This morning, I unwrapped the rope ‘n fixin’s on the Dou and gave it a stress test by lightly pulling on opposite tends of it and throwing it up in the air a few inches. Held together like a tank!
Soon, I’m gonna cut out the whole and then it’s off to another carving adventure: The […]
Archive for April, 2006
Today I glued the Dou. Several times before hand, I planned out what I’d use to hold it together. I got dowels, sticks and wedges ‘n rope. After trying it out, I pasted the glue on. A lot oozed out when I clamped which was a good sign of a good clampin’. After putting in […]
I’m getting the tenon ready for the other end of the body. I’m making the end of the rod into a circle. That came out good. I made a test mortise with some scrap wood lying around. It worked pretty well. Since the way the neck was put on the rod, it tilts ever so […]
It’s time for the Mortise and Tenon! My long awaited and long practiced adventure I had been preparing for. Cutting out the hole was actually much easier than I had thought. As I got lower in the hole, the hole became smaller ’cause I didn’t chisel straight down, I naturally sloped it inward. Of course, […]
Well, I declamped the rod and the Sao and the rod held on nicely. I scraped away excess glue and kinda made the crack (where the rod connected to the Sao) smoother ’cause I was ready to cut out the hole in the Dou! The thought of it was a little harrowing but once I […]