Process

After milling the stock flat and parallel, here, it is cut to width by ripping on the table saw.

Above showing the table saw set up for ripping stock to width, and the hold downs, more here. Next, the shaping of the stock into moldings. On the molding pictured, I will first mill the rabbet, as once the molding is shaped, there will be little to reference against.

Above, an image of the spacer bar, that is screwed to the stock. Notice the holes for recessed screws, equally spaced on the ends of the spacer bar. The bar is clamped in the end vise, allowing the stock to be above the bench and open to being worked on. Below, spacer bar and stock ready to be worked. On the end of the stock, the profile is penciled in.

Above, I'm using a small, wooden scrub plane, to quickly rough out the shape of the molding. That's an entirely serviceable antique I'm using. Scrub planes have a convex blade and are designed for fast removal of waste.

Here, the shape is being refined using a small block plane. In both pictures above, I'm using one or more of my fingers as either a fence or a guide, to hold the plane steady, and cutting the same angle for the full length of the stick. This will be followed by a random orbit sander with a flexible pad, to further refine the shape.

For this molding, I have some photos to view, but no actual dimensions, so I'm hand shaping it, eyeballing it until it feels right. A fairly quick process, but done over a few days to allow for "tweaking" the shape. Leaving it, then looking with fresh eyes, is an enormous help in producing a satisfactory shape. Changing the lighting, and viewing position, looking at it in a mirror, or on it's side, are variations of the need for a fresh perspective, time away just one of those. The result was accurate molding legs, that when mitered and joined were as close as machined moldings would have been.

On This Day ...

Staircase Group (Portrait of Raphaelle and Titian Peale)

Charles Wilson Peale, 1795

The Philadelphia Museum of Art

The birthday of Charles Wilson Peale, 1741 - 1827. A Renaissance man. Google Art Project has an image of the above painting in it's "frame". 

Charles Wilson Peale is a personal favorite of mine.

The List, 4-14-12

 The list, Saturday afternoon. The Chevy ad; my first car was a 54 Chevy Delray. I was only a few years older than the car.

1. All Along the Watchtower, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix. Dylan thought this was better than his own.

2. LA Woman, Jim Morrison, The Doors.

3. Henry, John Dawson, New Riders of the Purple Sage. Baer Charlton suggested "Riders", Henry is really a driving song. 8-)

4.Free Bird, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Suggested by Richard Christie/Framemaker. 
There are multiple versions of this, including some live performances over 20 minutes. "Long" form, indeed. See East West, #10

5. Little Wing, Jimi Hendrix. I like his version, Eric Clapton has covered it, but my favorite is an instrumental cover by Stevie Ray Vaughan. I was introduced to this by TOP.

6. Pipeline, The Chantays

7. Back in the USSR, The Beatles, suggested by Kim Hoffmann

8. Fire on the Mountain, Toy Caldwell (?), The Marshall Tucker Band.

9. Radar Love, George Kooymans/Barry Hay, Golden Earring.
10. East West, Mike Bloomfield/Nick Gravenites, Paul Butterfield Blues Band. This is a very important piece by a band that influenced the San Francisco sound, including the Grateful Dead, and their "long" versions. 

