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Corbel Bookend
MaryMay@marymay
453 Posts
Quote from MaryMay on August 16, 2017, 5:48 am
Sometimes the design can become very busy with adding the v-cuts, and will completely change the look. Sometimes simpler is better and I think for this one, I would leave (leaf) it without. Either will work and be correct, and I have seen it both ways. It's really your own personal preference. Just go ahead and make another set and make v-cut veins in them and you can see the difference (now that you're so good and fast at carving these 🙂
Sometimes the design can become very busy with adding the v-cuts, and will completely change the look. Sometimes simpler is better and I think for this one, I would leave (leaf) it without. Either will work and be correct, and I have seen it both ways. It's really your own personal preference. Just go ahead and make another set and make v-cut veins in them and you can see the difference (now that you're so good and fast at carving these 🙂
Matthew Mizner@mattm
242 PostsTopic Author
Quote from Matthew Mizner on August 16, 2017, 8:07 am
Ha!! Sound advise on "leafing" it out...I can see what you mean about getting too busy. I'll hopefully get a pic up by the end of the week of it all glued up.
Speaking of, I can appreciate how easy it was to carve all the pieces separately prior to final glue up. I'm wondering if it would have been better overall tho to fully assemble, then carve. I'm dreading what clamps might do to my carving as I'm putting it together.
Ha!! Sound advise on "leafing" it out...I can see what you mean about getting too busy. I'll hopefully get a pic up by the end of the week of it all glued up.
Speaking of, I can appreciate how easy it was to carve all the pieces separately prior to final glue up. I'm wondering if it would have been better overall tho to fully assemble, then carve. I'm dreading what clamps might do to my carving as I'm putting it together.
MaryMay@marymay
453 Posts
Quote from MaryMay on August 16, 2017, 8:04 pm
Quite often it is better to assemble afterwards for several reasons. Some areas may be very awkward to reach and difficult to carve. It may be difficult to clamp as a complete piece. Some areas may also be damaged in the carving process, such as cuts into the background, etc. I'm not aware of how this was put together, but if you can do it in pieces it usually works better. But each piece really depends on the design as to what is best. Just protect your carving with leather or foam pads from the clamps, but it should be fine. Your books will be very happy being held by these!
Quite often it is better to assemble afterwards for several reasons. Some areas may be very awkward to reach and difficult to carve. It may be difficult to clamp as a complete piece. Some areas may also be damaged in the carving process, such as cuts into the background, etc. I'm not aware of how this was put together, but if you can do it in pieces it usually works better. But each piece really depends on the design as to what is best. Just protect your carving with leather or foam pads from the clamps, but it should be fine. Your books will be very happy being held by these!
Matthew Mizner@mattm
242 PostsTopic Author
Quote from Matthew Mizner on August 17, 2017, 4:28 pm
I need more clamps!!
I need more clamps!!
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242 PostsTopic Author
Quote from Matthew Mizner on August 18, 2017, 3:35 pm
Done...there are a couple spots I've found that I want to smooth out, then I'm just going to wipe a few coats of danish oil on and throw it up on a shelf.
Done...there are a couple spots I've found that I want to smooth out, then I'm just going to wipe a few coats of danish oil on and throw it up on a shelf.
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Bob Easton@bobeaston
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Quote from Bob Easton on August 21, 2017, 7:48 pm
What a beautiful result Matthew. You "done good!!!"
What a beautiful result Matthew. You "done good!!!"
Matthew Mizner@mattm
242 PostsTopic Author
Quote from Matthew Mizner on August 21, 2017, 9:06 pm
Thank you much Bob! Have you made this bookend before? I thought I saw a picture of it on your blog through a random google search for hollows and rounds...
Thank you much Bob! Have you made this bookend before? I thought I saw a picture of it on your blog through a random google search for hollows and rounds...
MaryMay@marymay
453 Posts
Quote from MaryMay on August 21, 2017, 10:31 pm
That really turned out great. Be proud!
That really turned out great. Be proud!
Matthew Mizner@mattm
242 PostsTopic Author
Quote from Matthew Mizner on August 22, 2017, 8:27 pm
Thank you Mary!
Thank you Mary!
Bob Easton@bobeaston
16 Posts
Quote from Bob Easton on September 21, 2017, 5:39 am
Hi Matthew,
Some time ago, (sorry) you asked if I carved this design. Yes. Not as a bookend project, but as brackets for a shelf that holds my collection of antique hollow and round planes. I carved mine in semi-crumbly softwood, and had all the "fun" you mention with lowering the ground. (No spoon bent gouges were harmed.) I left the leaves without added notches or flourishes and stippled the background, pretty close to what Wilbur showed.
That shelf is more heavily loaded now (Horizontal Surface Syndrome), and the brackets are dustier, but I still enjoy them.
Hi Matthew,
Some time ago, (sorry) you asked if I carved this design. Yes. Not as a bookend project, but as brackets for a shelf that holds my collection of antique hollow and round planes. I carved mine in semi-crumbly softwood, and had all the "fun" you mention with lowering the ground. (No spoon bent gouges were harmed.) I left the leaves without added notches or flourishes and stippled the background, pretty close to what Wilbur showed.
That shelf is more heavily loaded now (Horizontal Surface Syndrome), and the brackets are dustier, but I still enjoy them.
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