I retired from teaching in 2008 after 31 year teaching wood shop and construction related classes. This blogs intent is to continue to share my love and knowledge of wood working with others. My online portfolio can be viewed at www.woodworksbyjohn.com. By posting comments, pictures, and also sharing the thought process I go through to complete my commissions I hope to continue to share my work with you.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Got Clamps?
There seems to be a long stretch between the beginning of a project and the time you start to glue parts of it up. Then, it seems to be an even longer stretch to work out the details and go through the finishing process. Admittedly, my finish is pretty labor intensive but well worth it in my opinion -- never had a client complain! Anyway, here's a shot of the pistol case glued together and clamped, I guess it's true that you can't have too many of them! I don't know about other woodworkers but the time you begin to assemble your work is always somewhat stressful for me. Each one of the fingers needed to have a thin coat of glue brushed on them and everything has to be done quickly, especially in our dry, desert climate. During the summer I won't even think about gluing a complicated project together. Lucky if it's below 85 degrees at 6 am, no problems today though.
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