11. Dancing in the Dark, Bruce Springsteen. My cousin, Dave Westrum, suggested some other Springsteen songs, but ...

12. Candyman, Hunter/Garcia, The Grateful Dead
13. Wild Horses, Jagger/Richards, The Rolling Stones
14. Except the New Girl, Chris Isaak, Chris Isaak
15. Small Axe, Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers
16. Rebel Rouser, Duane Eddy. There are multiple versions by Duane alone.
17. Born to be Wild, Mars Bonfire, Steppenwolf, Thanks Baer!
18. Benny and the Jets, Taupin/John, Elton John, Suggested by Susan Visser.
19. Minnie the Moocher, Cab Calloway, Suggested by Susan Visser, as she got pulled over for speeding while singing along with this.
20. Miami Vice Opening Theme, Jan Hammer, suggested by Baer Charlton
21. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, U2
22. Gunslinger, Elias McDaniel, Bo Diddley
23. Road Runner, Bo Diddley
24. Night Moves, Bob Seger
25. Midnight Rider, Allman/Payne, The Allman Brothers
26. Cinnamon Girl, Young, Neil Young and Crazy Horse
27. Who Do You Love, Bo Diddley
28. Heart Break Hotel, Durden/Axton, Elvis
29. Générique, Miles Davis, from the Louis Malle film: Ascenseur pour l'échafaud. Could probably add the whole score as one song. Will think on that. Another TOP introduction.
30. Boy From Tupelo, Emmylou Harris
31. Western Stars, Chris Isaak, K.D. Lang
32. Dazed and Confused, Led Zeppelin
33. When the Levee Breaks, Led Zeppelin
34. Bustin' Surfboards, The Tornadoes
35. One More Cup of Coffee, Dylan, White Stripes
36. Crazy on You, Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Heart
37. Barracuda, Wilson, Wilson, DeRosier, Fisher, Heart. Interesting back story on this songs origins, and it's use in the McCain/Palin campaign, in spite of a Cease and Desist order. Google it.
38. Summer in the City, Mark Sebastian, Steve Boone, The Lovin' Spoonful
39. Cathy's Clown, The Everly Brothers
40. Move it on Over, Hank Williams, George Thorogood, and the Destroyers
41. Good Thing, Fine Young Cannibals. The original black and white video, with the scenes of the Scooter sub-culture, is worth looking for.
42. I Drink Alone, Thorogood, George Thorogood and the Destroyers
43. I Feel Free, Pete Brown, Jack Bruce, Cream
44. Mississippi Queen, West/Laing/Pappalardi, Mountain, suggested by Richard Christie/Framemaker.
45. Rhiannon, Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac
46 Stop Draggin' My Heart Around, Petty/Campbell, Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty
47. Pusherman, Curtis Mayfield. From the score for the movie Superfly. Not PC, but hey, it's Curtis.
48. Crossroads, Robert Johnson, arr, Eric Clapton, Cream.
49. All Day and All of the Night, Ray Davies, The Kinks.
50. Somebody to Love, Darby Slick, Jefferson Airplane
51. Piece of My Heart, Ragovoy/Berns, Big Brother and the Holding Company. Janis Joplin, whew!
52. Summertime, Gershwin/Gershwin/Heyward, Big Brother and the Holding Company. Janis making a much loved and recorded song, very distinctly hers.
53. On the Road Again, Jones/Wilson, Canned Heat.

Regular Programming, Preparing Stock

Once stock has been cut to size, and this is related to a close examination of the lumber for the defects shown above, one can proceed to jointing the face of a board. With cup and bow, the concave side should be down, into the jointer. ( A Jointer is a tool for preparing a flat face or edge on a board ) This way you have at least two surfaces to register against the tables. With warp, one has to choose the best face, that gives the most control over the board. This is where I cut down to the smallest dimension needed. Wane, here, it's an addition. With Woof, well, ... take it for a walk, give it some snacks, cause Woof is never going to be good lumber.

Two images of face jointing a board. On my jointer, which has a European guard, the left, pressing down hand, comes to the guard and slides over it, while the right pushes. As an aside, I wear gloves to give me more grip on the board, which in terms of safety, is an either or situation. I like better control of the board, but there is increased risk from any kind of clothing getting caught in the blades. Think, and keep your hands away from the cutters.

This is an image of the board going through the thickness planer, referencing off the jointed face, from the previous operation. Using the flat face, the planer reduces the stock to an equal and parallel thickness. Once the stock is the proper size, one of the edges will need to be jointed, as a reference for the table saw, to cut to width, as in the picture below.

Cup and Bow, Warp, Wane and Woof.

Some woodworking terms one needs to be familiar with to understand my next post, regarding preparing stock. The first four are relatively easy, but if you've got woof in your wood ....

Wednesday, 4-11-12 *indicates edits or additions.

Edited, and some additions, evening, 4-11-12

If you see a star, it indicates edits and additions for the morning, or the day, in the title. I'm going to do it this way for a while, just editing this post. Eventually, when my brain isn't so mushy, I'll try and make it more cohesive. I'm not used to listening to this much, mostly hard rock.

To those who have made suggestions by email, and you don't see them, means only that I haven't had time to find, and listen to them. Sometimes work and life gets in the way. As a side note, Spotify was suggested by either Micheal Wright, Art Dealer, or Frank M. Baum, DJ and Voice Artist. Like I said, my brain is mush. Spotify, however, is a great way to look at a groups entire oeuvre, and, unlike iTunes, listen to the complete tracks. I like Spotify, and I don't need the pay versions, as I have WiFi where I listen to music, though not in the car. The Spotify interface is, a little rough, but doable. I will probably purchase what is missing from my list, just so I can take it with me if I do some more road trips. Used to do a lot of driving, and due to boredom with highways and interstates, back roads. I've been on every road in a 20-30 mile radius of Illinois Route 1, between East Central Illinois, and Chicago. Summertime, windows down, corn and bugs, which reminds me, "Summertime", Janis Joplin, Big Brother and the Holding Company ...

