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So, well meet at the Museum of Art and History first, at 1.00. Heres the link to it:
http://www.santacruzmah.org/index.php?page=visit-us

Bring your student ID-- it will be $3 instead of $5 to get in. I wasnt expecting to have to pay at all!
After we visit the museum well go to Shens Gallery, 2404 Mission St.

http://yhst-85205485710675.stores.yahoo.net/index.html

Questions about the field trip or your table project, email me: sw@shannonwright.org.

A few weeks ago, I got the notion to make a wood guitar pick. Then my son said it would be cool to make one to wear on a chain around his neck. Eventually, this led to the idea of making a pick holder when I came across this one:


I made my version out of mahogany and accomplished most of it on my scroll saw. Simple project, just a little tricky to make the cuts accurate, given its size.

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Amante_I_Gorospe]Amante I Gorospe
Beginning a woodworking project is very daunting, especially if you dont have a good plan to follow. A good woodworking plan is the best company for beginner woodworking projects. Finding the right woodworking plan that matches your level of expertise is very crucial. Back then, woodworking is more of a hobby to our grandparents, and plan is not necessary. They just build whatever comes in their mind. Fast forward to todays time, woodworking plan is a must.
Things to consider before starting out a woodworking project:
Idea - getting a woodworking idea is somewhat a problem for a beginner woodworker. A good idea on what to build is the key to everything. It is a must to have an idea on project to start with. Most of the time, the idea just sparks out of your mind due to necessity.
Plan - be ready to start your project with a good plan on how to finish it to save time and money. Expect to make a few mistakes and blunders on the way, but make this as a learning process mistakes.
Ask yourself these questions before starting a woodworking project:
What am I going to build? What would be my benefit in building it?
Does my skill match what I am going to build?
Is there a space where I can work on without being interrupted?
Will time be a problem when I start this project? How much time do I need?
Do I have the financial resources to buy the materials and tools needed for the project?
Answering these questions will equip you in starting your project, with a goal of finishing it.
Get a good woodworking plan - as soon as you decided on what to build according to the skills you have, a good woodworking plan is needed. This is the step-by-step instructions on how to build your project. A good woodworking plan also gives you all the list needed to finish your project, like tools you will need, the materials to use and where to buy it.
Lastly, be safety conscious - this is extremely important! It is a must! It is better to be safe than sorry. Using power tools, if you have to, must be used with caution. You should also use protective gears such as safety goggles, working gloves, safety shoes, ear plugs and carpenters gown. Wearing this personal safety gadgets is a must! You never know what will going to happen, and you dont want to lose an eye or a finger from the new found hobby!
Before starting any woodworking project, you should do some reading and research. There are so many free reading resources on the internet where you can find basic information about beginner woodworking project. These are HowTo, DIY Guides, and self-help guides. There are also good books to read about woodworking from your local library.
You should also inventory all the necessary materials and tools you will use. The most frustrating of all is when you already started your woodworking project only to find out that you dont have all the materials needed for your project.
Above, are some of the absolute things that must be done by beginner woodworker. Working on a piece of wood and turn it into a beautiful product is very satisfying.
You can get a beginner to advance woodworking plan at http://beginner-woodworking.info
Amante Gorospe
Article Source: [http://EzineArticles.com/?Beginner-Woodworking---A-Simple-Guide&id=6692883] Beginner Woodworking - A Simple Guide

Peter seems to do everything is his shop! His video is in German, but if you click the little CC button, it translates into English. Pretty funny stuff:

So Im in the middle of woodworking block...like writers block, but for woodworking. I have not built anything since I made that mahogany coffee table. I dont know if its a lack of creativity, or lack of motivation; Im thinking motivation at this point. I have a few projects I would like to complete for the shop, but havent started. Im thinking I will start there, but it isnt anything "exciting". Ive also thought about making some small boxes or something like that, but dont feel the "creative juices" flowing on that; no good box ideas.

