Building a Shaker inspired clock from hard Tiger Maple , together with, one of pine, (top left). The case is rabbit joint construction, wood is 9/16 thick. I purchased the Tiger Maple from my friend
Bob Kloes Bob has the most gorgeous maples I have ever seen, never has he let me down. Ummm, the pine, well that's just box store special.
Took a lot of flipping and flopping to get the grain and curl going the way I wanted. Rail and stile construction using the mini rail and stile bits from
MLCS Woodworking.
I struggled with the door panel. It was milled from a single wide board and had cupped a good deal. I thought I could win the battle by placing the board in traction by wetting with water, then over bending and apply heat and steam. But once the board became acclimated, it bent right back. Enough time was being wasted. So I just wet the cup side, as soon as the wood relaxed, I began working the panel to final size then locked it into the rail & stile frame. So far so good.
Building a Shaker inspired clock from hard Tiger Maple , together with, one of pine, (top left). The case is rabbit joint construction, wood is 9/16 thick. I purchased the Tiger Maple from my friend Bob Kloes Bob has the most gorgeous maples I have ever seen, never has he let me down. Ummm, the pine, well that's just box store special.
Took a lot of flipping and flopping to get the grain and curl going the way I wanted. Rail and stile construction using the mini rail and stile bits from MLCS Woodworking.
I struggled with the door panel. It was milled from a single wide board and had cupped a good deal. I thought I could win the battle by placing the board in traction by wetting with water, then over bending and apply heat and steam. But once the board became acclimated, it bent right back. Enough time was being wasted. So I just wet the cup side, as soon as the wood relaxed, I began working the panel to final size then locked it into the rail & stile frame. So far so good.
