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Clockworks

Spring 1978, $2.50

concept that will revolutionize the hardwood

lumber industry.

m Now, after all the extensive research, after all the painful trial

and error testing of product kno'vledge� selling techniques� manage

ment procedures� inventory control� mass purchasing methods and

other aspects of store management� we are ready to share the benefits

of our knowledge with a few selected individuals. After pioneering the

concept of small� multiple outlet hardwood stores� we are proud to an

nounce that we will be franchising some existing company-owned out

lets and will be taking applications for outlets in other cities.

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All over the country awarcness of the beauty, prestige, and value of hardwoods is on the upswing. No company in the

world is in a better position to develop this market than Austin Hardwoods. This is a stimulating and glamorous busi

ness. It is also a very profitable business. Until now, however, it has been a somewhat "closed" industry to the average

pcrson. Good sawmills both here and abroad are very reluctant to sell to newcomers. Under our newly developed

plan, unique to the industry, you will benefit from being associated with the already established "Austin Hardwoods"

name, experience and contacts. We have developed a proven success formula in our company-owned stores which will

enable you to successfully combine volume commercial sales with profitable retail sales to woodworkers.

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With a franchise arrangement you will havc a constant supply of both the inventory and the guidance to be success

ful. Statistics show the failure rate of all businesses within one year of opening as 38%. The rate for the same period

with franchises is 3%. Yet, under a franchise agreement you are your own boss. Further, our projections indicate your

investment should be recovered within the first 18-24 months. Investments will vary depending on market conditions

of the location, but will be in the $25,000 range. A very large population area will, of course, require more inventory

than a small one.

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To sum up, this is what we offer the ambitious person who desires his own business in this exciting industry:

(6) Our supervisor will help in lease assistance, opening

store and initial contacting of commercial accounts.

(7) You receive benefits of volume buying.

(8) You receive henefits of cooperative advertising.

(9) You comlllence YOllr business with a nationally known

name.

(10) You receive benefits of "interplay" between family

stores.

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Other details are too numerous to list. This is a tremendous opportunity to make money either as an owner/operator

or as an investor. If you happen to love dealing in fine woods, all the better. Please let us hear from you.

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P.O. Box 3096

AUStill, Texas 78764

For 5 years, Austin Hardwoods has worked on a

(1) You gain the benefits of expensively acquired years

of knowledge.

(2) You ben

e fi t from our success formula.

(3) You benefit from continuing gUidance.

(4) You are equiJ!ped with sales tools and admillistrati;e

procedures proven for maximum results.

(5) You are trained at our Dallas store for 4 lceeks, indoc

trinating you in every aspect of the business.