The list this day, not in any particular order.

1. All Along the Watchtower, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix. Dylan thought this was better than his own.

2. LA Woman, Jim Morrison, The Doors.

3. Henry, John Dawson, New Riders of the Purple Sage. Baer Charlton suggested "Riders", Henry is really a driving song. 8-)

4.Free Bird, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Suggested by Richard Christie/Framemaker. 
There are multiple versions of this, including some live performances over 20 minutes. "Long" form, indeed. See East West, #10

5. Little Wing, Jimi Hendrix. I like his version, Eric Clapton has covered it, but my favorite is an instrumental cover by Stevie Ray Vaughan. I was introduced to this by TOP.

6. Pipeline, The Chantays

7. Back in the USSR, The Beatles, suggested by Kim Hoffmann

8. Fire on the Mountain, Toy Caldwell (?), The Marshall Tucker Band.

9. Radar Love, George Kooymans/Barry Hay, Golden Earring.
10. East West, Mike Bloomfield/Nick Gravenites, Paul Butterfield Blues Band. This is a very important piece by a band that influenced the San Francisco sound, including the Grateful Dead, and their "long" versions. 

11. Dancing in the Dark, Bruce Springsteen. My cousin, Dave Westrum, suggested some other Springsteen songs, but ...

12. Candyman, Hunter/Garcia, The Grateful Dead
13. Wild Horses, Jagger/Richards, The Rolling Stones
14. Except the New Girl, Chris Isaak, Chris Isaak
15. Small Axe, Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers
16. Rebel Rouser, Duane Eddy. There are multiple versions by Duane alone.
17. Born to be Wild, Mars Bonfire, Steppenwolf, Thanks Baer!
18. Benny and the Jets, Taupin/John, Elton John, Suggested by Susan Visser. Executive Director, South Bend Museum of Art, and, married to me.
19. Minnie the Moocher, Cab Calloway, Suggested by Susan Visser, as she got pulled over for speeding while singing along with this.
20. Miami Vice Opening Theme, Jan Hammer, suggested by Baer Charlton
21. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, U2
22. Gunslinger, Elias McDaniel, Bo Diddley
23. Road Runner, Bo Diddley
24. Night Moves, Bob Seger
25. Midnight Rider, Allman/Payne, The Allman Brothers
26. Cinnamon Girl, Young, Neil Young and Crazy Horse
27. Who Do You Love, Bo Diddley
28. Heart Break Hotel, Durden/Axton, Elvis
*29. Générique, Miles Davis, from the Louis Malle film: Ascenseur pour l'échafaud. Could probably add the whole score as one song. Will think on that. Another TOP introduction.
30. Boy From Tupelo, Emmylou Harris
31. Western Stars, Chris Isaak, K.D. Lang
32. Dazed and Confused, Led Zeppelin
33. When the Levee Breaks, Led Zeppelin
34. Bustin' Surfboards, The Tornadoes
35. One More Cup of Coffee, Dylan, White Stripes
36. Crazy on You, Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Heart
37. Barracuda, Wilson, Wilson, DeRosier, Fisher, Heart. Interesting back story on this songs origins, and it's use in the McCain/Palin campaign, in spite of a Cease and Desist order. Google it.
*38. Summer in the City, Mark Sebastian, Steve Boone, The Lovin' Spoonful
*39. Cathy's Clown, The Everly Brothers
*40. Move it on Over, Hank Williams, George Thorogood, and the Destroyers
*41. Good Thing, Fine Young Cannibals. The original black and white video, with the scenes of the Scooter sub-culture, is worth looking for.
*42. I Drink Alone, Thorogood, George Thorogood and the Destroyers

*43. I Feel Free, Pete Brown, Jack Bruce, Cream

*44. Mississippi Queen, West/Laing/Pappalardi, Mountain, suggested by Richard Christie/Framemaker.

*45. Rhiannon, Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac

*46 Stop Draggin' My Heart Around, Petty/Campbell, Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty

*47. Pusherman, Curtis Mayfield. From the score for the movie Superfly. Not PC, but hey, it's Curtis.

