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Thursday, May 6, 2010

You say huntboard, I say sideboard....

I'm off on my next project, and it's a bit more ambitious than the shaker table. That being said, it uses many of the same joinery and techniques, but with a few twists. The original design comes from an old Popular Woodworking article by Glen Huey.  There is also a sketchup diagram for my design in the 3D Warehouse.

In this episode, I talk about the project, the changes I made, and go over a few key design concepts.  Some people prefer to design as they go, but I like to get all my decisions hammered out early in the process, especially on a bigger project like this, and where I'm running fairly lean on materials.  This will likely be a good long project, and will probably produce around a dozen or so episodes.  Wish me luck!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Your video's are always very informative and fun to watch. Also over time the editing skill is very much improving. Keep them posted i enjoy watching them! Greetings from the Netherlands

Ralph

Morton said...

Rob - loved hearing about the changes in design, reasoning, etc. 75 bd ft! Nice. What lumber yard do you use?

Rob Bois said...

The whole project is about 75 BF (and that's running VERY lean). 50 of cherry (including one stick of curly cherry which was a bit more expensive). For this job, I went up to Brentwood, NH to Highland Hardwoods. I usually make the trip up there for larger purchases since their prices are very good, and there is no sales tax. http://www.highlandhardwoods.com/

Morton said...

Cool - I've heard good things about them - will have to check them out for my next project. I've been going to Downes and Reader, which hasn't been the best experience (has been OK, just not great).