Woodworking

[ronwoodcraft]

Again very well done Ron. Do you have any photo examples of the tree before and after? I see some pretty gnarly looking dead stump juniper's in the Colorado Plateau of Colo, Utah & northern Az. I'm wondering what the difference is between and your western Juniper, which appears to only grow in your state and some in California.

Thanks Grant, Ive seen Utah Juniper from Utah and Wyoming that has similar characteristics, but the wood is more of a red color, like Red Cedar.......Have also seen some from Colorado that is closer to what we had in Oregon.......

Here's a couple of before and afters....I had more raw wood pics, but lost a ton of pictures when a one of my computers crashed.

 

[kcm]

Seeing those stumps reminded me of when I was stationed in San Antonio. Had an aunt & uncle who lived just a little north and they had tons of cedar stumps. I "almost" got into something similar back then! Been so long now that I can't even remember why it never happened.

 

[ronwoodcraft]

Beautiful work. I build a few tables from old barn wood. But I'm not in your league.
Sorry could not rotate pic.

Looks great to me!!

 

[Rookster]

Wow, that's awesome how you can do that.

 

[Rookster]

Thank you.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Really nice work Ron!

 

[tamrock]

Looks great to me!!

Me to. Excellent work rook.

 

[Kray Gelder]

Oh Man. F'n fantastic. You really pulled fantasm out of those gnarly junipers. Amazing creations!. I knew you were an artist from your photography. This just reinforces my opinion. Great work!

 

[ronwoodcraft]

Many Thanks Everyone, This is a full size juniper bed in progress. Finding pics in my old photobucket account. I lost the finished pictures......I worked with pine too, and may post some of that in followup posts.

 

[kcm]

 

[WannaDig3687]

Ditto!

 

[Rookster]

Found an old barn I had been eyeballing for a while and finally stopped and ask an elderly woman what the plans were for the barn falling in. She told me they were planning on pushing it over and burning it. I ask for some of the wood in advance off of it and she said yes. I carried my truck back and got a pickup load. Offered to pay her but she refused. It turns out after planeing that about half of the wood is Chestnut which died out in the south starting in the thirties. The tops are Chestnut and the legs are Heart pine. I've got 4 grandchildren all girls. All are getting a table made on the same style except for different corbels. I have one more to make. I hope. Thanks for the nice posts.

 

[Molewacker]

Wow, simply WOW!!!!!

 

[boogeyman]

Very fine work! You've got a true talent, a good eye, and the skill few have! The ability to see it and the most important talent of all being able to get it from your mind to your hands! Salute to you!!!

 

[ronwoodcraft]

Found an old barn I had been eyeballing for a while and finally stopped and ask an elderly woman what the plans were for the barn falling in. She told me they were planning on pushing it over and burning it. I ask for some of the wood in advance off of it and she said yes. I carried my truck back and got a pickup load. Offered to pay her but she refused. It turns out after planeing that about half of the wood is Chestnut which died out in the south starting in the thirties. The tops are Chestnut and the legs are Heart pine. I've got 4 grandchildren all girls. All are getting a table made on the same style except for different corbels. I have one more to make. I hope. Thanks for the nice posts.

Awesome Rook! When I was out looking for unique pieces of wood, I considered it a form of treasure hunting. Sounds like you did the same finding some beautiful chestnut.....You did beautiful work with it too. Good for you making tables for your granddaughters.

 

[Rookster]

Thanks. I hope to finish the fourth by the end of Spring as I'm ready to start Treasure hunting again. Your work takes great imagination. All I do is check out a web site or two, get some ideas and try to keep my bride out of the shop while I'm working. Congrats on you work also.

 

[old digger]

On the bed do you use those large dowel bits that the Woodcrafter Magazine sells? Just curious.

 

[ronwoodcraft]

On the bed do you use those large dowel bits that the Woodcrafter Magazine sells? Just curious.

No, I believe what you're referring to is a tenon cutter and I've never had one....I use a hole saw, can't remember the size, but think 1 5/8" diameter. Use that to get started, then fiddle whittle the wood on the outside with a chainsaw, angle grinder and orbital sander until it fits.

 

[old digger]

So in other words you kind of do the old fashioned way. Absolutely nothing wrong with that.

 

[ronwoodcraft]

No, I believe what you're referring to is a tenon cutter and I've never had one....I use a hole saw, can't remember the size, but think 1 5/8" diameter. Use that to get started, then fiddle whittle the wood on the outside with a chainsaw, angle grinder and orbital sander until it fits.

This is a queen size burled lodge pole pine. I use blind scribed mortise tenon joints where the cross pieces and side rails join the posts.....The tenons are round for the cross pieces. None of them are visible, but I tried to show a detail of the joint where the side rail joins the post......Made a rectangular tenon by basically carving a 2x4 on each end of the side rail. The rectangular mortises are made with a drill and chisel. A 1/2" lag bolt pulls it tight against the post. The rectangular tenon prevents a swivel action, and the scribed shoulder prevents the head and foot from folding in.