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Headboard, with weathered and worn appearance.
I made this headboard for my daughter-in-law and son a couple months back. They wanted to apply the finish so as to match the other stained wood in the room. I forgot to photograph this assembled headboard when complete, so some details may not be visible due to the dark stain.
I used hard maple, nice wood to work with, and it lives up to it's name. Hard to work with hand tools unless you keep them very sharp, or it could be me and my waning strength.
The main board was glued up, then followed by surfacing with hand planes and scraper planes. The maple was in the rough from a local sawmill, and a full 1” thick.
The sides - legs are 2.5” X 2.5”, constructed by laminating 1” boards with a resawn ½” board in between. No special decorative elements were added to these.
The main board has two molding profiles cut by hand. There's a large cove on top with a top board resting on the cove, and there are three 3” wide boards running up each side and across directly under the cove.
The cove was cut in two stages, first the bulk of the waste was removed by a rabbit plane, followed by a large cove plane. The remaining boards have ovolos on each side.
That's about it, short and sweet.
Thanks for viewing.
11 Comments
F@#in cool bro !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
Hi Tom. I'm impressed with all the operations you do with hand tools that I use a power tool for. There as very few people who can do that any more. Nice work on it!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day
Yes, that is impressive work.
Ron
Nice work, Tom! Hard maple can be a bear with dull hand tools. Sharp makes it possible, but it's still hard work.
May you have the day you deserve!
Nice! And with hand tools? I'd be dead.
The Other Steven
Just thinking about lifting that completed plank make my back hurt!
I can see the advantage of hand tooling there, even my TS will burn with that maple.
I can see the advantage of hand tooling there, even my TS will burn with that maple.
Thanks for the kind comments all, much appreciated.
I've been interested in hand tools for some time. When my children were young we stopped at Colonial Williamsburg, VA once, viewed this living history museum and in the woodworker' shop I was in awe with the accomplishments of the gentlemen there. All using old traditional tools to create items of beauty. Amazing.
So, I wanted to do same, still practicing today.
Thanks.
I've been interested in hand tools for some time. When my children were young we stopped at Colonial Williamsburg, VA once, viewed this living history museum and in the woodworker' shop I was in awe with the accomplishments of the gentlemen there. All using old traditional tools to create items of beauty. Amazing.
So, I wanted to do same, still practicing today.
Thanks.
Nice job OT. I don't have many hand tools, but I do have some nice planes. I love the feeling of the plane slicing through the lumber, and sometimes I just wanna keep going until there's no wood left.
.................. John D....................
Hand-toolers never cease to amaze me. Nice work. Thanks for the post and pics...
Beautiful and very well built. I'm sure it's much appreciated!
Wonderful Craftsmanship and a great result... Regards .... Cliff.
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