AHG (and sometimes U)

[AcornHouse]

Just call me Jed.

 

[Stuball48]

You didn't get this idea from Phyllis Diller's hair stylist did you?
Does clamping pressure vary or do you strive for same pressure on all clampings?

Just call me Jed.

 

[AcornHouse]

You didn't get this idea from Phyllis Diller's hair stylist did you?
Does clamping pressure vary or do you strive for same pressure on all clampings?

Same pressure. Firm, but not crushing. (The sides are only 1.75mm thick, after all.)
It looks like they have different settings, but with cam clamps, they are not built to uniform tolerances. It's all by feel.

 

[AcornHouse]

And, to give you a better sense of scale...

 

[AcornHouse]

Got the buttresses flown in last night and shaped this morning. REALLY tricky trying to carve them in place with very limited space for the knife. There may be a tiny nick of two on the inside walls.



And got started trimming the overhang with chisel, plane, and scraper.

 

[Stuball48]

And always great photos.

 

[GAD]

So pretty

 

[GGJaguar]

Great looking wood.

 

[AcornHouse]

Double checking the fit in the case.

 

[Stuball48]

Glad to see the Head of Research and Development earning their wages. And looks like maybe another promotion by becoming Head of Shipping.

 

[GAD]

I never understood how true “curiosity killed the cat” was until I actually had a cat.

 

[AcornHouse]

Preparing the back, I came to the realization that it needed a backstrip, if only a thin one. There was too much diametrically opposed chatoyance between the book matched halved, not uncommon in koa, that was too jarring. This little strip of red in between is enough of a wall to get rid of the distraction. (Looking at the offcut on top, it's the narrower width that'll be seen, not the wider surface facing up in the photo.)

 

[GGJaguar]

She needs an official inspection stamp.

 

[AcornHouse]

With the glue dried overnight, I can get the strip flushed down.



With it resanded and a fresh sealer coat of shellac, that thin strips of red really does a great job of breaking up the conflicting chatoyance patterns.

 

[GAD]

Why red? Will there be other red highlights?

 

[AcornHouse]

Why red? Will there be other red highlights?

All the trim will be the bloodwood. It is the favorite color of the recipient according to her husband.

 

[AcornHouse]

The middle back brace will just have to wait until there's some space available for clamping.

 

[AcornHouse]

There we go.

 

[GAD]

All the trim will be the bloodwood. It is the favorite color of the recipient according to her husband.

Nice.

 

[AcornHouse]

All shaped.