Popular Woodworking 2006-04 № 154, страница 35
Conclusion Of course, you could make a pretty good set of sawhorses out of construction lumber and it would probably take you half as long. And you can rip a long board on a table saw pretty quickly, too. But working wood as I have shown should be an important part of every woodworker's education. Although it may not be the most productive method, it helps us develop that intimate relationship with wood that I mentioned earlier. Planing, I don't split wood with axes. I drive in metal wedges and wooden gluts with a 5-pound maul. sawing, and "green woodworking" (as John Alexander, the author of "Build a Chair from a Tree," calls it) are all excellent ways to come to know wood in terms of the strength of its grain, its varying density and its deepest desire to become shaped like a potato chip. These methods help us decide which cuts are good, which species are good, which finishes are good and which joints are good. Yes it's true, you could make a perfectly usable set of saw-horses much faster with construction lumber, and that's what most people do. But I think that's a decision to skip an important, possibly critical class in woodworking. Dedication Rapidly changing light and weather were a brutal master, forcing me to use the utmost haste with little-used, razor-sharp tools to both finish this project and get the pictures for this article. In a flash of inattentiveness, Grand-pop's ridiculously sharp adze sank V2" into the side of my shoe's thick leather sole; a near miss. As the project drew to a close, the article almost finished, it was my patternmaker's rasp Despite chopping toward my foot with an adze, I avoided drawing blood while building my horses - until I picked up my patternmaker's rasp . that drew the only blood I would see. I stared deeply into my wound, and instantly knew what I must do: I wish to dedicate this article to the patron saint ofhand tools, Roy Underhill, who, with charm and wit, has inspired countless woodworkers and without whom, this article and indeed this entire column would not be possible. Thank you St. Roy. For more information read books by Roy Underhill, Drew Langsner, John Alexander and Bruce Hoadley. PW Titebona Wood Glues The Woodworker's Choice for Generations titebond.com 1 -800-347-GLUE |
