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HEY.
HELLO AGAIN, AND WELCOME BACK TO "THE WOODWRIGHT'S SHOP."
I'M ROY UNDERHILL.
SO GLAD YOU CAN BE WITH ME AGAIN TODAY.
WE ARE GOING TO FINISH UP OUR LITTLE CRADLE THAT WE STARTED LAST WEEK.
THIS IS A LITTLE ROCKING CRADLE BASSINET.
IT'S JUST GREAT.
LIGHT.
VERY LIGHTWEIGHT.
LOOK AT THAT--ONE FINGER.
AND YOU WANT THAT WHEN YOU'VE GOT THIS THING FULL OF BABIES.
IN FACT, THE ONE THAT I SAW IN ISTANBUL-- THIS IS THE ONE I COPIED FROM ISTAN... OR WAS IT CONSTANTINOPLE?
I CAN NEVER REMEMBER.
ANYWAY, WONDERFUL BENTWOOD FRAME.
WE'RE GONNA SEE HOW TO PUT IN THE PANELS, THE ROCKER, AND THE HANDLE UP HERE AND FINISH UP OUR LITTLE CRADLE THERE.
AND THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN MEETS THE EYE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMETHING ROCKS LIKE THIS, TO GET THAT ROCKING BUSINESS GOING... WELL, LET ME TAKE IT APART, AND I'LL SHOW YOU.
THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO IT.
I'LL JUST POP THE END OFF HERE IF I CAN.
YEAH.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THESE PANELS WORK.
ALL RIGHT.
AND THERE ARE THE SIDES.
THIS IS ALL THAT HOLDS IT TOGETHER.
IT'S SO SIMPLE, SO ELEGANT.
SO THERE'S THE MORTISES IN THERE, AND THEY GO...CORRESPOND TO THE TENONS RIGHT HERE.
SO YOU'VE GOT THE MORTISE AND THE--SORRY-- AND THE TENON ON THE SIDES THERE.
WELL, THAT'S THE SAME THING--AAH!
THAT'S THE SAME THING THAT HOLDS THESE PANELS ON THE ENDS IN PLACE.
SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S ONE HERE THAT'S TENONED ALL THE WAY THROUGH, AND IT'S GOT A LITTLE PEG RIGHT THERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE TENON COMING THROUGH.
WELL, THAT'S THE PEG THAT GOES THROUGH THAT TENON.
WELL, THAT TENON IS AN EXTENSION OF THIS PIECE.
SO THEN THAT COMES OUT THROUGH THERE.
AND THEN THE BOTTOM ROCKER IS ACTUALLY HELD BY JUST GOING INTO A BRIDLE JOINT.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S A BRIDLE JOINT THERE.
IT CUPS AROUND THE END OF THE ROCKER, AND THEN IT'S PEGGED RIGHT THERE.
SO JUST THE MOST ELEGANT, GREAT DESIGN, BUT BASED ON SOME BENTWOOD, AND WE'VE GOT TO DO SOME BENTWOOD RIGHT NOW.
I'M GONNA PUT THIS GUY OVER HERE, AND I'VE GOT MY BENDING FRAME READY.
THIS IS WHAT WE NEED, IS HOOPS LIKE THIS.
SO A VERY OLD THING.
YOU'RE DOING OX BOWS.
YOU'RE DOING THE BOWS THAT ARE ON THE TOPS OF WAGONS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE'RE GONNA BEND.
I'VE GOT A BENDING FRAME HERE.
I'LL PUT A PEG IN THE TOP, AND EVERYTHING IS IN THE STEAM BOX HERE.
SO THIS BOX HAS GOT, UM...
UH...THE PIECE IN IT, AND IT'S BEEN STEAMED FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
ALL RIGHT.
AND THERE IT IS.
OK.
SO NOW LET'S SEE HOW THIS GOES.
WE HAD A LITTLE TROUBLE BENDING THIS EARLIER BECAUSE THIS IS VERY...
I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S BRASH ASH.
IT'S ASH, BUT IT GREW IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT'S VERY BRITTLE, AND SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S EASY TO WORK, UH...
THERE IT GOES.
LET'S SEE.
YOU CAN FEEL IT GIVING.
SO YOU GIVE IT TIME TO COME DOWN.
