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Arts & Mysteries 18th-Century Stock Preparation Different goals allowed period woodworkers to surface boards quickly. I'm building a standing desk for my shop. I need a place to do design work, store important papers and lay furniture books. I designed this desk using the process described in my last article. The completed design is available on my blog at artsandmysteries.com. In this article, I'll discuss the techniques I used to prepare my stock for this project. Dressing stock by hand isn't hard work. The trick to doing it efficiently is forgetting everything you know about woodworking machines and just about everything you've read on the Internet. Woodworking machines produce a consistent level of surface and dimensional quality. Trying to emulate machine quality by hand is a waste of time. Some boards need more attention, some need less; you need to sort them out before you start. It just doesn't make sense to have a ""one-surface-fits-all" approach. Ninety percent of what I read on the Internet involves people trying to produce aerospace precision with their hand tools then complaining about how long it takes. Believe it or not, I'm not judging these folks. It's a perfectly fine way to work wood if that's what you're into. But don't be fooled: This isn't how people worked in the 18th century. Let's take a look back at the evidence together. Tools There's little question about the tools used in 18th-century shops for surfacing stock. They by Adam Cherubini In addition to woodworking, Adam enjoys drawing and painting. He studied art at the Fleischer Art Memorial in Philadelphia. Vis it his b log at artsandmys teries.com. Preparing stock by hand isn't nearly as difficult or awkward as this picture makes it look. Eighteenth-century craftsmen weren't stupid and they didn't need slave labor to build things. You can easily learn their tricks to working smarter, not harder. Then you'll be free of your masters: your planer, table saw and jointer. 32 Popular Woodworking April 2007 |
