Guess you need to come to the N.A.W.G. meeting on March 15th. at N.A.I.T. ?

 

Assuming you are talking about here on Lumberjocks? It is time consuming so many don't bother plus you don't necessarily know what people would find interesting. In most cases if you ask specific questions, people will give you more information. You can also send a PM to discuss offline as well. You may have better luck looking at blogs which is where people generally post more specific details about some of their projects.

 

I guess it all depends on what you're looking for. I have blogged the construction from start to finish of at least two Prie Dieux, a Hepplewhite one drawer stand, and a shop cabinet for molding planes and hardware. Others have done the same. Check out the blogs of Smitty_Cabinetshop and Bandit571, just to name a couple. There is lots of instruction here.

 

I am in same boat as Ron. When I know ahead of time at the start of a project (such as my plantation shutters & joinery bench), I try to post ongoing blogs not so much for me but to show other's the path I take and how I go about it right or most of the time, wrong

 

+1 on Nathan's post. My project posts aren't intended to be instructional. I simply describe the piece. However, if you have specific questions about how something was accomplished, I'm always happy to explain it.

I do have a number of blog posts that are intended to provide insight into ways I've found to simplify some tasks, or other things that hopefully are interesting and useful.

 

BGST, use the wonderful samples and your imagination to come up with some of your own designs. I think you might be surprised at what you can do without straight copying…

 

The site gives you the ability to send PM's to any member. You also can comment on any project. Both places give you the ability to ask a question. Being this is worldwide some members may not speak or understand English so you may run into language problems. I know of several here in the US that speak a wide range of language and can assist if this was an issue.

Being a extremely creative group many here prefer to spend time making things rather than taking time to give every detail and provide plans. Others enjoy this part of the process and post blogs and offer plans. The drafting abilities of some may not be up to the task of making a detailed plan and providing it to the public. And of course many do not feel that what they post, or do not post was worthy of being put out on the net.

Find something you like and ask. You will be surprised at what the people here have to offer.

 

I ve come looking for many terrific projects but so many times find nothing to help repeat how to make them.

- BGST

Check out the blogs, that is where the "how to " is shown.

 

What you want is a good woodworking instructional book. The Woodworkers Companion by Roger Holmes is one I recommend but there others. Once you learn the basics of construction you can replicate most things you'll find on here.

 

That's not something I ever give much thought to. I never make or rarely use plans. I normally just use a picture and prefer to decide my own sense of proportions. That makes what ever it is mine, not an exact copy of someone else's project. I do have a few poster-board patterns hanging but I made those after the fact. Nothing was made from them. I did make a set of patterns for one of my wife's brothers of a family cradle said to have been built for her grandfather when he was born in 1893. My wife was given the cradle by her mother and her brother wanted to make one like it. Just simple tracing of the outlines patterns, no dimensions.

 

Yeah mine are almost always determined by how much I have of a particular species or how wide a panel is after resawing and gluing up. Almost everything is arbitrary.

 

Almost everything is arbitrary.

- TheFridge

Except alder. That's prescribed.

 

Except alder. That s prescribed.
- Rich

If it's Peruvian Alder does that make it ok?

 

... and then the thread took a turn and died a painful death …

 

Another alder related death. A joke long past the point of funny.

 

You learn by doing so start with small projects that there are blogs or youtube instructions on or take a woodworking class that has specific projects in mind.

 

I blog a lot of my constructions. I usually add a link at the bottom of the project write-up to take you to the blog.
I do this mostly to explain procedures. Directly copying someone else's work is not always welcome.
In the case of my stuff fill your boots, I personally don't care.

 

I"ve pm'd a few folks to get approximate sizes, on some projects, sometimes i try to find something in picture to relate to size, helps when i design my own, hard to not take a little from here, a little from there to design a project, so many ideas,

thanks to all
Rj in az

 

Directly copying someone else's work is not always welcome. In the case of my stuff fill your boots, I personally don't care.

- shipwright

That's a safe statement, Paul. No one could come close to matching any of your work. Well, maybe Patrick or Patrice.

 

Another alder related death. A joke long past the point of funny.

- Lazyman

You forgot to say "IMHO".

 

Some of us can't spell our names righ.

 

Another alder related death. A joke long past the point of funny.

- Lazyman

If you notice, I just make secondary comments now since it has a life if it's own

 

Directly copying someone else's work is not always welcome. In the case of my stuff fill your boots, I personally don't care.
- shipwright

That s a safe statement, Paul. No one could come close to matching any of your work. Well, maybe Patrick or Patrice.
- Rich

I'm not really saying it's not necessarily invalid, but it seems very funny to me that someone would post a project on a public forum intended to bring together people with common interests and then be upset that someone would copy the item they shared publicly.

Mike

 

Directly copying someone else's work is not always welcome. In the case of my stuff fill your boots, I personally don't care.
- shipwright

That s a safe statement, Paul. No one could come close to matching any of your work. Well, maybe Patrick or Patrice.
- Rich

I m not really saying it s not necessarily invalid, but it seems very funny to me that someone would post a project on a public forum intended to bring together people with common interests and then be upset that someone would copy the item they shared publicly.

Mike

- MikeDS

If it's a unique project to the person, I will ask for permission to make it, copy it, etc. If it's a project that's been made before, no need to ask. Just common courtesy that I would think most of LJ's have. This is by far the best forum community I've ever been a part of.

 

Directly copying someone else's work is not always welcome. In the case of my stuff fill your boots, I personally don't care.
- shipwright

That s a safe statement, Paul. No one could come close to matching any of your work. Well, maybe Patrick or Patrice.
- Rich

I m not really saying it s not necessarily invalid, but it seems very funny to me that someone would post a project on a public forum intended to bring together people with common interests and then be upset that someone would copy the item they shared publicly.

Mike

- MikeDS

If it s a unique project to the person, I will ask for permission to make it, copy it, etc. If it s a project that s been made before, no need to ask. Just common courtesy that I would think most of LJ s have. This is by far the best forum community I ve ever been a part of.

- Rayne

On that last, agreed. On that first part, I'm one of those fiddly people who can't leave well enough alone, and makes something that would only be similar to what I saw on the internet, in every case- concerning wht is going on here. In my career after university, whether I worked as an antenna designer or mechanical designer, I never copied anyone else's stuff. I'm just arrogant enough that I think I can make SOME sort of improvement. Didn't always work out, but that's life.

As far as Paul's marquetry goes, I agree- one could fill one's boots. I'm not even going to try and get that good; I don't have enough lifetime left to get there. <beer>