ONE THING, YOU DON'T PUSH TOO HARD, BUT YOU CAN'T WASTE... CAN'T DILLY-DALLY TO GET THIS AROUND, TO PUT THIS IN THE BENDING FRAME, AND BRING IT AROUND AS QUICK AS YOU CAN.
THERE YOU GO.
WHEW.
OK. THAT MADE IT.
LET ME GET THIS SIDE DOWN.
AH.
AND EASE IT INTO PLACE.
SO HERE IS SOME ASH, A GOOD BENDING WOOD.
ALL RIGHT.
ANOTHER GOOD WOOD TO BEND I LIKE TO WORK WITH IS ELM.
HICKORY IS GOOD.
OAK, OF COURSE, THE CHAIR MAKERS USE.
AND CAN I GET THIS LAST...
I CAN'T GET THAT LAST ONE IN.
DARN.
OK.
BUT IT'LL STILL SPRING INTO PLACE.
NEVERTHELESS...HA HA HA...
THERE'S OUR BOW.
THAT'S HOW WE BEND THEM.
I'LL LET THIS SET UP FOR A DAY OR SO, AND THEN WE'LL CUT THE JOINTS DOWN AT THE BOTTOM.
AND I'VE LEARNED TO CUT THE JOINTS AFTER I'VE BENT, BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU HAVE A BREAK IN THE, UH... BENDING PROCESS, AND ALL THAT JOINERY COULD BE LOST.
BUT NEVERTHELESS, IF YOU TAKE IT CAREFUL, YOU CAN DO THAT BENDING PRETTY EASILY.
ALL RIGHT.
NOW LET'S LOOK AT THIS ENDING FRAME HERE.
IT'S GOT TWO ARCS TO IT IN THE PANELS.
UH...BOTH OF THEM ARE... WELL, THEY'RE INTERESTING.
THIS IS THE ROCKING END RIGHT HERE.
ALL RIGHT?
AND THIS IS JUST ROUND.
SO THIS CAN BE A SECTION OF A CIRCLE.
AND THIS PART HERE, THOUGH, IN ORDER TO ROCK PROPERLY, THAT HAS TO BE PART OF AN ELLIPSE.
SO THEY'RE DIFFERENT IN THAT SENSE.
IN COMMON, THOUGH, THEY ARE THIN.
THEY'RE... WHAT ARE THEY?
OH... 5/16 OF AN INCH THICK I GUESS.
AND THAT IS VERY CONVENIENT IN THAT WE CAN TAKE 3/4-INCH STOCK AND RIP IT DOWN.
SO HERE IT IS.
I'VE GOT A BOARD AND A BIG OLD RIPSAW WE'RE GONNA USE TO JUST SEE HOW YOU CAN RIP THIS STUFF OUT WITH THE TOOLS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN USED TO MAKE THIS ORIGINALLY.
AGAIN, I SAY THIS CAME FROM...
I SAW IT IN ISTANBUL OR CONSTANTINOPLE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT CAME FROM ORIGINALLY, THOUGH.
BUT NEVERTHELESS, I'VE GOT THIS BIG, HEAVY-TOOTH SAW.
LOOK AT THAT.
THAT'S GOT, LIKE, TWO TEETH TO THE INCH.
SO VERY, VERY COARSE TEETH IN THERE THAT WILL GET DOWN IN THE PINE.
WE'RE USING VERY LIGHT... LIGHT WOOD FOR THE SIDES.
THERE WE GO.
ALL RIGHT.
NOW, I CAN SEE THIS SIDE VERY CLEARLY, BUT I'M GONNA TAKE IT OUT AND TURN IT AROUND NOW.
THIS IS THE WAY WE WORK IF YOU WANT TO RIP DOWN THE MIDDLE.
IT'S AS MUCH TURNING.
YOU FORGET TO TURN... AND IT'S NOT GONNA WORK.
I DON'T EVEN HAVE A LAYOUT LINE ON THERE, BECAUSE YOU CAN EYEBALL IT VERY WELL.
ANY BIG RIPSAW WILL DO THE JOB PRETTY QUICKLY.
JUST BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, AND YOU CAN DO IT.
THERE WE GO.
ALL RIGHT.
ENOUGH OF THAT.
SO WE DO THAT.
