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Marquetry Today

Spring, 1976, $2.50

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Spring 1976, Volume 1, Number 2

CONTENTS

4 News

5 Letters

10 Teaching Woodworking by Thomas Dewey: Craftsman's shop becomes

school after hours

11 Books

13 Authos

13 To Dig Deeper

14 Marquetry Today by Reivan Zeleznik: Thoughts on the state of the art

20 Split Turnings by John Kelsey: Using green logs to turn a camel

24 Eagle Cavings by Allan S. Woodle: A carver's view of our heritage

28 Hand Dovetails by Alphonse Mattia: They're really not that hard to do

33 Mechanical Desks by Alastair A. Stair: There's more than meets the eye

3 7 Textbook Mistakes by Tage Frid: Somebody forgot that wood moves

3 9 Antique Tools by Robert Sutter: A buyer's guide to many you can use

42 Spial Steps by Edward G. Livingston: The trick is to make them strong

and graceful

4 Gustav Stickley by Carol 1. Bohdan and Todd M. Volpe: The rebel

craftsman of his time

6 Oil/Vanish Mix by Jere Osgood : Making oil more durable

48 Shaker Lap Desk by Brian Considine: A challenging exercise in hand

dovetailing

50 Chair Woods by Robert C. Whitley: Lessons from the past on choosing

the right woods

52 Back to School by Christopher Murray: When being the 'Village Wood-

worker' is not enough

5 3 Gallery

54 Micro Bevels by R. Bruce Hoadley: 'Dulling' the edge to make it better

55 Sources of Supply

56 Telephone Chest: A new art form?

Editor and Publisher

Paul Roman

Contributing Editors

Tage Frid

R. Bruce Hoadley

Alastair A. Stair

Robert Sutter

Associate Publisher

Janice A. Roman

Advertising Consultant

Granville M. Fillmore

Cover: "In marquetry the

trees are the real artists and

they have to die be/ore their

art can be app reciated, " says

C. Weed whose 12- by

22-inch picture, "A Man and

a Boy," was made /rom

Kelobra crotch veneer in an

attempt to express the

"Spirit 0/ '76. "

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NEWS __ _____________ _____ _

Wood Collectors

To Meet in Oregon

National Carvers Museum

To Celebrate Second Anniversary

The annual meeting of the International Wood Collectors

Society will be held in Portland, Oregon August 13 to 15.

Some 200 members are expected to attend, according to the

group's president, James P. Langdon.

The wood collectors organized themselves back in 1947,

and most members then were mainly interested in the

collecting of wood. Since then, the membership has gradual

ly evolved beyond collecting into the using of wood. Thus,

the majority of the close to 900 members are carvers, turners,

marquetarians and cabinetmakers, according to Langdon.

The sociery has made no great efort to recruit members;

membership is open to anyone. First-year dues are $10, and

thereafter $8 a year.

The society puts out a monthly bulletin dealing with

membership news, articles, and wood exchange lists.

The society's membership is worldwide, but concentrated

in the United States. There are regional groupings, but only

on an informal basis. Meetings are inanced by wood

auctions, with wood donated by the members. In fact,

according to Langdon, these auctions seem to be one of the

most popular activities of the society.

Anyone wishing to join or looking for more information

should write Langdon at 7200 W Mountain Lake Way,

Vancouver, Wash. 98665.

The National Carvers Museum will have a second anniver

sary celebration July 9 to 11 at its new building outside of

Colorado Springs. The museum moved there from Chicago

where it had been since its founding in 1969.

Membership in the museum is now at the 10,000 level,

according to Lawrence F. Martin, a co-founder and its execu

tive director. Membership dues are $5 to $15 a year, depend

ing on the rype. All members receive the museum's quarterly

36-page National Carvers Review.

The museum itself has some 4000 American carvings on

display, as well as exhibits in turning and marquetry. Some of

the exhibits are permanent, some are continually changing.

Members are encouraged to exhibit their own work.

Anyone wishing more information on the museum should

write to it at 14960 Woodcarver Road, Monument, Colo.

80132, enclosing a self-addressed stamped envelope.

News Notes: Flowering Winterthur;

The Shakers and the Danes

Winterthur in Spring will be a special showing of 30 rooms

and the gardens of the famed du Pont mansion and museum

near Wilmington that houses the most extensive collection of

American-made furniture in the world. The exhibition will

last from April 13 to May 23 and will be open every day

except Mondays from 10 to 4. For more information write the

Public Relations Office at Winterthur, Del. 19735.