*48. Crossroads, Robert Johnson, arr, Eric Clapton, Cream.

*49. All Day and All of the Night, Ray Davies, The Kinks.

More on Driving Music

Seemed driving related.  This is going to be an ongoing project, including making it easy to see the list if there are other posts that replace it, you know, the original topic, picture frames and the making of them. I think the easiest way is just add a header pointing to the labels section, where you can just click on the Driving Music label, and they'll pop up in order. And, yes, at this point it's an old guy list, cause, hey, I'm getting there. Maybe some of the kids will chime in; Anton Janulis, my son, has introduced me to some interesting stuff, like Jack White's cover of Dylan's One More Cup of Coffee, which will be on the list. And the list will be a little fluid, because even if I get to a 100, it might need revision.

Driving Music 4-8-12

Update, with some edits and additions:

1. All Along the Watchtower, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix. Dylan thought this was better than his own.

2. LA Woman, Jim Morrison, The Doors.

3. Henry, John Dawson, New Riders of the Purple Sage. Baer Charlton suggested "Riders", Henry is really a driving song. 8-)

4. Ride of the Valkyries, Richard Wagner. Baer suggested Vogner, what better, though somewhat cliched, because of "Apocalypse Now".

5. Little Wing, Jimi Hendrix. I like his version, Eric Clapton has covered it, but my favorite is an instrumental cover by Stevie Ray Vaughan

6. Pipeline, The Chantays

7. Back in the USSR, The Beatles, suggested by Kim Hoffmann

8. Fire on the Mountain, Toy Caldwell (?), The Marshall Tucker Band.

9. Radar Love, George Kooymans/Barry Hay, Golden Earring.
10. East West, Mike Bloomfield/Nick Gravenites, Paul Butterfield Blues Band. This is a very important piece by a band that influenced the San Francisco sound, including the Grateful Dead, and their "long" versions. 

11. Dancing in the Dark, Bruce Springsteen. My cousin, Dave Westrum, suggested some other Springsteen songs, but ...

12. Candyman, Hunter/Garcia, The Grateful Dead
13. Wild Horses, Jagger/Richards, The Rolling Stones
14. Except the New Girl, Chris Isaak, Chris Isaak
15. Small Axe, Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers
16. Rebel Rouser, Duane Eddy. There are multiple versions by Duane alone.
17. Born to be Wild, Mars Bonfire, Steppenwolf, Thanks Baer!
18. Benny and the Jets, Taupin/John, Elton John, Suggested by Susan Visser.
19. Minnie the Moocher, Cab Calloway, Suggested by Susan Visser, as she got pulled over for speeding while singing along with this.
20. Miami Vice Opening Theme, Jan Hammer, suggested by Baer Charlton
21. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, U2
22. Gunslinger, Elias McDaniel, Bo Diddley
23. Road Runner, Bo Diddley
24. Night Moves, Bob Seger
25. Midnight Rider, Allman/Payne, The Allman Brothers
26. Cinnamon Girl, Young, Neil Young and Crazy Horse
27. Who Do You Love, Bo Diddley
28. Heart Break Hotel, Durden/Axton, Elvis
29. Générique, Miles Davis, from the Louis Malle film: Ascenseur pour l'échafaud. Could probably add the whole score as one song. Will think on that.
30. Boy From Tupelo, Emmylou Harris
31. Western Stars, Chris Isaak, K.D. Lang

That's enough for now ...

Driving Music II

I've been listening to a playlist of the kind of music I'm looking for, and I have to do some culling. As much as I love him, Luciano Pavarotti just doesn't fit the mood. And there will be others, Emmy Lou, Lorenna McKennit, I might not have any women ... I need some help here ... Heart, Pat Benetar, Bonnie Raitt, ? and no John Lee Hooker yet ... oh, this curatorial stuff is hard ...

Driving Music

Some more info on this Driving Music thing; for most of my adult life I've listened to mainly classical, symphonic, with some small ventures into concertos, etc. It is far more conducive to work environment than rock, jazz or blues. But, I do enjoy, specially when driving, music with an energetic edge. Thus the list, and what I actually want is thoughts from others on this. So far, I've gotten a few ideas from others, and I'm hoping for more. The list is, at this point, well, old guy, but maybe it will get a little younger, with some help.
Bron

The List Updated.

23rd. C. Artifact, Bronislaus Janulis

1. All Along the Watchtower, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix. Dylan thought this was better than his own.