THAT WAY, YOU CAN SEE YOU CAN MAKE PROGRESS, AH...
REASONABLY QUICKLY YOU CAN RIP THIS STUFF OUT.
I'M GONNA PUT THIS OVER HERE.
IT'S ALL GONNA BE IN THE WAY IN A MINUTE.
SO I'LL NEED TO GET TO THE SHAVING HORSE AGAIN.
HERE YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH I RIPPED IT DOWN THERE.
THIS IS VERY CONVENIENT, IN THAT THE 3/4-INCH STOCK RIPPED IN HALF-- WHAT IS THAT?
5, 6, 3/4... 12/16 I GUESS IT IS.
ALL RIGHT.
SO ANYWAY, WE GET 5 AND 5, AND THEN 2/16 IN THE MIDDLE FOR THE KERF AND FOR PLANING OFF THE ROUGH SURFACE, AND THAT WILL GIVE US THE STOCK WE NEED TO MAKE OUR ROCKERS AND PANELS.
ALL RIGHT.
SO WE GET THE WOOD.
NOW, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENCE AS WELL IN THE TYPE OF WOOD THAT I CHOSE.
THEY'RE BOTH PINE.
BUT I CHOSE THE HARDER WOOD, THE HARDER PINE FOR THE ROCKER BECAUSE IT NEEDS THE ACTION, A LITTLE BIT LIGHTER FOR THIS UPPER PANEL.
AND AGAIN, I SAID THERE ARE TWO SHAPES.
LET ME SHOW YOU WHY, UH... AND IT'S SO MAKE THEM BEHAVE PROPERLY AS A ROCKER.
IT HAS TO DO WITH CENTER OF GRAVITY.
NOW LET'S SEE HERE.
UH...HERE...IS A PIECE OF... LET'S SAY WE HAD A SECTION OF A CIRCLE HERE, AND WE'VE SAID, "OK.
I WANT TO HAVE A ROCKING CHAIR," SO I'M GONNA HAVE A...
SO HERE'S MY CENTER RIGHT THERE.
AND I'M GONNA ROCK.
BUT IT'LL JUST KEEP ROLLING.
THIS CHAIR JUST...
IT'LL JUST ROLL OVER, BECAUSE NOTICE HOW THE CENTER OF GRAVITY, THE CENTER OF MASS THERE, NEVER RISES UP.
IT JUST STAYS LEVEL.
AND THAT'S WHAT AN AXLE DOES.
IT STAYS AT THE SAME LEVEL, SO IT JUST KEEPS ROLLING.
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT.
NOW HERE'S THE OTHER EXTREME HERE.
WE'LL TAKE SOMETHING... WOULD THIS BE A GOOD ROCKER?
HERE IS THE CENTER OF MASS RIGHT THERE.
AND TO ROCK, LOOK HOW JUST A LITTLE BIT OF ROCKING MOTION-- THAT WOULD NOT BE A GOOD ROCKER.
SO WHAT WE WANT IS SOMETHING BETWEEN A CIRCLE AND A STRAIGHT LINE, WHERE THE...IT HAS TO RISE JUST A LITTLE BIT.
YOU SEE HOW THIS ALWAYS WANTS TO RETURN TO THAT POSITION?
ALWAYS WANTS TO RETURN.
WELL, SO DOES PART OF AN ELLIPSE.
SO HERE'S AN ELLIPSE THAT WE'VE MADE.
THIS IS ANOTHER TABLETOP.
AND YOU CAN SEE HOW IT WORKS LIKE A PROPER ROCKER, DOESN'T IT?
YOU CAN EVEN HEAR IT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE A ROCKER.
AND IT'S BECAUSE ITS CONTINUING CHANGE IN THE STEEPNESS OF THE ARC HERE.
IT KIND OF FLATTENS OUT.
LET ME SHOW YOU HOW TO GENERATE THAT.
IT...IT...THE SAME WAY WE GENERATED THIS OVAL...
UH...HERE.
THIS IS JUST OLD, OLD STUFF.
ISN'T THIS GREAT?
SO HERE...I'LL MOVE THAT TABLETOP OUT OF THE WAY.
EVERYTHING IS GETTING BURIED.
AND I MADE THAT...
THE ONE THING I DO NEED THAT I SHOVED OUT OF THE WAY IS THAT PENCIL.