Publisher

Paul Roman

Editor

John Kelsey

Contributing Editors

Tage Frid

R. Bruce Hoadley

, Alastair A. Stair

Consulting Editors

George Frank, A. W. Marlow

Correspondents

South: David Landen

West: Alan Marks

Texas: Jim Richey

New England: Rosanne Somerson

Washin g ton, D. c.: Stanley N. Wellborn

England: John Makepeace, Colin Tipping

Editoial Assistants

Ruth Dobsevage, Barbara Hannah

Nancy Knapp, JoAnn Muir

Art Director

Roger Banes

Ilustrators

Joe Esposito, Stan Tkaczuk

Advertising

Janice A. Roman, Manager

Lois Beck

Advertising Representative

Granville M. Fillmore

5ubscnptions

Carole E. Ando, Manager

Gloria Carson, Sandra DiGiovanni

Vivian Dorman, Viney Merrill

Business Manager

Irene Arfaras

Fine Qi

Spring 1978, Number 10

DEPARTMENTS

4 letters

12 Methods of Work

27 Questions & Answers

Books

Events

Addenda, Errata

42 The Woodcraft Scene by John Kelsey: Two new schools

87 Sources of Supply: Woodworking periodicals

ARILES

4 Wooden Clockworks by John R. lord: Design, construction require care

5 2 Hammer Veneering by Tage Frid: Veneer the world, without clamps

55 Claw and Ball Feet by Alastair A. Stair: Where they came from

5 8 Ball and Claw Feet by A. W. Marlow: How to carve them

60 Block-Front Transformed by Morris J. Sheppard: An 18th-century theme

62 Hot-Pipe Bending by William R. Cumpiano: Practice ensures success

66 Furniture Galleries: Several recent shows

69 A Two-Way Hinge by Tim Mackaness: Careful routing makes screen fo ld

70 laminated Turnings by Garth F. Graves: Woodenware from rings, staves

73 Compound-Angled Staves

74 Rings from Wedges by Asaph G. Waterman

75 Staved Cones by Thomas Webb: The general mathematics

76 Chain-Saw Carving byJon Brooks and Howard Werner

80 Circular Saws by Eugene Roth: How to keep them sharp and running true

84 louvered Doors by William F. Reynolds: Router jig cuts slots

86 Small Workbench by R. Bruce Hoadley: A simple and versatile design

88 Bent Wood

Cover: Back view of walnut and osewood

clockworks, disassembled above, made by

John Gaughan of Los Angeles. To cut the

wheel teeth, Gaughan fastem the blank to a

master gear with the corect number of

teeth and mounts it on the headstock of a

lathe. A router travels on a track paralel to

the ways and a pin on its base indexes with

the master gear. He removes the waste in

several passes, with a special bit gound to

the shape of the space between the teeth.

He also routs the escape whee, using an

aluminum patten bolted to the bottom of

the blank and a pattem-folowing bit. More

about Gaughan 's clock on page 40; more

about wooden clockworks on page 44.

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Timothy Philbrick's article, "Tall Chests" (Winter '77,

p. 39) , directs attention to a very important aspect ofdesign

ing. He seems to suggest that the high degree of excellence

fo und in 18th-century furniture design was due to the en

lightened pursuance of carefully established rules rather than

to the inherent instincts ofthose whose work we still regard so

highly today. His reasoning has considerable merit, but I

think the generalization too broad.

I believe that the production of many outstanding ex

amples of fine work during this period was due to a number

of other causes as well. One of these was that many otherwise

skilled craftsmen had the ability to recognize quality when

they saw it, but were more adept at adapting the good ideas

of a very small number of more qualified originators of good

designs than they were at creating their own.

The great similarity of certain categories of fu rniture of this

period strongly supports my view, even though some style

characteristics now attributed to certain individuals help

identify them as the probable makers.

Most journeyman cabinetmakers, because of the rigid re

quirements of the apprenticeship system, were thoroughly

grounded in the basic principles of good craftsmanship. This

was required of them in order to achieve journeyman status.

Such rigid training, and constant practice over rather long

periods of time, enabled them to separate the grain from the

chaf, but I think that from the design standpoint, there were

many more copiers than innovators. I deduce this from the

fa ct that so few distinctly new style elements saw the light of

day during this long period of time, although there are any

number of close similarities.

Among the few innovations of distinctly American origin

were the block-front designs credited to the Goddards and

Townsends of Newport, R.I. Nor did this condition change

very much until quite recently with the advent of a new breed

of young contemporary designers, who often go to fan tastic

lengths to break away from traditional fo rms, and more often

than not, with but indifferent results.

Most craftsmen who still prefer to adhere to the traditional

concepts of our past are not innovators. Rather than risk mak

ing grave mistakes, they elect to duplicate slavishly the work

of old masters, down to the minutest detail.

A fa irly recent and outspoken disciple ofadhering to tradi

tional designs was Wallace Nutting. During the time I

worked at the urniture trade in his studio, he repeatedly told

me he couldn't plane a board, nor saw a straight line! I never

took him literally, for I knew he was making a point, but as

fa r as I know he never built a piece of fu rniture himself. He

was an ordained Congregational preacher, and until failing

health forced him to give up preaching at the age of 50, he

probably could not have distinguished one fu rniture style

from another. His great knowledge, his books, lectures, pic

tures, and the fine furniture he produced, were all the pro

ducts of the last 30 years of a busy and fru itful life. He was

richly endowed with an instinctive sense of good de

sign....Furthermore, he strongly implied that anyone who

laid claim to the title offurniture designer was masquerading

under false pretenses, that such a person only copied.

On this point he and I often disagreed, and seeking to

The �rice is right .

