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- From: wack@ariel.ncsl.nist.gov (John Wack)
- Newsgroups: rec.woodworking
- Subject: drawknife use
- Message-ID: <7732@dove.nist.gov>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 13:35:13 GMT
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- Organization: National Institute of Standards & Technology
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- I'm making a Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired sofa table and, for a more
- contemporary look, am going to scallop the stiles that adorn the
- ends and mid-point of the table. In other words, the stiles are
- about 1 x 2 x 18 and I'm going to make them concave along one 1 x 18
- dimension. To do this, my brother, who's an accomplished woodcarver
- but who's just moved to CA far from here, recommends using a drawknife.
- (I should mention that I don't have a bandsaw, but could use a
- friend's).
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- I've never used one and my brother, to whom woodcarving comes easy,
- has been known to do things, imho, the hard way but gets excellent
- results. He recommends buying a small drawknife (about $30) and
- cleaning up the stiles with my drill press and a sanding drum. Can
- anyone out there with experience comment on whether a drawknife would
- be worthwhile on this project and, how to use a drawknife? The table
- has only 8 stiles and the scallops shouldn't be too deep. The idea of
- sitting quietly using a drawknife is more appealing to me these days
- than using more power tools.
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- Any advice much appreciated,
- John Wack
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