HERE IT IS.
ALL RIGHT.
WATCH HOW THIS WORKS NOW.
I'VE GOT, UH...
UH...STRINGS THAT ARE ALL TIED AROUND THE SAME POINT HERE AT THE END.
SO HERE I'VE GOT A STRING THAT'S TIED AROUND THIS POINT.
HERE'S ANOTHER STRING TIED AROUND THIS POINT.
THE DIFFERENCE IS THIS STRING HERE JUST GOES UP TO ONE CENTRAL AXIS.
THIS GOES TO TWO THAT ARE SEPARATED BY TWO FEET HERE.
SO WE'RE GONNA SEE THE DIFFERENT KIND OF CIRCLES THEY GENERATE.
SO IF WE WANT TO DO THAT UPPER LOOP, UH, FOR THE, UH... YOU KNOW, THE PANEL THERE, THAT'S JUST THE CIRCLE.
SO WE'D HAVE ONE AXIS, AS I'VE GOT RIGHT HERE, AND YOU SEE HOW THAT'S JUST GOING BACK TO ONE... FROM ONE POINT.
ALL RIGHT?
AND I'LL HOLD THIS UP HERE.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT GENERATES-- A SECTION OF A CIRCLE.
IT'S A COMPASS.
NOW LET'S TRY THE ONE, HOWEVER, WITH THE TWO...FOSI, I GUESS IT WOULD BE, THE TWO POINTS, AND SEE WHAT IT DOES.
WILL IT GENERATE THE SAME THING?
WELL, IT'S STARTING AT THE SAME POINT HERE.
BUT WHEN I GO OUT TO ONE SIDE, LOOK, IT'S WAY OUT IN SPACE NOW.
DO YOU SEE HOW THE CURVE HAS FLATTENED OUT?
SO IT'S GONE FROM BEING MORE LIKE THE CIRCLE.
DO YOU SEE HOW IT'S FLATTENING OUT?
SO THE DISTANCE HERE IS SMALL.
IT'S GETTING GREATER AND GREATER AS WE MOVE OUT HERE.
SO HERE IT'S LOOKING LIKE PART OF THE CIRCLE.
HERE IT'S GETTING MORE...
THIS IS GETTING MORE AND MORE LIKE THAT VERY FLAT THING THAT WOULDN'T ROCK AT ALL.
SO IT GOES FROM ROCKING TOO EASY TO NOT ROCKING.
THAT'S HOW YOU DO A ROCKER.
ALL RIGHT.
SO ANYWAY, WELL, WE'RE OFF OUR ROCKER.
LET'S GET THIS... OUT OF THE WAY.
AND WE'LL GET TO CUTTING THAT STOCK.
IN FACT, MAYBE I CAN CUT THAT PIECE.
YEAH, I'LL CUT THIS PIECE HERE.
WHAT THE HECK.
ALL RIGHT.
SO YOU WANT TO CUT THESE OUT.
YOU'D BE TEMPTED TO USE A COPING SAW OR SOMETHING TO CUT THIS CURVE.
BUT LET'S SEE IF I HAVE MY...
HERE IT IS.
ANY BROAD CHISEL WILL PROBABLY DO THIS BETTER.
YOU SEE I'VE GOT AN ARC DRAWN ON HERE.
I'LL DO THE ROCKING ARC.
AND I JUST USE A BROAD CHISEL AND SLICE ALONG, DOWN LIKE THIS.
SO, IN THIS SIZE STOCK... LOOK AT THAT.
YOU CAN GO RIGHT TO THE LINE.
HA HA HA!
NOW, I HAVE A--I DON'T HAVE A LINE ON THE OTHER SIDE-- BUT I DO, OF COURSE, TURN IT AROUND-- THAT YOU CAN SEE.
I CAN LEAN OVER AND SEE IT HERE.
I CAN JUST BRING IT ON DOWN WITH THE LONG CHISEL.
THERE WE ARE.
THIS IS SOMETIMES...
THIS IS A SLICK.
THIS IS A LITTLE JOINER'S OR CARPENTER'S... A LIGHTWEIGHT SLEEK, SLICK.
THERE WE ARE.
AND SO NOW I'VE CUT OUT THAT CURVE, AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S A PROPER ROCKER.