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$1.30 bdft $1.35bdfL $1.62bdfL $2.95bdfL $3.75bdft

ASH

3.90

4. 00

5.30

TEAK

8.70

9.70

10.70

BLACK EBONY

8.50

9.50

10.50

MACASSAR (stripped) EBONY

5.00

5.25

6.00

EAST INDIAN ROSEWOOD

1.35

1.45

1.90

2.50

4.60

WHITE OAK

1.30

1.40

1.85

2.45

4.55

RED OAK

2.50

2.70

2.95

AMERICAN WALNUT

3.75

4.75

SUGAR PINE

4.50

5.00

CHERRY

LIGNUM VITAE BOARDS $10.00 each. y� x 6 x 24 (approxl. 5 board min. 10 board max.

TERMS. Minimum per species, 50 bd ft by the board measure. Maximum per species, 00 bd ft by the board measure

(except lignum vitae boards). All FAS kiln dJied. All available for shipment on May I, 1978. Net payment required with

order. We ship freight collect. Sale ends Jul y I, 1978.

CUSTOM DRYING SERVICE AVILABLE.

Call or write for details.

John Hara

39 West 19 S, New York, NY 10011 Co

Wooo & Supply

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LETTERS (continue)

prove my position had at least as much merit as his was a ma

jor factor inducing me to embark on fu rther study and re

search. This eventually led to my collecting data fo r the fo rm

ulation of workable rules designed to improve the capabilities

of workers in wood, metal, and other crafts, all of which are

to be found in two of my books (How to Design Peiod Funi

ture and Design for the Craftsman).

The only copies of these now available are in private hands

and libraries, but the useful

ness of my indings is attes

ted to, I think, by the fact

that both books were reis

sued many times before fi

nally going out ofprint.

One pitfall designers

should seek to avoid is the

fo rmulation of rules, ratios,

and relationships that too

narrowly restrict their course

of action. I am not particu

larly intrigued, as Mr. Phil

brick seems to be, by his dis

covery that the width,

length, and leg size of a par

ticular piece of fu rniture

happen to divide themselves

into a certain number of

modules of equal size. I

think more often than not

this is chance, or was done fo r the sake of convenience rather

than fo r esthetic considerations. His discovery that the leg

limits have the same ratio of length to width as the classic

Corinthian column seems a bit far-fetched, since there is a

considerable discrepancy in the mass content of the elements

he compares. As he himself reminds us, "One can easily fall

into the error of finding those ratios one sets out to find."

However, Mr. Philbrick is on the right track and has done a

creditable job of bringing to the attention of his readers some

matters of considerable importance. I hope to see more of this

from him.

PORCELAIN CASTERS

Add a touch of elegance with fine quality,

decorative white PORCELAIN CAST·

ERS with black die cast housings.

Wheels are 1/2" wide x 1 1/8" in diameter.

Ideal for small furniture, dry sinks, tables,

carts, and antiques.

Set of 4 ................. .

Tal chest designed by Gottshal.

BATTERY OPERATED

CLOCK MOVEMENT

Cordless electric battery move·

ment has trim medium impact

transparent plastic case. Oper·

ates for 1 year on an ordinary size

HC" cell flashlight battery. Center

fixation. Hand setting

from fronfor rear.

Includes hands. Unit is

2 3/8" wide x 3 1/4"

high x 1 3/16" deep.

ea. ppd

$10.95

CHECKERBOARD

FACE KITS

With this kit you are able tomake

a beautiful chess board. Includes

70·2 1/8" squares of light and dark

veneers. Also included in the kit is

a 1/2 pI. can of contact cement, a

veneer roller, glue brush, veneer

strips for the border and edges

and complete instructions.

$6.95 ppd.

-Frankin . Gottshall, Boyertown, Pa.

Best catalog· manual

... a must for your workshop!

Concerning "Repair and Restoration," (Winter '77,

p. 32) author Preiss reports the use of benzol (benzene) inthe

finish remover that Messrs. Ek and Tucker use....Benzene is

an extremely hazardous substance. Refer to Michael Mc

Cann's Health Hazards Manual for Artists: "It destroys the

bone marrow which fo rms red and white blood cells and is

even known to cause leukemia in Some people." In our furni

ture conservation laboratory benzene is used with extreme

care, and always under a fu me hood with no skin contact ...

-Richard O. Byne, Quebec, Que.

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Casters (set of 4) @ $7.98 ea. ppd.

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116 pages. Full color illustrations. Larger selection of

superior quality items for the creative craftsman. Sent free

with order .

Checkerboard Kit @ $6.95 ppd.

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