Dog Wood!

Mick found this.

Anyone seen catalpa?

Maker Movement and Local Manufacturing

Interesting article from Mick Simon regarding a community college's role in encouraging start up manufacturing locally and regionally: Article on future of manufacturing

I think this is a great idea for the department. Having a test chair like this would really help students to design their perfect chair.



http://cargocollective.com/shokobamba/Istumakone

Mick Simon's New Cabinet

Here's some images of Mick's cabinet that he made for the Bandsawn Veneer class.The curved mesquite doors and drawer fronts are veneers that he cut, sanded and glued to a bending ply substrate. The cabinet is solid ambrosia maple, dovetailed together.

The cabinet installed. Cool sink!

TEXTURE!

Woodworking Note: This is how Mick drilled the cabinet door to insert the pulls. He used the same form in the vacuum press to bend the doors. Note how perfectly the doors match the form with this technique.

entertainment cabinets, sliding doors and flat doors

a few Fine Woodworking articles I found in researching entertainment cabinets, sliding doors and flat doors
I didn't know how to post a file, but here are the links

sliding doors
http://www.finewoodworking.com/membership/pdf/41458/011172058.pdf

easy handles for sliding doors
http://www.finewoodworking.com/2013/02/24/easy-handles-for-a-sliding-doors


Doors that Stay Flat
http://www.finewoodworking.com/membership/pdf/28280/011232028.pdf

Keeping Plank Doors Flat
http://www.finewoodworking.com/2000/12/01/keeping-plank-doors-flat

video
http://www.finewoodworking.com/2012/08/07/make-a-flat-sturdy-door

Doors Make the Difference

http://www.finewoodworking.com/membership/pdf/22841/011106050.pdf

console for home theater
http://www.finewoodworking.com/membership/pdf/56977/011200058.pdf

sleek console for today TV
http://www.finewoodworking.com/membership/pdf/9768/011214046.pdf

I took pictures of these samples by Jenna Goldberg, furniture maker, this summer in Philadelphia at the Furniture Society Conference. She frequently uses basswood for it's light/white contrast when she carves through the surface of the paint. She likes to use this Rosco brand paint, often blending the ground colors of her compositions from top to bottom with a soft, wide brush. No surface left undecorated! (Click on a photo to enlarge).To see more of her work: http://www.jennagoldbergstudio.com/

Here's a link to the Woodworker's Supply sale on Friday, Nov 11 and Saturday, Nov 12, 2016:
http://woodworker.com/PROMO/EML1611SS1/EML1611SSNM1_web.htm?utm_source=promo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EML1611SS1&utm_content=weblink