Hello fellow saw dust makers,I just posted this under joinery and it disappeared into the void,so I will try again.I have been working on this project of doing curved joinery for several years.I am now getting what I consider to be good results up to 8 feet long.The photos I am posting are of a 3×6 foot slab of bubinga with curly maple running down the center.Does anyone out there know of any other examples of this style of joinery.I have seen a photo of a carriage joint with a curved detail but nothing of this scale.Just another”field rat”finish carpenter from NH now living in Utah.
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I have seen small examples mostly on boxes but nothing of this scale. What method are you using to align the joint? Cool work by the way.
chri7s
I'm amazed. I like the
I'm amazed. I like the squiggle a lot. A perfect multiple curved butt joint is one thing, but tongue and groove down the length of the joint is quite another. It's beautiful.
How do you do it?
I will post more of them as I get them finished.It is a good thing you can't tell how poorly the polyurethane came out,I have done finish carpentry for 25 years and always had painters to handle the finish end.I am gaining a lot of respect for their trade. "Puddy and paint makes a carpenter what he ain't".
thanks for the reply,the vertical alignment is handled by the tongue and groove joint handles the vertical alignment and it gives a large glue surface.I know it is a bit of a woodworking no-no to mix wood species and to be honest I thought that it might split and that would be the end of this experiment.So far I have done four slabs and none have split-yet.
If you used a template, a straight cutter, and set of template bushings, then I know how you did it and have seen it done before, but to lesser degrees. Not too long ago, there was an article in Fine Woodworking using a similar technique to hide the seams in a tabletop glue up. Because the curve was gentle, he didn't use the second template guide set-up.
Very cool concept and good choice of materials.
Thanks for that info I will see if I still have the issue the article was in.I am having a blast working on this,not making any money but having a blast.Nice web site by the way.
If it helps, the article was part of Fundamentals. Maybe by Mario Rodriguez? I think you've impressed all of us with the design - sometimes that in itself is enough of a reward.
Thanks for the comment on my brand spankin' new site!
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