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oldfarmboy
Watertown, NY, USmember
Woodworking has been an interest ever since eight grade shop class and has provided a hobby which I can do as time allows.
Over the years I have collected Powermatic machines and good quality handtools. My most recent purchase was a 10-inch Sawstop after my wife's patient's father lost 4 fingers in a table saw accident. My wife insisted that I upgrade and I did not argue. Prior to that I bought 4 years ago a Meyer's jointer with a Byrd head which is great in wild grain and end grain. All my other machines are from 1990. I rent 900 square feet with a 14 foot ceiling in an dry insulated commercial building a half mile away from both my office and home. I have accumulated plain and figured cherry, maple and oak over the years and can usually find some interesting boards for the tops or drawers of my projects. I like Shaker and plain styles for my projects. I am currently finishing two chest of drawers in curly maple for my daughter's wedding present.
Over the years I have collected Powermatic machines and good quality handtools. My most recent purchase was a 10-inch Sawstop after my wife's patient's father lost 4 fingers in a table saw accident. My wife insisted that I upgrade and I did not argue. Prior to that I bought 4 years ago a Meyer's jointer with a Byrd head which is great in wild grain and end grain. All my other machines are from 1990. I rent 900 square feet with a 14 foot ceiling in an dry insulated commercial building a half mile away from both my office and home. I have accumulated plain and figured cherry, maple and oak over the years and can usually find some interesting boards for the tops or drawers of my projects. I like Shaker and plain styles for my projects. I am currently finishing two chest of drawers in curly maple for my daughter's wedding present.
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Cool design with non square pieces. Sure to be a challenge for a 3 year old. I have seen similar sets with circles half circles, triangles and trapezoids.
posted: 5:39 pm on March 24thyou have created a very durable toy. Well done.
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Re: Poll: Any Machinery on your Holiday Wish List?
Getting uninterrupted time to work in shop so there is time to think through a project and not have 10 .5 hours but a 5 hour sesson would be nice.
posted: 1:44 pm on December 16thA sliding table saw would be nice but may not fit in my shop. and spare set of hands to manuver heavy boards and plywood.
There is lots of great stuff out there but I am just trying to keep from overfilling my shop with stuff I do not use although pretty to play with it..
Re: Red Oak Shaker Baby Cradle
Many years ago during my pathology residency, I saw a very similar Shaker cradle in a private collection. That cradle had a bonnet over the head end of the cradle. Looking headon it was a semicircle with a smaller semicircle at the head end. The piece away from the end was sawn pine in a partial circle about 1.5 inches in widthwith two thin 1/4 to 3/8 bent pine pieces almost meeting at the center. A separate slat held them together and kept them in alighment in the midline. It looked like a woman's bonnet. Thats what I remember and may not be correct.
posted: 12:00 pm on May 7thSam