"Well" Thank you, (Both Mike and Tim for you comments.)
Tim Yes all parts are solid, The best part about this job was since this
Gentleman wanted Poplar, I didn't have to buy any wood.I already owned the
lumber, All I needed to do was cut,glue, and turn all the pieces.
The owner came on by Yesterday and saw his column (before staining) He brought
over a piece of Mahogany that is going to be a companion to this,He said that
the two pieces were not going to be directly next to one-n-other, but he wanted
them to look like they were made out of the same wood. I think he will be happy.
The only real trick to this job, was the transition pieces, I glued them
together (using a paper joint.) and cut them as one piece of wood, then
separated them, drilled out the center of the turnings for the 3/4" for the
dowel that I use to hold everything together, then glued up.
"O" one more thing, I played with the assembly quite a bit before gluing , the
taper was originally suppose to be large side down, but after a lot of looking
at the piece, I thought the opposite was true,because of the size of this
piece, the small end looked better at the bottom,and tapering up. The owner
didn't notice or comment on it, so I guess my, on the fly decision was the
correct one.
I have to get ready for work.
Have a good day.
talk to you all latter.
C.A.G.
----- Original Message -----
From: Tim Krause
To: Legacy-Ornamental-Mills@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 2:18 AM
Subject: Re: todays project
Is the column solid or hollow? The stain turned out pretty nice. It looks
really elegant for being cheap wood.
-Tim
----- Original Message -----
From: curt george
To: Legacy Google group
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 6:16 PM
Subject: todays project
Hello Everyone.
I wish I thought about taking pictures before I finished this one.
The project is a pedestal, that a gentleman asked my to make for him.
It was made up of 5 pieces, the top (9"dia,) , two transition pieces
(6"dia,), the center column (5"dia-4 1/2"dia.), and the base.(6" square)
This project was almost completely done on the Legacy.The run time was 5
hours.
( I could have done this job a bit faster, But... I messed up on the top,
and had to start over again with a new piece.Dumb mistake, I forgot to tighten
down the tail stock, and while turning it moved, "Well" you can just guess
it,One huge chunk is now missing off the original.SO TAKE II.) ;-(
The wood is popular, but the stain is Red Mahogany.(General Finishes) this
column will also have three coats of Amber Shellac added before delivery.
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