Making Wooden Furniture with Traditional Joinery
Marking Out and Cutting Bridle Joints 2
A course by Sandy Buchanan , Furniture Maker and Sculptor
About the video: Marking Out and Cutting Bridle Joints 2
Overview
“Now, I will lay out the positions for the tenons in the rail structure. Then, I will use a chisel to bevel both shoulder lines on the waste side to create a guide for my saw blade. Next, I will cut the tenon cheeks using the chisel and pair them. Finally, I will test assemble and look for issues. ”
In this video lesson Sandy Buchanan addresses the topic: Marking Out and Cutting Bridle Joints 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Making Wooden Furniture with Traditional Joinery. Explore traditional woodworking techniques to create a stylish and contemporary piece of furniture with a minimalist feel.
Partial transcription of the video
“So I'm just cleaning out the corners on my final leg. Now I've got my four. Bridal mortises cut. So once you've reached this stage, the next step is we are going to Lay out the positions for the tenons in the rail structure. To do this, we need to take the corresponding set of legs So in this case, I've got my front strength check So I need to choose my two front legs. And What we're going to do is we're going to use the existing joinery to define the shape, and the position of to 10 inch holders rather than trying to measure it directly which could result in some error if we haven't done e...”
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Course summary for: Making Wooden Furniture with Traditional Joinery
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Sandy Buchanan
A course by Sandy Buchanan
Sandy, or Sand to his friends and family, is a bespoke furniture designer and maker based in Beckenham, London. Prior to setting up his workshop, Sandy had a 10-year career in the Oil & Gas E&P sector, working around the world as a geoscientist. He holds a bachelor's and master’s degree in geoscience.
After several redundancies, a general dislike for big corporate politics, and a growing unease about the sector, Sandy turned to making and crafting in the pursuit of meaningful work. His work is influenced by his childhood growing up in Hong Kong, the Chinese and Japanese appreciation and heritage of woodworking, and his choice of material. His pieces are produced skillfully and considerately, and are created to be used, allowing the beauty of nature to be enjoyed.
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