Comments on: Completed John Hall Frame http://thewoodwhisperer.com/john-hall-frame/ Education and entertainment for the modern woodworker. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:35:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: James C. http://thewoodwhisperer.com/john-hall-frame/#comment-52708 James C. Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:22:10 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=6213#comment-52708 Thanks! I took up WWing back in 2003, had always been interested in it, but I never got truly passionate about furniture till I saw Greene and Greene. Thanks!

I took up WWing back in 2003, had always been interested in it, but I never got truly passionate about furniture till I saw Greene and Greene.

]]> By: thewoodwhisperer http://thewoodwhisperer.com/john-hall-frame/#comment-52705 thewoodwhisperer Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:14:42 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=6213#comment-52705 Hi James. To tell you the truth, Pop. WW'ing created the measured drawings since I didn't have a clue how to do that. So I never actually made a frame from their drawings. I assumed they were close enough. I don't know how to tell you what the shape is in words, but it really is a gentle curve. And really, the curve itself can be modified to your liking. On the original, the curves were not even the same. This project really looked like one that John Hall must have knocked out in a weekend as a prototype. So don't be afraid to make a few changes just to suit your personal tastes. Its hard to make this frame look "bad". :) Hi James. To tell you the truth, Pop. WW’ing created the measured drawings since I didn’t have a clue how to do that. So I never actually made a frame from their drawings. I assumed they were close enough. I don’t know how to tell you what the shape is in words, but it really is a gentle curve. And really, the curve itself can be modified to your liking. On the original, the curves were not even the same. This project really looked like one that John Hall must have knocked out in a weekend as a prototype. So don’t be afraid to make a few changes just to suit your personal tastes. Its hard to make this frame look “bad”. :)

]]> By: James C. http://thewoodwhisperer.com/john-hall-frame/#comment-52701 James C. Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:34:55 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=6213#comment-52701 Marc, I just read the August Pop Woodworking and would like to try and build this beautiful frame. Do you have any tips for reproducing the curves on the rails and stiles? I laid out the top rail on graph paper the other night using the detail drawing from your article, but when I look at larger pictures, it appears much more gentle than what I ended up with. Is the curve more elliptical than arc-of-circle? Thanks! Marc,

I just read the August Pop Woodworking and would like to try and build this beautiful frame.

Do you have any tips for reproducing the curves on the rails and stiles? I laid out the top rail on graph paper the other night using the detail drawing from your article, but when I look at larger pictures, it appears much more gentle than what I ended up with. Is the curve more elliptical than arc-of-circle?

Thanks!

]]> By: thewoodwhisperer http://thewoodwhisperer.com/john-hall-frame/#comment-47863 thewoodwhisperer Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:17:36 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=6213#comment-47863 Hey Joe. The rabbets are 1/4" deep x 1/2" wide. Hey Joe. The rabbets are 1/4″ deep x 1/2″ wide.

]]> By: Joseph http://thewoodwhisperer.com/john-hall-frame/#comment-47862 Joseph Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:47:37 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=6213#comment-47862 Marc, I can't seem to find the depth of the frame rabbets in the article or on the site. Can you post them? Thanks, Joe Marc,

I can’t seem to find the depth of the frame rabbets in the article or on the site. Can you post them?

Thanks,

Joe

]]> By: Darrell Peart http://thewoodwhisperer.com/john-hall-frame/#comment-43223 Darrell Peart Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:55:01 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=6213#comment-43223 Hi Mark, The frame turned out great! Do you have an issue assigned for the article yet? I see the humor in the mirror photo !! Darrell Hi Mark,
The frame turned out great! Do you have an issue assigned for the article yet?

I see the humor in the mirror photo !!

Darrell

]]> By: JohnBrien http://thewoodwhisperer.com/john-hall-frame/#comment-42998 JohnBrien Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:48:59 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=6213#comment-42998 I love this piece, I originally saw and and drew inspiration from this a while back looking through a book about the Greene brothers. Glad to see someone else has an appreciation for the craftsmen that actually ran the shop for them. I love this piece, I originally saw and and drew inspiration from this a while back looking through a book about the Greene brothers. Glad to see someone else has an appreciation for the craftsmen that actually ran the shop for them.

]]> By: Dan http://thewoodwhisperer.com/john-hall-frame/#comment-42907 Dan Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:57:27 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=6213#comment-42907 You're probably right. Or possibly potassium permanganate. DD You’re probably right. Or possibly potassium permanganate.
DD

]]> By: thewoodwhisperer http://thewoodwhisperer.com/john-hall-frame/#comment-42885 thewoodwhisperer Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:50:55 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=6213#comment-42885 If you have the templates ready to go, you are looking at 3 days. Two if you are very fast. Not including finishing time. If you have the templates ready to go, you are looking at 3 days. Two if you are very fast. Not including finishing time.

]]> By: thewoodwhisperer http://thewoodwhisperer.com/john-hall-frame/#comment-42884 thewoodwhisperer Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:49:07 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=6213#comment-42884 Thinking about what was popular at the time, I am guessing that the wood might have been treated with potassium dichromate, which may be responsible for the reddish color. Thinking about what was popular at the time, I am guessing that the wood might have been treated with potassium dichromate, which may be responsible for the reddish color.

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