2. LA Woman, Jim Morrison, The Doors.

3. Henry, John Dawson, New Riders of the Purple Sage. Baer Charlton suggested "Riders", Henry is really a driving song. 8-)

4. Ride of the Valkyries, Richard Wagner. Baer suggested Vogner, what better, though somewhat cliched, because of "Apocalypse Now".

5. Little Wing, Jimi Hendrix. I like his version, Eric Clapton has covered it, but my favorite is an instrumental cover by Stevie Ray Vaughan

6. Caruso, Lucio Dalla, Luciano Pavarotti. I could listen to him sing the phone book.

7. O Sole Mio, Eduardo Di Capua, Luciano Pavarotti.

8. Fire on the Mountain, Toy Caldwell (?), The Marshall Tucker Band.

9. Radar Love, George Kooymans/Barry Hay, Golden Earring.
10. East West, Mike Bloomfield/Nick Gravenites, Paul Butterfield Blues Band. This is a very important piece by a band that influenced the San Francisco sound, including the Grateful Dead, and their "long" versions. 

11. Dancing in the Dark, Bruce Springsteen. My cousin, Dave Westrum, suggested some other Springsteen songs, but ...

12. Candyman, Hunter/Garcia, The Grateful Dead
13. Wild Horses, Jagger/Richards, The Rolling Stones
14. Except the New Girl, Chris Isaak, Chris Isaak
15. Small Axe, Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers
16. Rebel Rouser, Duane Eddy. There are multiple versions by Duane alone.

Driving Music, the List.

Central Figure, Animal Bridge, Jackson Park, Chicago

I've rethought this list idea, here, and rather than posting individual lists, I'm going to do one list, mine and open to suggestions. I think that was what I was really interested in. I'll see where it goes.

Song title, composer if known, and performer. Sometimes a cover is better than the original. Not in any particular order, just there.

1. All Along the Watchtower, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix. Dylan thought this was better than his own.

2. LA Woman, Jim Morrison, The Doors.

3. Henry, John Dawson, New Riders of the Purple Sage. Baer Charlton suggested "Riders", Henry is really a driving song. 8-)

4. Ride of the Valkyries, Richard Wagner. Baer suggested Vogner, what better, though somewhat cliched, because of "Apocalypse Now".

5. Little Wing, Jimi Hendrix. I like his version, Eric Clapton has covered it, but my favorite is an instrumental cover by Stevie Ray Vaughan

6. Caruso, Lucio Dalla, Luciano Pavarotti. I could listen to him sing the phone book.

7. O Sole Mio, Eduardo Di Capua, Luciano Pavarotti.

8. Fire on the Mountain, Toy Caldwell (?), The Marshall Tucker Band.

9. Radar Love, George Kooymans/Barry Hay, Golden Earring.
10. East West, Mike Bloomfield/Nick Gravenites, Paul Butterfield Blues Band. This is a very important piece by a band that influenced the San Francisco sound, including the Grateful Dead, and their "long" versions.

There, that's a start. To be continued ....

Sort of Off Topic

This is sort of vaguely transpo related, driving music. Driving back from doing some work on my mothers house, dirty, tired, dust in my nose and eyes, I'm listening to Jimi Hendrix, and I start thinking, and Lucas Davenport's 100 ( Lucas Davenport is the creation of John Sandford, a Minnesota Cop, in Sandford's crime novels. Google: Lucas Davenport 100.) comes in, and I know I have some differences there, and I think of a playlist, driving music. You, know, windows open, top down, loud, not rap loud, but the next car can probably hear it loud.

Jimi, All Along the Watchtower, even Dylan thought this cover was great.
Doors, LA Women
Stones, I Can't Get No Satisfaction
Derek and the Dominoes, Layla
Paul Butterfield Blues Band, East West. This is a very important piece; it's the roots of the San Francisco sound, including the Grateful Dead, and their "long" versions. Band from Hyde Park, south side of Chicago, early sixties.
Little Wing, My favorite version, Stevie Ray Vaughn
ad infinitum ...

You get the idea? I emailed some folks about this, and my fellow framewright, Baer, wanted to throw in some classical. At this point, driving music is the only criteria. 100, or 10, whatever. Classical, or classic rock, whatever. Whats going to keep you awake, and focused while driving. Cross town, or cross country. I'm interested, and will post lists if you email them to me, and all 900 some visitors to my site, per month, will be interested; we'll all be famous and wealthy.