Do, when you have a woodworking slump, what do you do to break the slump? What projects get you back in the woodworking groove? I could use some ideas!

Arthur Lamon is an industrial designer from Belgium who is currently living Malaysia. As with many designers, he found a point where completing a design on a computer didnt feel finished and realized he needed to make something "real" with wood. His projects range from experimental to practical to artistic. What inspires? Arthur has a lot of good advice.

This article is also available for download as a printer-friendly pdf.

Visit Arthurs web site, Woodbug: A Lost Woodworkers Adventures.

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Introduction

Im a product design graduate, and being a designer, I should be inspired at all times. That’s not quite possible; nobody is a walking pile of inspiration and that’s why there are several nifty tools to help you generate new ideas. During my studies I was trained to brainstorm and put those tricks to use, literally trained boot camp-style. Well, not literally. The tools that taught me to think like a product designer are more general so they are mainly used for solving problems, generating new product ideas and inventing things the world hasnt seen before. In woodworking, that’s not really necessary because normally it’s not about a completely new idea or product, but an interesting look at an existing product like a table, bed or a maybe a wooden flashlight. The tools I use daily for designing things in wood are simplified versions of the brainstorm techniques that are used in product development. They only have to generate a form, not a new function to save lives while being more eco-friendly and safe to use for 95% of the population.

In this essay I’m not going to focus on what-to-make, but on making your designs more interesting and which simple tools might help you to do so. Nevertheless, some of these tools are also applicable for what-to-make.

Step 1: Know your restrictions

Before going crazy on the design, it’s good to know your restrictions. My main source of inspiration is the function. I’m educated by the form-follows-function-principle, so if my object has to satisfy a certain function, I find it essential to let it guide me. For example, for the latest cabinet built I knew exactly what I’d display in it, so the whole cabinet is designed around that particular function. You still have enormous amounts of freedom, but there are some parameters that you should keep in consideration at all times. It’s like building a table; if a customer expects you to make a table for 8 people, make sure 8 people can sit at the table and not just 6 because you think it’s prettier. The table has to be a comfortable height so people can sit at it to start with. And don’t forget to make sure the table is strong enough for all possible uses for a table. If you do not keep these considerations in mind, the client might end up being disappointed, even if the design is something out of this world.

The list of considerations and restrictions is a design brief, and every possible design has to be compared with it to test if it’s on the right track. To make sure you can properly test the considerations, first you have to make them measurable. Being able to seat 8 people on the table has to be translated into dimensions for the table, the same for the ideal height. This way you can really verify your design instead of guesstimating it.

If you have an easy project with just two things to keep in mind, don’t worry all too much about it, but if you have a more complicated project with lots of restrictions and demands from the client, you’d better make a real checklist so you don’t forget anything and you can easily verify your designs every time you have to make decisions. The design brief is something you can make together with the client because this way you can be absolutely sure you’re on the right track.

Although the word restriction doesnt sound like a very inspiring word, it helps me a lot in my designs through limiting the endless array of potential options. It’s very important that not everything is a possibility. Designing an object is easier when you know the functional limitations (seating 8 people) or expectations and style of the client. If you’re completely free to do whatever you like, chances are that you shut down instead of being inspired by the freedom. Nothing is as annoying as a client that lets you do whatever you want because they trust your abilities completely or because you are the designer.

