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Dear all,
Please find more of these goodies at:
http://antiquaire.hautetfort.com/archive/2012/11/09/decouvrez-les-fabuleux-mecanismes-des-meubles-de-roentgen-en.html

Have fun

Super thanks for sharing, I can't get enough of these master works, just great, thanks.

The Romans, Egypt's, Maya's, were using jigs and very clever tools, so now we like to discuss if this is correct or not? What a USA way of thinking, the famous ignorance at top level

Great job, great skills you must have to cut this out of firewood. The waste again is firewood.

The poor poster regarding using veneer instead doesn't know that one can't get veneer of this kind of wood, you have to waste the more exotic woods for it.
And regarding waste, most probably the poster is driving a 6.3 liter truck on 1 gallon per 5 km, damn hypocrites

I completely agree with `Kevin90`his comment.
I disagree on the assumption that Canada or the USA would not be able to compete against the crappy Chinese machine stuff on the market today. I run a Company in Canada as part of a multinational and we do very well in competing against the crappy import products from China etc.
It`s all about the inability and laziness of management and unwillingness to install proper LEAN manufacturing processes. Companies moving to the LCC (low cost countries) should shame themself leaving the home country instead of rolling up their sleeves. Thumps down for them.

But as so many times prooven in the past, The Customer has the biggest power! Simple block all that Chines crap, don`t buy it, it`s simple enough.
If the runaways are still supported by customers than we should no longer complain, than we are lost.

Ed van den Enden

Thanks John, you inspired me at the right moment.

Here my little contribution in regard to Copper coloring:

We have a wonderful knowledbase on the web called: Copper Development Assosiation Inc at www.copper.org
with everyting you need to know about Copper Patina's

For Brown see: http://www.copper.org/resources/properties/protection/brown.html

For Green see: http://www.copper.org/resources/properties/protection/green.html

For resouces see:
http://www.copper.org/resources/properties/protection/sources.html

Have fun and let me know what you did with it.
Ed

Just to let you know that we "finewoodworkers" can't get to see the video from "the Colbert Report" in Canada.

Please and if you give your judgement consider in your judgement the learning curve of each student woodworker or hobyist.

Hi guys and girls,
Remember how long it took before in North America the riving knife was accepted by users. (Not by the government) The riving knife is the most useful safety equipment ever invented on a table saw. The only reason why it took 30 years before implemented are we.

A new report shows that an average of 31,400 people are treated in U.S. emergency rooms every year for tablesaw injuries. This figure doesn't include accidents on the job.

We all said NO against the Riving Knife for so many years.
So I wish you all good luck and we talk again over 20 years about the flesh sensing stuff.
Ed

All,
Buy quality en spend your money in North America and yes I know it's a lot more expensive but I know also you get so much more. A Cutter head like this can't do the job as good as a head with 3 times more knifes. Please do your math and you will find out that with the same feed rate and cutting depth as a spiral 3 row cutter head, this Taiwanese Knife must cut with a huge headache.

All,
It's a great technique and it's one of the first thing I teached myself years ago including the about the same technique as edging a raised panel on the same table saw. Thanks for sharing.
And by the way, who is talking about safety on a table saw? What country again was the last one in the whole world that came with a riving knife on a table saw?

Very interesting, thanks Greg.

By the way, ... funny to read the Babelonic conversation between some guys.
Work safe and have a great one,
Ed

Hi Tim,

You made me think, .. I will post my result.
Thanks,
Ed

Yep, agree, this jig is so basic good, you can't go better than this, ... super thanks
Ed

Thanks Peter showing your great designs, you are an fine and professional artist,
Thakns,
Ed

Like a riving knife in a table-saw it will take a while before a sliding-tablaw will be standard in North America. This cross sled from Matt is exact doing what it suppose to do, thanks for sharing Matt

-Ed-

Wow, super heavy comments on this fine quality tool and way of doing your thing, I'm impressed. Are you all so proud of you home depot Chevy Chinese quality? My goodness and if it would fit into my doing thing as woodworker I would defiantly give it a try.
The real creative woodworker looks over his fence and is never to old or to stubborn to learn new things.
Ed

Wow, great job, nice materials used, you have inspired me, thanks.

These redicules lawsuits are only possible in the USA and I hope this "money hunt" stays there for ever.

Thank you so much for sharing your design work with us. The door is great, not over design just great, it's a master piece.