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How do these wood craftsmen get so precise?

Found another vid of the same guys, joining 2 pieces inside a third.

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I built this bridge with a friend and volunteers on the Soquel Demonstration Forest Flow Trail.

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We lumbered the planks by manually splitting 3-4 ft diameter logs. I have never really swung a sledge hammer before.

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Killroy1999 said:
I built this bridge with a friend and volunteers on the Soquel Demonstration Forest Flow Trail.
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This is rad too. Completely appropriate for the situation. Sometimes getting the job done is enough. I'm glad to see from the Op that there is still space in society for craftsmen and artisans to survive.
 
Yeah, this is my idea of fine joinery:

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OK, maybe not:

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But the above is router cut with a jig. The joints in that first video are very, very cool.
 
Dubbington said:
Half blind Double dovetail.

Check this video out. I have that exact router table/system. The joints it can make are insane. I'm just now learning how to use it.

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That dude is way too casual with his hands around his router bit. :|
 
Wonder if those dudes could build me a box for 2 12's for my mini truck.
 
An apprenticeship in Japan is different than here. You won't finish the course by just showing up. Whether it is pounding out a sword, or making a pair of scissors with a forge, or making something on a mill or lathe, or bending up a set of pipes (ask Dan Kyle to see his binder of pictures of Mr SATO bending up a set of titanium exhausts), the emphasis is on getting as close to perfect as you can, not just "good enough."
 
I'm building my first wood slab coffee table out of this rough cut piece of black walnut. Had to making a planing jig to level it with my router. The top is done, bottom needs some sanding then figure out a leg design.

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^^^ Nice. I'm a turner myself and will post some bowls. I apprenticed to a guy named Larry Ziedman in San Anselmo before be bugged out to Hawaii to "retire." Never let me turn a bowl, I mostly cut burls and finished, for 3 years. Lots of sweeping. But when he left me his finishing lathe and a few tools, I got busy. Decent returns at small galleries for salvaged wood. Best ever was a juniper over 100 yrs. old in the sunset. Old Japanese man dies and the new owners said "wreck it." After I topped it (and saw the deep purple heart) I had the guys carry out three foot pieces and sealed the ends when I got home. I should have been craned out and slabbed, but wood value is not well understood by yuppies. Score!

My brother caretakes a rich person's house in Marin who brought over Japanese experts after neglect and a long stay by Big Brother and the Holding Co. kind of fucked up the place. All redwood, all gently sandblasted and now quite spectacular. Wood art, in any form, is the best art IMHO.

One time in Healdsburg a tree co. dropped a big black walnut full of bees and ran. My friend lived near the alley and told me about it. We spirited some hefty chunks out in a minivan middle of the day Sunday. Nobody bothered us. I'm sure looking back on it it was grand theft. 46" DBA! Got about 500# in ten minutes and was only stung 5X.
 
A good friend of mine who was born in Austria wanted to learn cabinet making, so first you have to learn how to plant trees, then you learn how to husband the forest , then you learn how to harvest a tree, then you learn how to be a sawyer, then you learn how to cure the wood and then you finally learn how to make cabinets.

His work is so fine but no pics.
 
I remember last century you had to build a tool box as part of your resume just to apply for a job, I did sheet metal and always got the job.
 
If anybody is interested, I have some olive wood that is 12" or larger rounds that you can have. Makes beautiful bowls, toys, etc. Has a wonderful grain but is anything but straight..
 
oobus said:
If anybody is interested, I have some olive wood that is 12" or larger rounds that you can have. Makes beautiful bowls, toys, etc. Has a wonderful grain but is anything but straight..
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Where are you located? I want to make some cutting boards.
 
MrIncredible said:
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"Massachusetts piano maker Henry O. Studley built his magnificent tool chest in the 19th century using ebony, mother-of-pearl, ivory, rosewood, and mahogany — refining it over the course of a 30-year career."

Read more: http://www.finewoodworking.com/woodw...#ixzz3VuBfdd2N
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They just don't make stuff like that any more. Looks very time consuming. I like it.

i would mount it on the wall and just look at it. Or lay it out on a coffee table.
 
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