IT WANTS TO RETURN TO THE MIDDLE.
ISN'T THAT NICE?
THERE YOU GO.
ALL RIGHT.
SO ROCKING AND ROCKING.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GET TO FITTING THIS TOGETHER NOW.
WE'VE GOT TO PUT THAT PANEL IN, AND IT'S HELD... BY THE MORTISE AND TENON THAT'S PEGGED.
WE'VE GOT TO POSITION EVERYTHING.
SO LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND MY PIECES.
I'VE GOT ONE STARTED HERE.
THIS ONE ALREADY HAS THE MORTISES CUT, AT LEAST FOR THE END PANELS RIGHT NOW.
LET ME SHOW YOU THAT FINISHED ONE HERE.
OK.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW, AGAIN, IT FITS.
WE'RE GONNA PUT THE ROCKER IN THE BRIDLE JOINT DOWN AT THE BOTTOM FIRST THEN FIT THIS ON TOP.
THE MORTISE IS ALREADY CUT.
WE'LL TAKE THE POSITION OF THE MORTISE OFF OF THE, UH...
POSITION THAT IT'S PUT IN BY THE BRIDLE JOINT.
THAT'S TOO HARD TO EXPLAIN.
LET ME JUST DO IT.
ALL RIGHT.
SO I HAVE THE ROCKER.
AND I'M GONNA HOPE THAT THIS IS THE FACE SIDE I WANT.
SO NOW THAT ROCKER IS FIT IN THE BRIDLE JOINT.
IT'S UP TIGHT.
AND YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S...
I GOT A CERTAIN DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE MORTISE RIGHT HERE.
THERE'S THE MORTISE.
HERE'S THAT SHOULDER.
SO, NOW TO FIND WHERE THIS SHOULDER GOES.
I'VE GOT A PRELIMINARY MARK ON THIS ONE.
I'LL FIT THIS PANEL INTO THAT GROOVE.
HUH.
A LITTLE BIT TIGHT FIT HERE.
FIT THAT INTO THE GROOVE.
WHEN THIS IS IN ITS PROPER PLACE, THAT'S WHERE IT SHOULD GO.
NOW MARK RELATIVE-- AND IT LOOKS LIKE MY PRELIMINARY MARKS ARE JUST FINE.
SO I'VE MARKED WHERE THE TENON WOULD GO INTO THAT MORTISE RIGHT THERE BY HOLDING THIS IN PLACE FIRST.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND CUT THAT OUT.
I'M GONNA CUT THAT OUT WITH A LITTLE, LIGHT, UH...
VERY LIGHTWEIGHT BOW SAW, A LITTLE LIGHT TURNING SAW.
AND THIS WOOD IS JUST SO THIN, IT'S HARD TO FIND A SAW FINE-TOOTHED ENOUGH THAT WILL WORK WELL WITH IT.
THERE WE GO.
AND...WHAT I'M DOING IS I'M LAYING THE...
THE WEB, THE BLADE DOWN LOW SO IT'S CUTTING, ENGAGING MORE OF THE WOOD THAN IF I WERE GOING AT 90 DEGREES.
AND THAT'S HELPING IT CUT VERY NICELY HERE.
SEE, I'M GONNA GET-- AND THIS RIP CUT.
ALL RIGHT.
SO THERE'S ONE SIDE OF THE TENON.
THERE'S THE OTHER SIDE.
VERY, VERY LIGHT WOOD, BUT IT'S GOT TO BE LIGHT IN ORDER TO KEEP THE WEIGHT DOWN, AND THIS...THIS STRENGTH WILL STILL BE IN IT.
I'VE GOT TO SHEAR THAT SHOULDER A LITTLE BIT.
WELL, LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND DO IT, BECAUSE I WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT NEXT STEP THAT YOU DO IN ORDER TO FIT THIS TOGETHER.
I'M GONNA PUT THIS IN TEMPORARILY.
ALL RIGHT.
THERE WE GO.
THAT GOES THERE.
AND I'VE ALREADY PIDDLED WITH THIS A LITTLE BIT.
AND LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET THIS IN HERE.
IF I CAN BRING THAT DOWN... WILL THAT GO?
OH, DEAR.
THAT'S A TIGHT, TIGHT FIT.
ALL RIGHT.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
LET ME PUT A CLAMP ON IT.
