Entry hall table for a niece: VIDEO

Re: Entry hall table for a niece: VIDEO

Mark Nowicki

When you get bored with woodworking, you can always direct Polish movies.

Kidding, nice shop.

Re: Entry hall table for a niece: VIDEO

paul in AZ

I admire your work. Certainly better than anything I have accomplished.

I get one giggle from the video. Seeing that you had a bandaid on your finger is something I can identify with. I have baptized occasional pieces with blood from nicks and scratches. [fortunately never anything serious]

Re: Entry hall table for a niece: VIDEO

Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)

When you get bored with woodworking, you can always direct Polish movies.

Mark, actually I could claim to be one quarter Polish (Polish grandmother).

I'm not sure what my accent is. I lived in South Africa until my 20's, growing up with very English parents, and the past 35 years in Australia. Mongrel. I hope I can be understood.

The camera is very intimidating. No feedback as one talks. No camera (eyes) to follow you as you move (no photographer, just an iPhone on a tripod). And I find myself becoming so tentative - little chops with the mallet instead of one head one to depth (when removing waste from the sockets). Chopping/sawing at an angle so the camera gets a view. I hope the information is helpful.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Re: Entry hall table for a niece: VIDEO

roger lance

Enjoyed the video. You used a term...."chisel wall"......Paul Sellers, who is British, uses the term....."knife wall"......the terms make sense.....have not heard them used much here in the colonies.

Re: Entry hall table for a niece: VIDEO

Ed Wozniak

You were working without a net on that one. Not everybody does their demos on pieces that if you mess up you have to redo all three drawers. The way you work with such ease on such an important piece shows how accomplished you are in your woodworking skills.

Re: Kerfing Chisel

Hank Knight

Derek, thank you for the video. It was enlightening and well done. Your worries about being tentative and difficult to understand are misplaced on both counts. It was also a pleasure to see you working in your shop. Your bench looks very familiar and is equipped similar to mine.

I have been intrigued by your kerning chisel since you first mentioned it a while back. I tried Tage Frid's method using a scraper years ago and had poor success. Your kerning chisel looks like the answer to my failures with Frid's method. I looked on your Blog and didn't find anything about how you made it. You mentioned in there video that you ground down a "steel trowel." What kind of trowel? I'm not sure what we refer to as a trowel here in the States is the same tool you mention. I can't envision a trowel with a stout, straight tang as your chisel has. Did you anneal it before you ground it then re harden/temper it? What did you grind it with and how did you manage to get the blade as thin as you did and keep the faces parallel? I plan on trying my hand at making a kerfing chisel, but I envision a mess without some guidance. I would appreciate your input.

Thanks again.

Hank

Re: Kerfing Chisel

Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)

Hi Hank

Thanks for the kind words.

The Kerfing Chisel is in Shop Made Tools: http://www.inthewoodshop.com/ShopMadeTools/KerfChisel.html

A "trowel" is used for gardening, for laying cement or smoothing plaster ....

From a vague memory, it was originally about 12" in length.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Re: Ah! Thanks.

Hank Knight

I missed the article on your Blog. It answers my questions.

Re: Kerfing Chisel

William Duffield

Was it a double ended stainless spatula for sculpting clay and wax?

Re: Kerfing Chisel

Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)

William, it is anyone's guess as it was a decade ago. I imagine a sculptor would use a spatula, as much as a gardener would use a steel trowel for repotting plants, or a bricklayer might use it for pointing.

I was thinking of making another a while back, and considered re-purposing a paint scraper (use the blade and add a more solid handle) ...

Regards from Perth

Derek