if you want a good example of that type of joinery check out one one of sams signature rockers.ive made one and yes there is a lot of waste but the beauty of that joinery is beyond compare.it s more wood sculpting than simple mortise and tenon.ive got a rocker and stool in that style posted in my projects.
- pottz
The method I use. All the mortise and tenons or dominos are cut with everything square. Or dowels if that's all you got.
All the sculpting is after all the joints are done I use a bandsaw or even my lathe. Then files # 49 and 50 Nicholson rasps.
Spoke shave and some sand paper wrapped around dowels or files to finish.
Good Luck
- Aj2
thank you very much.it's nothing you cant do once you know the techniques maloof used.that example you showed is easy to do.you dont need a piece of wood as wide as shwon and saw away 90% of it.take a piece as wide as the total leg and add on a blocke where the joint is,then sculpt to the shape you want. for strength use a long dowel or a floating tenon.i love this type of joinery,it's very sculptural.it made sam maloof an international star of woodworking.yet he was as down too earth as any man could be.Wow pottz! great work. Really impressive!
if you want a good example of that type of joinery check out one one of sams signature rockers.ive made one and yes there is a lot of waste but the beauty of that joinery is beyond compare.it s more wood sculpting than simple mortise and tenon.ive got a rocker and stool in that style posted in my projects.
- pottz
- Woodforbrains
i agree for something like that i world do the same.you either start with a piece as wide as needed or add a sacraficial block that will be sculpted down to the joint you want.sometimes you just have too waste some wood to get the result your after.probably why sam got 25k for a rocker ?Well dependingon the taper, its not necessarily a "waste" of wood because for example, lets just say for easy math, you start with a 2" x 2" square piece of stock. You taper the legs to 1" at the bottom. Instead of jist buzzing the taper theough the TS or bandsaw, you cut the taper but leave the little nub where that joint is gonna go, and that nub sticks out to wherever the 2" line was. Either way you have to remove that taper material.
A local chairmaker where I live teaches classes. He uses a similar style of joinery but in a different orientation and his chairs are amazingly beautiful:
https://russfilbeck.com/gallery/
- SMP
Yeah there is a line where woodworking crosses over to art. A woodworker calculates what he can make by cost of wood and hourly labor. An artist says I am going to make this match my artistic vision no matter the cost and will sell it to someone who sees the value.i agree for something like that i world do the same.you either start with a piece as wide as needed or add a sacraficial block that will be sculpted down to the joint you want.sometimes you just have too waste some wood to get the result your after.probably why sam got 25k for a rocker ?
- pottz
i agree for something like that i world do the same.you either start with a piece as wide as needed or add a sacraficial block that will be sculpted down to the joint you want.sometimes you just have too waste some wood to get the result your after.probably why sam got 25k for a rocker ?
- pottz
yes,it's all about what you can afford.hence the term,starving artist !!!!
now on my stool project if you look i added to the leg brace not the leg thickness !
Yeah there is a line where woodworking crosses over to art. A woodworker calculates what he can make by cost of wood and hourly labor. An artist says I am going to make this match my artistic vision no matter the cost and will sell it to someone who sees the value.
- SMP
