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   jhausch | Oct 16, 2003 01:15pm | #1

   All my projects turn out rustic . . . .try some of these links:

   http://www.lodgecraft.com/

   http://www.adirondacktradingpost.com/

   I also remember an article and frequent ads in FWW for a tool that helps carve the round tennons.  Maybe someone else can recall the mfg.

   Steelkilt Lives!
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   macalex | Oct 16, 2003 01:52pm | #2

   Thanks

   Lee Valley (among others) sell the tools for making round tenons ... your links were useful. I also did a Google search and found a few others.

   I'm aiming for an up-market look - may have to devise a way to round the almost-round willow branchwood so that the finished desk (which is for my office and will incorporate a small flat-panel TV and radio-tape-CD player at eye level) doesn't look too 'rustic'! I don't turn, so can't set the legs up between centres and round them that way. I'm sketching a jig that will allow me to use a router ...

   Why not use proper milled timber?

   I just fancy the look of the silver-grey weathered willow drift-wood. It's from my neighbourhood lake. If it comes off, the desk will be a stunner. If not ...

   Firewood! 

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   rslatm | Oct 19, 2003 06:04pm | #3

   Daniel Mack is tops for this type of furniture and he has some very informative books.
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   macalex | Oct 19, 2003 11:48pm | #4

   Thanks

   Contact details? Web presence?

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   rslatm | Oct 20, 2003 12:53am | #5

   http://www.danielmack.com/

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   Malcolm2 | Oct 20, 2003 02:51am | #6

   He's the business all right! Thanks - that's the connection I was after. Knots comes thru again. I'm about to email the man.