I MEAN, ALL IT CAN DO IS BREAK, AND THAT WOULD BE EXCITING IN ITSELF HERE.
ALL RIGHT.
SO I'LL TRY AND GIVE THIS CLAMP A GO.
NOPE.
NOPE.
RIGHT THERE.
RIGHT THERE.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S START SCREWING THIS DOWN.
SO WE'LL START PUTTING THE SQUEEZE ON IT AND SEE IF WE CAN BRING IT INTO PLACE HERE.
IF NOT, I'LL JUST MARK IT, AND YOU'LL GET-- OH, YEAH.
IT'S GOING FINE.
OK.
IT'S GOING FINE ON THE OTHER END.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA DO UP HERE.
SO WE MAY HEAR A BIG CRACK AND A BIG EXPLOSION.
AND, UH...HA HA HA!
IF THAT HAPPENS, I WANT YOU TO HAVE ALL MY TOOLS.
I WILL THEM TO YOU.
OH, MY.
ALL RIGHT.
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S COMING TOGETHER.
I'M JUST GONNA MARK IT AS I SHOULD.
NOW I'M GONNA BRING THIS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO WHERE THE TENONS COME INTO PLACE HERE.
I THINK IT WAS A LITTLE COCKED ON THAT TENON.
NO?
THERE IT GOES.
OK.
IT'S COMING TOGETHER.
AND WE'LL WORK ON THIS SIDE.
YEAH.
WHEW.
OH, GOSH.
OK.
I HEARD THE FIRST LITTLE INKLING OF A CRACK.
I'M NOT GONNA LET IT DO ANYMORE.
WHAT I WANT TO FIND AND THE REASON I'M DOING THIS IS TO FIND THESE POINTS RIGHT HERE, BECAUSE IN THE ORIGINAL THAT I SAW, THIS DISAPPEARED RIGHT HERE AT THAT POINT.
SO WE HAD IT-- IT'S IN THE GROOVE.
IT'S HOUSED IN THIS GROOVE, YOU CAN SEE, THAT'S CUT ON THE INSIDE OF THE ASH, BUT IT COMES INTO A REALLY NICE CONVERGENCE RIGHT THERE.
SO WE'LL FIND THAT POINT AND THIS POINT, THE SAME POINT ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE HERE.
SO THERE'S THE SAME POINT RIGHT THERE, WHERE IT WOULD GO IN.
SO WHAT I WANT TO DO IS HAVE AN ARC THAT GOES THROUGH THAT, AND I COULD EYEBALL IT.
BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO FIND AFTER YOU'VE GOT THE MORTISE, THE TENONS IN PLACE.
SO I'M GOING TO, UM... WELL, LET'S SEE.
I'LL JUST LEAVE IT HERE, BECAUSE THEN WE CAN DO THE BORING PART.
ALL RIGHT.
I DO A TRIAL AND ERROR TO GET TO...
I MAY NEED TO FLATTEN THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
A TRIAL AND ERROR JUST TO FIND THAT POINT, FIND THAT POINT, FIND THAT POINT, FIND THAT POINT.
OK.
SO NOW I'VE GOT THAT POINT, THAT POINT, AND I'M JUST SWINGING AROUND.
AND THAT IS WHERE I'M GONNA DO MY CUTTING WITH THE CHISEL, ON THAT ARC.
SEE THAT?
ALL RIGHT.
SO NOW WE'LL END UP WITH A NICELY... HA HA HA!
I'M INTO IT NOW.
YOU CAN SEE.
THIS IS THE WAY IT'S GONNA LOOK WHEN WE'RE DONE.
WE'LL HAVE THAT NICE LITTLE JUNCTION RIGHT THERE, THE TWO ARCS.
NOT BELOW THE SHOULDER, BUT THEY REALLY CONVERGE RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT GROOVE SO THERE'S NOTHING OPEN.
SO IT'S VERY NEAT WORK THAT THEY DID.
I JUST LOVE THE PIECE.
ALL RIGHT.
SO NOW NEXT WE'VE GOT TO DO THE PEGGING.
I'M JUST GONNA LEAVE IT HERE CLAMPED PARTIALLY TOGETHER, BECAUSE THAT'S GOOD.