An American Inspiation: Danish Modern and Shaker

Style will be the theme of a 30-piece furniture exhibition

being brought to this country from Denmark later this year by

the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. The

show will tour the U.S. for a year or more, and anyone

wishing it to be booked at their local museum should have

museum oficials contact Ann Gosset at the Smithsonian,

Washington, D.C. 20560.

Tool and Wood Exchange

Begins With Next Issue

2000 TOOL CATALOG

This new color catalog represents the finest collection of top

quality imported and domestic woodworking tools and ac

cessories. Over 100 hard-to-find tools are pictured. Each

tool is completely described and where necessary its use

explained. Our bok section is noted for the special care taken

to find books by leading woodcraft authorities. No wood

working shop is complete without a copy of this catalog.

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ETTERS ______ _

straight-edge tools like plane blades and chisels. On the other

hand, my India (aluminum oxide) stone is as lat today, when

checked with a steel straight-edge, as it was more than twenty

years ago when I trst purchased it.

S. W. Hathaway, Sudbury, Mass.

I want to congratulate you on the Volume I, Number 1

issue of Fine Woodworking. Although it is long overdue, it

certainly is worth waiting for.

I have a couple of technical comments. The ftrst relates to

Mr. Ellsworth's article on hand planes. In conditioning a new

metal plane, Mr. Ellsworth does not mention a trick which I

find seems to be very little known. It is not original with me

as I came across it in one of Constantine's publications,

"Better Woodworking - what the textbooks didn't teach,"

which seems to have disappeared from their catalog. The back

edge of the bottom of any metal plane I have ever seen is

curved, never straight across. (Compare with a wooden

plane.) As a consequence, the back edge of the plane can

easily rock from side to side as it tends to rest on a single

point. The cure is simple. Using a square, scribe a line

straight across the bottom where the edge begins to curve.

Then grind off, at a small bevel angle, the plane bottom

beyond the scribed line. You will ftnd that now the plane

bottom at the back edge rests on a straight line the full width

of the bottom. There is no longer a tendency to rock. As the

advertising slogan says, "Try it - you'll like it."

The second relates to the article on bench stones. No way

can I agree that the choice between silicon carbide and

aluminum oxide is like "tweedledum and tweedledee."

Although a silicon carbide stone cuts very fast, it also wears, if

possible, even faster. My experience has been that after a very

few sharpenings a very detnite hollow begins to develop.

Once this happens it is impossible to properly sharpen

Editor's Note: "Bench Stones" author Jack Heath sticks by

his statement. He attributes the difference in wear between

the two stones not to the difference in grit materials, but to a

difference in the materials that hold the grit together-the

bonding strength. Ideally, there should be just enough

bonding strength to allow the grit to erode as it loses its

sharpness, thereby exposing the sharp new grit underneath.

....Mr. Fischman's article was interesting and well writ

ten, however I ftnd that I disagree with some of the

particulars in his technique. Therefore I am writing to suggest

alternatives to persons who wish to try this form of turning for

the trst time.

Mr. Fischman's bowls have a beautiful form, but I question

the method of lamination. The top and bottom layers, which

are solid, the grain running in one direction, will adapt to

varying humidities by movement across the grain whereas the

center, "checkered" layer forms a continuous circle and

movement will occur evenly in all directions. In theory, these

layers may, in time, cause distortion in the shape or delam

ination due to this uneven movement. I have had success with

three checkered layers having 12 or 16 pieces in each layer. A

veneered plywood base is rebated into the bottom after the

Here's a completely revised 82

page catalog with everything for

the craftsman. Displayed in colo.'

are beautiful veneer's, inlays, pic

ture framing, furniture trim, stains,

and a selection of books ranging in

topics fr'om upholstering and wood

carvmg to cabinetmaking and

marquetry.

Ther'e are also complete sections

of specialty hardware, craftplans,

mouldings, upholstery supplies,

lamp parts, veneer and laminating

tools, carring supplies, and firush

ing materials. For the convenience

of our customers, all merchandise

is shipped postpaid. Send $.50

(to cover postage and handling) to:

Minnesota Woodworkers SIII.I.ly Co.

Dept. 7 - Rogers, Minnesota 55374

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