The Half Round Tables Are Done

OK, except for the black, diamond shaped pulls that well add to the drawers tomorrow, these tables are complete ..... Beautiful job by Will on all the details ... I hope you all enjoyed following the process ... Here are the other posts ... Build a half round table, start to finish ... Click the photos to enlarge them ...
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Before the finish on the tops and without the drawers
Joinery check on the pattern or on your full size drawing ...
Close up of the joinery ... center drawer border tenons on the left
We sort of winged the drawer joinery as I have found in the past that efficiently dovetailing sides to curving fronts is next to impossible. Once the radius gets below a certain dimension the parts don;t merge together gracefully ... You could do it but there is only so much labor intensive work you can ask your clients to pay for ... If I were doing it for myself .... I would still do it this choice ... You can leave questions on this post in the comments section if you like ... Ill do my best to get back to you on them ... All for now ...

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Gypsy Rose hatch covers are done!

Here we are coating the hatch cover with epoxy resin, 

which is a super waterproof high end plastic.

 

 We also did the forward and rear hatches 

when doing the main hatch.  

 Here is Connie wetting out the 6 oz fiberglass cloth with more epoxy resin. 

This will make the hatch covers very tough  

so they will stand up to being walked on.  

 Done except for sanding the fiberglass off the edges. 

Here is the final before and after shot.

What do you think?

Thanks for stopping by my blog and happy sailing to you!! 

Steve

 

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Kamis, 06 Oktober 2016

The Ducks Are Back

(Almost) Like the swallows returning to Capistrano, the ducks are back ... They arrived last Friday, as usual, almost to the day that the stream first cuts a channel across the ice. They were tired from their trip and were napping when we got to work on Friday, but Monday, whoa, below, we had an intruder ... a single female and they did not like here. We watched off and on for the morning while they chased her back and forth across the pond, and finally, she left ... Things were back to normal today but it was fun while it lasted ... Kits got the redwing blackbirds at the feeder too ... Big Tom turkey yesterday morning and the she also saw the bobcat briefly one morning last week, probably stalking the squirrels. Spring is coming ... Click the pictures to enlarge them ...
Back and forth ... when she got to the edge, she would fly back over their heads and the chase would continue, til finally she left ... havent seen her since ...
A little earlier than usual ... but Sam said this afternoon the leeks are up ... global warming I guess ...

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Minggu, 04 September 2016

We Are Itching To Get Her In The Water

She is still in the drivechoice but not for long. We said we would launch her in June and June has one more weekend. 

 We are so close to being ready that we have sailing fever. Be sure and come back to see my launch day post,but in the meantime,leave a comment and tell me what you think.

 

 CABIN HATCHBEFORE CABIN HATCHAFTER Have a great day&Smooth Sailing,Steve

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Jumat, 24 Juni 2016

How Did You Spend Your 4th of July

 We are aboard Gypsy Rose on this hot 4th of July morning.  She sails beautifully. 

Connie and I are loving it. She was taking pictures on launch day and did not get in much sailing time but today we will be out for several hours.

The temps today will hit 90 degrees Fahrenheit.  Thats why we dressed in light colors to beat the heat.

 Here is Connie, my smiling beauty of a wife with her sailing gloves on.  39 years together and we are still best friends

Gypsy Rose is a very unique and vintage looking boat and we can already see that she will attract attention wherever we sail her. 

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm............Pirate Island??

A board sailor out enjoying the wind and waves.

Lots of flags out today. I for one love the USA!

Back in the slip and the weary but happy sailors head for home, only 10 minutes achoice.

Shes a little beauty.

Thank you for visiting my blog.  I look forward to reading your comments and hope you have happy times ahead.

Happy sailing everyone!Steve and Connie.

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Jumat, 29 April 2016

A Classic Parsons Table

Google Parsons Table and you get dozens, no thousands of images of flat toppped, four legged tables. And in Wikipedia we find ... "While the form is generally credited to Parsons The New School for Design in New York City, according to an article in The New York Times that referred to archives at the Parsons School, the table developed out of a course taught at the schools Paris branch by the French designer Jean-Michel Frank in the 1930s.

As the article states, "Frank challenged students to design a table so basic that it would retain its integrity whether sheathed in gold leaf, mica, parchment, split straw or painted burlap, or even left robustly unvarnished. What grew out of Franks sketches and the students participation was initially called the T-square table ... " The first example, as recalled by Parsons instructor Stanley Barrows, was constructed by the schools janitor and displayed at a student show.

Well, simple to design for sure. Kind of like a little kids drawing ... Think about making one that will have a smooth glossy fancy finish and the problems multiply. No Seams ! was the instruction from the designer we are working with. No Seasonal Movement ! is what I heard when she said that. We chose 1" veneer core maple plywood for stability and had at it ... Click the photos to enlarge them ,,, First we made the hollow legs, mitered them to a point and cut off the unmitered corner with the chop saw...

A little glue and some spacer blocks at the bottom and we had our two short ends below
We used dominos in the joints of the short ends but they caused more trouble than they were worth when it came to clamping up the long sides so we just made two pieces of mdf below, clamped the short ends to them and fitted the long rails while they were clamped up ... Theory is theory, reality is reality ...
This was definitely the choice to go ...
It all worked out fine ... a little sanding tomorrow and out the door to New York for the special finish ... I hope to see a photo when theyre done ... Looks easier than it was ...
Ready to roll 11/18/2010 .... 2.75" square legs and aprons, 15 x 66 x 36 high ... dimensions by Elizabeth Bauer Interiors ...

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