier to drive everything I need in 1 trip than to carry the tools and wood in several.
So not sure if I will get to installing any wood later today? Or if it will be installed tomorrow? Really depends on if I need a 2nd coat of polyurethane or not.
Plus we have Mother's Day dinner this afternoon in Chicago that will take away 4+ hours of possible installation time. I guess, the more I think about it, looks much more likely the wood trim will be installed tomorrow.
