Blog Series

FANTASY MARQUETRY

13 entries

Part 11: Stage 1 nearly finished

I still have 2 or 3 spaces to fill on the tree and some on the hand, plus the work on the holes from the packet nails. Besides that, many details h...

Part 12: Nearing the Finish Line

You might be wondering why there hasn’t been a post on this blog for some time. I have just been occupied with, you guessed it, garden work and get...

Part 13: Fresh out of the press

The veneer press worked perfectly for me using the hot hide glue. I brushed glue on the picture back and the substrate and rubbed it in with circul...

Old Sargent Planes

3 entries

Part 1: A type 1 #414 restored.

This is an ebay find. I took a chance thinking it might be a type 1. This time it paid off. The before: And the now: It’s complete and all look par...

Part 2: A Sargent #5418 ready for Service.

In between getting a bunch of new old planes ready for resale I decided to resurrect this Sargent #5418. This was one of those impulse buys. It was...

Part 3: No its not a Sargent 5409, but the other one?

More pictures on my blog I’ve got a very strict rule about computers. After the 2nd cocktail, I don’t return work emails and I don’t buy on ebay. B...

Stumpy's Favorite Things

Part 1: A little treasure of woodworking folklore

Some of the most popular videos we make at the Stumpy Nubs Workshop are the “Old-Timey Woodworking” series. People love to see how things were done...

Part 2: Country Pine Hutch with Andrew Hunter (FWW Video)

Who doesn’t like pine? It’s inexpensive, abundant, it looks great and the smell reminds me of the air freshener in my car. But the best thing about...

Open Apron Nesting Tables

Part 1: An Interesting Commission

Last fall I entered my “Music” table in the Sidney Fine Arts Show on Vancouver Island and while it didn’t sell, it did attract a lot of attention. ...

Part 2: Ebonizing and Burl Matching

I didn’t take any photos of the ebonizing process originally, but since several people expressed an interest I made a little video today. It shows ...

Part 3: Assembly and Finishing Up

I can heave a sigh of relief now. The client just came and picked up the tables this afternoon and she loved them. Like all of us, I am never reall...

The Woodwright's Shop Review

Part 1: Can you handle this axe? (Season 2, episode 1)

The following article is a commentary written by Stumpy Nubs which includes his description of the episode, thoughts and additional content. Only t...

Marquetry Cutting Styles

Part 3: Classic or Piece by Piece

The Classic Style is the most difficult of the saw cut styles to master. It involves cutting each piece separately, from packets of veneer, each co...

Part 4: Painting in Wood

The “Painting in Wood” style of marquetry cutting dates to early 17th century France and gets its name from the relationship of the typical subject...

Part 5: Repeating Patterns

I was doing a piece by piece experiment recently with an eye to a new project I had in mind and thought it would make an appropriate addition to th...

Hide Glue Primer

Part 2: A Bigger Glue-up

If any of you are interested in trying hide glue but think it is messy or inconvenient / slow to apply on larger glue-ups. I can tell you about it ...

Part 3: Hammer Veneering

I built a new sliding hatch for Friendship last year to replace the $136 piece of medium bronze acrylic that I sat on the while setting up some rig...

Part 4: Pressing with Hot Cauls

Recently I was pressing some marquetry that was 26” long. That’s not necessarily a problem with hot hide glue unless your press is only 20” square ...

WoodworkingWeb Awards: CURVE-aliciousness

Part 2: Call For Entries

Entry period of the WoodworkingWeb Awards – CURVE-aliciousness is now officially open and will close on July 24. Feel free to submit your creation ...

Part 3: Cast Your Votes

CURVE-aliciousness Awards entry period is over and we ended up with 13 amazing entries. Now it’s time to pick your top 5 list and cast your votes. ...

Part 4: And the Winners Are ...

Our second WoodworkingWeb awards are behind us and we ended with 13 beautiful entries. I would like to thank you all who participated either by sub...

Murphy Bed Wall Unit

4 entries

Part 2: Bed Hardware

Surprised at the interest, now the pressure is really on (especially with Huff watching) ;) For me the first order of business is to get the bed ha...

Part 3: Small Delay

Got a rush job to build Approx. 45’ of painted display cases for a convention in New York. I only have 2 weeks to get it done. The units will all b...

Part 4: "Side Job Delay" Murphy Bed Soon!

Just an update on my side job! My partner and I finally got the job rolling on Sat. the 19th after narrowing down the details with the designers fr...

52-36 piano box part one

2 entries

Part 1: 52-36 piano box part one

Here is the start of how I made the piano box . This is the pattern which I simply transfer to the work piece and then cut out the piece on the ban...

Part 2: 52-36 piano box part two

Here is part 2 of the box build and I have made the change from 1/2" ply to 3/8" ply for the sides and I think it will give a more pleasing and bal...