AND SEE IF I CAN, UM... MANIPULATE IT INTO A SPACE WHERE I CAN PUT THE HOLE THROUGH.
ALL RIGHT.
I'M GONNA USE A GIMLET BIT.
I WAS LOOKING FOR A BIT THAT WOULD BORE THIS.
I ALWAYS LIKE TO TRY AND USE TOOLS FROM THE PERIOD.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN THIS WAS MADE, BUT SOMEHOW IT SEEMED A JENNINGS BIT, A SPIRAL BIT WOULDN'T BE RIGHT, SO I'M GONNA USE THIS ONE.
THIS IS CALLED A GIMLET BIT.
THIS IS A LITTLE, UH...
VERY SIMPLE SPIRAL AND POINT.
YOU CAN SEE I'VE GOT THE PINE TENON POKING OUT THROUGH THERE.
HERE'S THE BODY.
SO THAT'S JUST A CONTINUATION THROUGH THERE.
WE'LL PUT THE PEG RIGHT THROUGH THERE.
AND GENERALLY YOU WOULDN'T USE THESE ON THIN WOOD OR SPLITTABLE WOOD, BOTH OF WHICH WE HAVE RIGHT HERE.
BUT THE COMBINATION OF THE TWO IS JUST GONNA WORK FINE.
IT DOESN'T JAM.
IT BORES STRAIGHT ON THROUGH AND LEAVES A CLEAN, CLEAN HOLE.
IT'S VERY NICE.
NOT A FAN OF THE GIMLET BIT, BUT IN THIS CASE, IT COULDN'T BE BETTER.
SO THAT IS...THAT'S RIGHT ON THROUGH BOTH PIECES THERE.
YOU CAN SEE, WHEN YOU TURN IT OVER, THERE YOU CAN SEE IT COMES OUT ON THE BACKSIDE AS WELL.
SO NOW WE'VE JUST GOT TO KNOCK OUT THE PEG TO GO IN THERE.
THAT'S SO SIMPLE.
WE SPLIT A PIECE HERE AND SHAVE IT DOWN.
GENERALLY I'D PUT IT ON MY KNEE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND PULL OR PUSH.
HERE.
I'LL DO IT DOWN HERE ON THE BENCH STOP.
PUSH INTO THE BENCH STOP RIGHT HERE.
ALL RIGHT.
YOU'RE JUST TRIMMING DOWN, MAKING A LONG, THIN WEDGE, NOT A...
EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT DRAW-BORING, I LIKE TO MAKE THESE LONG AND THIN, LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S LIKE A LONG WEDGE.
IT'S GONNA GO IN THERE AND THEN FILL THE HOLE.
AND HERE IS THE HOLE IN QUESTION THAT IT'S GOT TO FILL.
AND JUST LIKE THAT.
OK.
SO THAT'S GONNA GO IN THERE, AND WE'LL TAP IT.
NOW, DO I HAVE ANYTHING TO HIT WITH?
NOTHING.
ALL RIGHT.
JUST PUSH THE PEG IN.
AND THEN CUT THAT OFF.
AH!
AND TRIM IT WITH THE CHISEL SMOOTH, LIKE THIS.
AND LIKE THIS.
YEAH.
SO JUST KIND OF COME AT IT FROM ALL AROUND WITH A SAWING CUT LIKE THAT WITH THE END OF THE CHISEL UNTIL IT'S OFF SMOOTH AND FLUSH.
THERE WE GO.
VERY NICE.
ALL RIGHT.
AND WE'LL GO OVER THIS WHOLE THING.
THERE WE ARE.
SO THERE'S THE PEG AND THE TENON.
THAT'S GONNA HOLD THIS THING TOGETHER.
SO WE'VE GOT TO FIT THE ROCKER IN NOW.
BUT I WANT TO GET ON TO THIS LAST LITTLE BIT, AND WE WANT TO DO THE HANDLE.
THIS HAS A HANDLE THAT GOES FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER.
AND I ALSO MADE IT OUT OF ASH.
AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ORIGINAL WOOD WAS, BUT IT'S GOING TO SPAN BETWEEN THE TWO.
SO LET'S SEE HOW THE SIDES GO TOGETHER.
THE SIDES HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TREATMENT ON THEM RIGHT HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SCRATCH BEAD.
