I lied on the question on how many projects I did. I answered 5 and I made 6!
My latest. Whatever Women Call It?
My middle Daughter (The one I went to china with (twice) and got me that Drum Sander!)
She does this Needle Point? Whatever that is. She said she needed a stand to hold her hoops so she can use both hands ‘needlepointing” I thought that was what Nursed did!
Anyway what I came up with. She said it is PERFECT but she lies to her Dad ALOT!
DANG! I forgot the pictures! Jack will be the death of me yet!
EDIT: I forgot.. Purpleheart, Birdseye Maple and Santos Mahogany.
Edited 9/29/2007 12:21 pm by WillGeorge
Edited 9/29/2007 1:19 pm by WillGeorge
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Beautifully made. Whatever it is :-)
Thanks.. I thought it was nice and quick to make. Just a bunch of sticks and a slot for the bolt size you want to use.The size.. I told her to sit down in the chair. She told me......... DO NOT TELL me to sit down where I usually sit! ASK me to!I said OK and 'If You Please!' Hold out your hoop as you would normally use it. She did and took out my trusty tape measure and made everything a bit wider and taller and adjustable.I think she REALLY likes it!
Will,
Looks to me like the Emmert of needlepoint vises, or maybe the WillGeorge of same! I see it.
Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
WillG,
That is a fine sticky-clampy thang and (can't think what to say about it as, like others, I yam mystified as to its porpoise).
But never mind that. What is that nice darkwood object in the background. It looks a bit like some ancient carved furniture that was in a National Trust cottage on the Brockhampton Estate, where the ladywife and moi stayed at a year or so ago - old carved oak stuff from Jacobean times I think. Somewheres I have photos of it.
Show more pics of that thang, silver plate.
Lastly I see them new daughters is pretending to look at the stick thing but they are actually sizing up your wallet. I may be paranoid about daughters and wallets but I have good reason. Still, you claim that you get yourn trained to buy YOU presents! Please send the Techniques, for which I am willing to pay dollars. (I will save pounds if it works, you see).
Lataxe, secret admirer of old, carved and actually rather wonky furniture
sticky-clampy thang and (can't think what to say about it as, like others, I yam mystified as to its porpoise).It is a stand that clamps a large wooden hoop that holds the cloth pattern for needlepoint work. My daughter use to hold the needlepoint hoop in various ways while doing her needlepoint. I said 'you need BOTH hands free doing that' so I made the stand/hoop clamp. Now she can sit where she wants and just adjusts the arms so that the hoop is where she wants it over her lap. I'm not sure how else to describe it.It is made of Santos mahogany, Jatoba with some birdseye maple and lacewood along with some bolts and knobs. The slots are not routed in the main and diagonal supports. I used spacer strips a bit wider than the 5/16" bolts at the top and bottom. The slot is routed into the main clamp arm/handle .The curve on clamp arm serves no purpose other than something to give it some form.Just something I threw together that seemed to do the job. I never use plans. I mostly just sketch things (i'm horrible at drawing) in a REALLY rough way and start cutting. Somehow things seem to come together.Please send the Techniques, for which I am willing to pay dollars.?? If I post it.. My work is free to copy by anybody.The base is approximately 24" long by 19" wide. The main support stretcher is mortised into the feet and the other stretcher uses wedged through tenons. I have no idea why I did not use through tenons on both stretchers.The feet are 24" long by 2.750" high by 1" thick. The feet are tapered so they slide under the sofa if needed. The main support stretcher is 1.5" wide by 1" thick. This stretcher flexes a bit if you push down on the clamp arm so if I made another I'd make it wider and thicker. The wedged tenon stretcher is 1" wide by 0.5" thick.All the other sticks are 1" by 0.750". The clamp that holds the needlepoint hoop opens a maximum of 2" and is 4" wide by 4.750 in length.What is that nice darkwood object in the background......I have no idea what it is called but it comes from China and was very expensive. It is a altar or something like that. I believe it is used to collect things about a families ancestors and to offer gifts to gods and/or ancestors.My daughter uses it to collect things for the girls for when they are older. They are adopted (from different parts of China) and is a collection of 'stuff' from the parts of China where they came from.Show more pics of that thang, silver plate.Silver plate. I'm lost on that one. Not sure what you mean?
Hey Will,
If they are round, they are called embroidery hoops. If not round, embroidery frame. Even if they are for needlepoint! Doesn't nmake sense, but there you have it, that's the language for ya.
I like all those ebony knobs, they look almost like plastic!
Ray
I like all those ebony knobs, they look almost like plastic!They look plastic because they are! I'm not that well-off to afford ebony in that quantity!
Hey Will, That is a fine looking stick thingy, but the thing in he photos that I would like to see closer is the photo on that stand. Is that a wedding photo, and would that fellow in a uniform happen to be a young soldier? I would like to have a closer look at that young cutie in the flowing white dress. You know a pictures worth a thousand words, etc. Nice work. K
Will,
Shhh! I won't tell, if you don't. It'll be our little secret.
Ray
Will, you selected some fine sticks there to make a device for persuading captured spies to talk- I don't know what to call it either.
Thank heavens for little girls......Philip Marcou
Edited 9/29/2007 9:50 pm by philip
WG,
I looked at your photos and figured that you have made a medieval artillery device called a "trubouchet". My wife looked at it, and she said that Ray has all of the right words to describe it. My wife is a quilter and a needlepointer. She wants to know if you are going to make more of these devices. You may have to publish the plans fot it. Did you use plans?
Nice work,
Mel
Measure your output in smiles per board foot.
Very pretty and nicely done. I think, with the right attachments and a well, it should pump water.
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