Here is where the Sketchup templates that have been printed and mounted to Baltic Birch plywood start to pay dividends, the next three pictures we are template routing the front moulding, then profiling the front and side base mouldings… Here we are attaching the prepared template to the 1 9/16″ thick Mahogany stock. Next after […]
The lumber for Boston Blockfront chest has been finial milled to thickness, the photograph is of the chest top which consists of two boards of Mahogany, one of which is 16 inches wide, the finial dimenstion of the top is 42″ long x 20″ wide x 13/16″ thick. We use hot hide glue for all […]
Templates are yet another reason we at LaPlaca Woodworks have been prototyping our 18th century reproductions with Sketchup, it’s not the easiest thing in the world to print a full size template from the non-professional version of Sketchup, but it is possible. When completing complicated pieces like the Boston Oxbow or the Boston Blockfront the […]