[blindwoodworker] Re: Lets get started
- From: "JDM" <sunnyday001@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <blindwoodworker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 19:05:04 +1100
G'day Tom,
John in Australia here, I've been subscribed for a couple of years, and the
only 2 posts I have ever received from Blind Woodworker arrived in the past 2
days. Your post got through to me, so I guess that means we are both
subscribed.
I know that there are many many blind woodworkers out there in cyberspace, who
like me, would enjoy to share a little of what they're doing, and to learn from
others successes and goof-ups. Now that you, John and I have gone public, it
might encourage others to join in and get the ball rolling.
My most recent project was a Coffee table, 1200mm's by 600mm's, made entirely
from salvaged Douglas fir. Its previous life was as my driveway Pergola. The
coffee table has an inlayed Chessboard, each square being 45mm's by 45mm's
which forms a Chessboard of 360mm's by 360mm's. The white squares are English
White oak and the dark squares are of dark chocolate brown Peruvian Walnut (a
very pleasantly aromatic timber to work with). I'm still very much a novice in
woodwork and timber selection, and although I was told that Douglas Fir (called
Oregon in Australia),was too soft to make good durable furniture, I went ahead
to find out for myself. My advisers were correct, it is extremely soft and
every minor bump while handling the timber caused large deep dents in the
material.
After getting the hang of being less hasty, and more gentle in the way I moved
the timber around, I found that I could minimise the number and severity of
dents. Nevertheless, I've had to rename my finished product from, a fine
coffee table with inlayed chessboard, to a rustic coffee table with inlayed
chessboard and pass off the dents and bumps as design features.
I do have a photograph available, but I'm not sure of its usefulness in this
forum. Being totally blind myself, it's of absolutely no use to me, other than
to post on the notice board at my woodwork clubhouse for visiting sighted
guests to exhale ooh's and aah's at.
I'd enjoy to learn of other blind woodworkers current projects, or of a
favourite past finished project.
John Milburn
Melbourne Australia.
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Hodges
To: blindwoodworker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 2:35 AM
Subject: [blindwoodworker] Re: Lets get started
I believe I subscribed to Blindwoodworker a few days ago but I haven't
received any messages from people on the list as yet. Can you tell me if I am
subscribed?
Thank you, Tom Hodges
From: blindwoodworker-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blindwoodworker-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Sherrer
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 7:21 PM
To: blindwoodworker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blindwoodworker] Lets get started
Hi Woodworkers I plan to use as much of the information on this list to
build pages on the blind woodworker web site.
Please post any suggestions that you have for the web site.]
If you are comfortable, please tell us a little about your self.
John
http://WhiteCane.org
http://BlindWoodWorker.com
http://HolyTeaClub.comcom\whitecane
http://anellos.ws
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