I'LL JUST PUT THIS IN PLACE AND SHOW YOU HERE, A LITTLE BIT OF A DECORATIVE SCRATCH BEAD.
I'M GONNA TILT THIS DOWN, AND YOU CAN SEE IT A LITTLE BETTER.
SEE THAT LITTLE LINE RIGHT DOWN THERE?
THAT IS DONE IN THE SIMPLEST WAY YOU CAN IMAGINE.
HERE'S A BOARD FOR THE SIDE THAT I'VE CUT OUT.
AND THIS IS THE TOOL I'M GONNA USE TO MAKE THE SCRATCH BEAD.
IT IS A SCREW.
YOU CAN SEE I HAVE A SCREW STUCK IN THE SIDE OF A STICK, AND WE WORK THIS SCRATCH BEAD JUST LIKE THIS...
PULLING IT DOWN, BEADING THE WOOD ON THROUGH.
AND IT CUTS THE ANCIENT AND VENERABLE SCRATCH BEAD ALL THE WAY DOWN THE EDGE THERE.
WE CAN ROUND THE CORNER A LITTLE BIT WITH A SPOKESHAVE.
AND THAT'S FINE.
ALL RIGHT.
SO, VERY NICE.
THERE'S OUR SCRATCH BEAD, TOP AND BOTTOM.
SO, FINALLY WE'VE GOT TO DO THE HANDLE NOW.
I'M GONNA JUST FIT THIS TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT SO IT'S READY TO GO, AND GET THE BOTTOM IN PLACE.
AND THE BOTTOM JUST SITS ON SLATS THAT ARE TENONED THROUGH.
YOU CAN SEE THEM POKING OUT THE SIDES THERE.
AND I TOOK THE, UH...
THERE WE GO.
ALL RIGHT.
SO NOW WE'VE GOT TO DO THE HANDLE, AND AGAIN, HERE'S THE HANDLE THAT GOES HERE.
I DID A LITTLE BIT OF TURNING ON THE SPRINGPOLE LATHE.
AGAIN, I THOUGHT I WANTED TO USE THE SAME TOOLS THAT WAS PROBABLY USED ORIGINALLY, AND HERE'S THE SPRINGPOLE LATHE.
I'VE GOT A PIECE READY THAT I'VE STARTED TURNING IT DOWN HERE.
THIS HAS GOT, UH...
THE SHOULDER ALREADY STARTED.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR ME NOW THAN IT WAS WHEN I STARTED THAT SHOULDER.
BUT NEVERTHELESS, I'VE GOT THE SHOULDER HERE.
THIS IS GONNA HAVE A BRIDLE JOINT IN IT.
AND NOW WE'RE GONNA TURN IT DOWN.
SO YOU SEE, BY HAVING SHAVED IT OCTAGON, I'VE DONE A LOT OF THE WORK WITH A DRAWKNIFE, A VERY FAST-ACTING TOOL.
I'VE GOT TO ROUGH IT IN NOW WITH THIS.
SO IT'S FUNNY.
THIS LATHE IS WORKING ON ASH SPRINGS.
AN ASH SPRING IS WHAT'S DOING THE RETURN ON THIS RECIPROCATING SPRINGPOLE LATHE, ANOTHER ANCIENT, ANCIENT TOOL, TO WORK THIS ON DOWN LIKE THAT AND THEN FINALLY FINISH IT UP WITH A ROUNDED SCRAPER, BECAUSE IT'S JUST GONNA GO A LOT FASTER.
AND THAT FITS RIGHT OVER WITH A BRIDLE JOINT, JUST LIKE THAT, AND UP HERE.
LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET THAT ON THERE.
YEAH.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT FIT OVER THE END.
I JUST TACK THAT, NOT PEG IT, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE THE BIG HOLE BORED THROUGH THERE.
AND YOU HAVE GOT THIS WONDERFUL LIGHTWEIGHT CRADLE.
THERE YOU GO.
A CRADLE FROM ISTANBUL.
OR WAS IT CONSTANTINOPLE?
I CAN'T REMEMBER.
IN ANY CASE, THANKS FOR JOINING ME.
THIS IS ROY UNDERHILL HERE IN "THE WOODWRIGHT'S SHOP."
MAY THE GRAIN BE WITH YOU.
SO LONG.
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