Comments on: 6 Days to Aurora – Day 6 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/6-days-to-aurora-day-6/ Education and Entertainment for the modern woodworker. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:43:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Spencer http://thewoodwhisperer.com/6-days-to-aurora-day-6/#comment-41488 Spencer Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:23:07 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=5356#comment-41488 I just wanted to stop buy and say that I too enjoyed following your adventure with your class! I have really learned a lot from your podcasts too. Looks like you love what you do and do what you love. Thats awesome! Thank you for offering so much to the woodworking community! Spencer I just wanted to stop buy and say that I too enjoyed following your adventure with your class! I have really learned a lot from your podcasts too. Looks like you love what you do and do what you love. Thats awesome! Thank you for offering so much to the woodworking community!

Spencer

]]> By: Clif Pollock http://thewoodwhisperer.com/6-days-to-aurora-day-6/#comment-41413 Clif Pollock Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:11:54 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=5356#comment-41413 I really enjoyed following your progress on this workpiece. I don't know if you are considering this, but I'd love to hear how you finish it. African mahogany is an interesting wood, with a pretty bold grain. I've been building the Aurora table desk based on Peart's published plans, and its been fun to compare what you did to what I've been doing. Making the jigs, as you mentioned above, definitely takes a lot of time, but I've found it enjoyable. For example I now know the right way(and also a few wrong ways! to make a very large radius arc for the front piece. The joints and stuff I can handle - but applying the final finish has me terrified! Any experience that you wish to share would be very much appreciated. Thanks! Clif I really enjoyed following your progress on this workpiece. I don’t know if you are considering this, but I’d love to hear how you finish it. African mahogany is an interesting wood, with a pretty bold grain. I’ve been building the Aurora table desk based on Peart’s published plans, and its been fun to compare what you did to what I’ve been doing. Making the jigs, as you mentioned above, definitely takes a lot of time, but I’ve found it enjoyable. For example I now know the right way(and also a few wrong ways! to make a very large radius arc for the front piece. The joints and stuff I can handle – but applying the final finish has me terrified! Any experience that you wish to share would be very much appreciated.

Thanks!
Clif

]]> By: Germain http://thewoodwhisperer.com/6-days-to-aurora-day-6/#comment-41381 Germain Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:43:26 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=5356#comment-41381 The outside scenes were The Gamble House. I'm pretty the inside shots were a soundstage. The outside scenes were The Gamble House. I’m pretty the inside shots were a soundstage.

]]> By: thewoodwhisperer http://thewoodwhisperer.com/6-days-to-aurora-day-6/#comment-41368 thewoodwhisperer Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:40:58 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=5356#comment-41368 Unfortunately no. I had a long drive ahead of me so I just left after the Gamble house. But I am sure I will hit some of the other G&G landmarks on my next visit to So.Cal. Unfortunately no. I had a long drive ahead of me so I just left after the Gamble house. But I am sure I will hit some of the other G&G landmarks on my next visit to So.Cal.

]]> By: thewoodwhisperer http://thewoodwhisperer.com/6-days-to-aurora-day-6/#comment-41367 thewoodwhisperer Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:39:41 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=5356#comment-41367 From the looks of it when we left on Saturday, a few folks were not going to be finished. From the looks of it when we left on Saturday, a few folks were not going to be finished.

]]> By: Bryce http://thewoodwhisperer.com/6-days-to-aurora-day-6/#comment-41366 Bryce Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:52:44 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=5356#comment-41366 Doc Brown's house IS the Gamble House! Doc Brown’s house IS the Gamble House!

]]> By: Marty http://thewoodwhisperer.com/6-days-to-aurora-day-6/#comment-41365 Marty Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:00:56 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=5356#comment-41365 The Gamble house is amazing to behold, probably a close second to Wright's Waterfall as America's greatest houses IMHO. Did you get a chance to go to the Huntington Library? They have a permanent display of furniture form several of the Greene's and Hall's houses. Nice table BTW! The Gamble house is amazing to behold, probably a close second to Wright’s Waterfall as America’s greatest houses IMHO.
Did you get a chance to go to the Huntington Library? They have a permanent display of furniture form several of the Greene’s and Hall’s houses.
Nice table BTW!

]]> By: Dan Pope http://thewoodwhisperer.com/6-days-to-aurora-day-6/#comment-41364 Dan Pope Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:39:26 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=5356#comment-41364 Marc Having admired Darrell's work for some time and explored his book, I have thoroughly enjoyed this week. It must have been a great experience. I count at least five different jigs involved in milling the parts for the table. Is that correct? How would the Hall's accomplished the milling of these pieces 100 years ago? While you were doing this course, I was introducing two Kenyan students to American movie history by watching the Back to the Future trilogy. To my surprise Doc Brown's house looks very similar to The Gamble House with many Greene & Greene details including "cloud-lifts" that I have never noticed before! Thanks for documenting your experience. Marc
Having admired Darrell’s work for some time and explored his book, I have thoroughly enjoyed this week. It must have been a great experience.

I count at least five different jigs involved in milling the parts for the table. Is that correct? How would the Hall’s accomplished the milling of these pieces 100 years ago?

While you were doing this course, I was introducing two Kenyan students to American movie history by watching the Back to the Future trilogy. To my surprise Doc Brown’s house looks very similar to The Gamble House with many Greene & Greene details including “cloud-lifts” that I have never noticed before!

Thanks for documenting your experience.

]]> By: Shannon http://thewoodwhisperer.com/6-days-to-aurora-day-6/#comment-41363 Shannon Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:54:48 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=5356#comment-41363 Marc, Thanks for sharing the week. I found myself looking forward to the posts everyday. I'm amazed that this piece could be done in 5 days. It seems like a lot of detail work. Did everyone finish? Maybe I'm just slow. Marc,

Thanks for sharing the week. I found myself looking forward to the posts everyday. I’m amazed that this piece could be done in 5 days. It seems like a lot of detail work. Did everyone finish? Maybe I’m just slow.

]]> By: Matt V http://thewoodwhisperer.com/6-days-to-aurora-day-6/#comment-41362 Matt V Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:18:09 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=5356#comment-41362 Marc, thanks so much for sharing your experience this week. I have to admit that I was pretty excited for your daily updates. When I lived in Michigan, I was able to learn from Ernie Conover, Jeff Jewitt and Jeff Miller, which we're very enjoyable and helped improve my skills considerably. I think a week with Darrell would be a great way to spend a vacation. Now I have to convince my wife that a week in a workshop is more fun then a week in Jamaica. Marc, thanks so much for sharing your experience this week. I have to admit that I was pretty excited for your daily updates.

When I lived in Michigan, I was able to learn from Ernie Conover, Jeff Jewitt and Jeff Miller, which we’re very enjoyable and helped improve my skills considerably. I think a week with Darrell would be a great way to spend a vacation. Now I have to convince my wife that a week in a workshop is more fun then a week in Jamaica.

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