Carve a panel to look like an open book - a technique from the Middle Ages - using just three tools. Visit www.blackburnbooks.com for books and to sign up for lessons in Woodstock NY.
Magnifique travail Monsieur, j'aime beaucoup vos explications, un excellent exemple de ce que nous pouvons faire avec de vieux outils qui seront toujours au Top..Bravo, salutations de France👋👋👋
Hello Graham, so wonderfull to see old traditional woodworking techniques in this day of power tools, jigs and idiots. Retired cabinet maker now, in Canada just a glorified production worker dealing with morons in the shop. None could understand my 60 plus handplanes, handsaws, and real cabinet chisels, not to mention my books from Tage Frid, Krenov, Ian Kirby and the lust goes on. You are welcomed sight to true cabinet making and traditional tools! Thankyou again Graham. Bryan from Canada.
Hi Graham - so glad I happened to check my RU-vid subscriptions for updates and noticed your live stream in progress. Fascinating to watch the process, and you always explain everything so clearly. Thank you for sharing your knowledge; these videos are so inspiring.
I’ve just purchased a set of John Mosely evens and would love to see more videos showing uses of hollows & rounds. I came here on a recommendation from Rex Kruger and so glad I did!
This is the best video of yours I have watched since I came across your channel. No one seems to be showing how to make beautiful things. Just general joinery skills. That is wonderful but this was enjoyable because it was less about just using old tools and more about style and technique.
This is a wonderful effect , you've given me a great idea for a wall hang , book shelf . Thank you so much for all of these tips and techniques . Blessings to you sir .
That was good, different and a unique addition to my options for decorating pieces. And I look forward to the linen fold treatment you have for next video. Thank you
Fantastic,I'm very intriqued to learn your technique ,so I can apply them to my hobby,building cedar strip canoes and kayaks,From The Great White North ,Canada,Hey,I,Hey!
Linen fold has always been my favourite form of decoration when I go round National Trust properties here in the UK. I really look forward to seeing how it is done. Thanks very much.
I was wondering about the linen fold as well, look forward to the video. I’ve got some clear scrap pine and a skipped hollow and round set, i’m going to give this a try tomorrow!
This is great! I'm just discovering the World of moulding planes, I bought a couple at a car boot sale today for £2 each. Thanks for sharing this - will definitely have to try it out 👍
I'll try to get to that soon, meanwhile assuming the profile is correct, try just flattening the back - after all the edge is just where the front and back meet!
That really makes me want to get a set of hollows and rounds. I suppose I better get hacksawing and filing on that flatbar of spring steel I bought to make a dowel plate.
Is this an optical illusion that I am missing? An "open book" would have a groove down the center where the pages attach and both sides would have a sort of aerofoil shape with the thick part in towards the center.
I just discovered your channel and I am enjoying your video teachings as well as your books. Do you recall what number the of hollow and round you used? Thank you.
The width is oten stamped on the heel of the plane in inches, but I generally choose the nearest to whatever size rebate I need. Didn't bother to look this time.Sorry.
Hi Graham! Thank you so much for the lesson! Is there a way to invert the parchment fold so the sharp spine in the middle is a fine groove? Is there a nane for a plane that does V-grooves like that, or would you need to use a V-tool/chip carving first, then round over as in this video?
There's no reason why the sharp ridge could not be reversed and the two center 'pages' were rounds instead of hollows. It's just the way it was done originally. And yes, it's perfectly possible to plane an inverted spine -a snipesbill plane would do this.
Does what you did with the hollow apply to making astragals? I have trouble making astragals and other similar profiles that are large portions of a circle. I approached the astragal by starting with a square or rectangular bump roughed in with a plow, then taking off the corners with a rabbet, and finally trying to smooth it all out with a hollow. I struggle with flat spots and shape. Seeing what you did here, would it be better to just start with the square bump, lay the hollow on its side, and work up and around like you did? Is that how you would approach an astragal (assuming you don't have an astragal plane)? Thank you for the excellent video.
I love this stuff, I just have no idea where to find these kinds of planes, they are not in my "local flee markets" not sure if anyone is making new molding planes and such. I am also not a fan of eBay as you never know what you're going to get.
They are actually still out there at fleamarkets, junk stores, and even Ebay. Also, check out Rex Krueger's channel episode on where to find old handtools.
Would be great if you could improve video quality to 4k or at least high def. I'm only seeing 240 from my end which is way too blurry to watch. Great content though! Thanks
Just to add my voice to the other replies, you can adjust the resolution by clicking on the gear icon which appears when you hover your cursor over the video. We shoot it at 1080p 60fps.
Please get much closer with the camera. It's very hard to see the curves and lines you are talking about. All your demonstrations are very clear and well done, save the connection between the camera and what is going on.
@@gjbmunc This may be more about lighting than how close the camera is. The excellent lighting that is illuminating you and the bench is washing out the profile that is being worked. It might be a matter of adding some side lighting at the bench to cast some shadows? This is just a guess as I'm not much of a photographer. Thank you for the excellent video! All the key things are here. I believe I can go make one of these.