Step 2: Fill that library

A great source of inspiration is looking at the world, at nature and man-made objects. That’s a free and effortless source of inspiration; you just got to be open to it. We work with natural materials, so of course you can find loads of inspiration in nature. I share the same sources of inspiration with a lot of other woodworkers:

• Furniture catalogues and furniture shops don’t only keep you updated about what’s out there and what the latest trends are, but they can also have a very inspiring effect. The Billy Bookcase of Ikea is a bit traditional, but what happens if you build one in solid walnut with bronze inlay? It might just be a new designer piece. A lot of my catalogues are from furniture manufacturers that don’t even make wooden furniture, but only use metal and plastic. It’s very inspiring to translate their designs in wood. It makes for a totally different effect and a nice start for the design process. There are an infinite amount of catalogues; all possible types of furniture, styles, materials, … Most of them include pictures of the pieces of furniture in an interior or landscape. This gives you a nice view on the impact of the piece, the dimensions in a real situation and for example what type of chairs best suit the table. Determining the dimensions might be a little difficult if you design something from scratch in a sketchbook. At least use a real example to help you decide on the dimensions you need. Once those are determined it’s a new bullet point on the design brief. If you have a client that needs something that’s not your style, it might help to browse a catalog with furniture in his style.  

• Woodworking books and magazines are stuffed with new techniques and inspiring projects from readers. Step-by-step explanations of projects could be very inspiring because you see how others work. You don’t just learn new techniques but it challenges you to apply those techniques in other designs. If you are a novice woodworker wanting to try lamination, why make a cutting board like everyone? Make a birdhouse from laminated scraps and you instantly have a modern art birdhouse. Unless you’re in desperate need for a cutting board, like I was last week.

• The internet. I love books, magazines and catalogs because those are well-arranged. This can’t be said about the internet which is absolutely replete with information that it’s more frightening than inspiring. While there’s just too much information, there are also wonderful tools on the internet to organise all this information into manageable chunks. The one I use all the time is Pinterest and I’m absolutely loving it! I mainly follow boards that have somewhat to do with wood and interior design, so every day I have truckloads of pictures right on my homepage, all somewhat my style and ready to inspire. I just have to look at them in the right mindset. This is one of the tools that is also very useful to find inspiration on ‘what’ to make, because daily I stumble upon things I haven’t even thought about making in wood, like a USB-stick or an iPhone cover. Woodworking is big on Pinterest, so it’s also a great source of inspiration for shop made tools, joinery, fancy hardware and tutorials about every aspect of woodworking.

Step 3: Let the library become fuzzy

So after a while your head is one big library full of things youve seen before, in books, magazines, the internet, interiors and in nature... That big library is where all your ideas come from, if you like it or not. Every idea you come up with is some sort of combination of the things that are stored in your library. Over time, all the things youve seen before are mixed together and when you are designing something youre just putting the bits and pieces together. A handle of a cabinet youve seen before, placed on a cabinet door of OSB because youve seen design objects made of OSB before and it looked cool. The door is round because youve seen a round window in ships which also look crazy and its just the look youre after for the cabinet. You might think its an original idea, but in fact its an original combination of existing ideas. Being good at coming up with original combinations in fact means being trained in making those connections. You can train yourself just by challenging your own designs and becoming more experienced by doing it. However there are tools that can help you, Ive listed the ones I use the most below.

Step 4: Tools to get the most out of your library

The point of the design process is to make things interesting. A box might just be a box, but if you want to make it exciting, there are a few tricks to do so. Making simple things interesting is easily done by making some straight lines into curves or including some color accents or nifty things like dowels or splines. If you have a complex design most of the times it’s already interesting because of its complexity, for example because of the different materials, the joinery, the large amount of detail,… If you have a very simple design, it might be awesome because of its simplicity. The problem area is in the middle; when your design is not very simple and not very exciting. You can choose if you want it to be more clean and simple or extremely interesting and complex.

A great tool I use to make designs more exciting is one that I learned from a high school professor, Bruno Van Son, one of the most inspiring professors Ive ever had. For example, you’re designing a box but everything you draw is too boring. Take a look at other products you like a lot and that reflect the look you’re after for your design. For each of these products, make a list about the things you like about them; WHY do you like it them so much? It might be the chrome hardware, the exotic wood species, the glossy finish, the visible dovetails,… be very specific until you have a list with things you can add to your design. The next step is to make a good combination of characteristics, because you can’t add all of them from 5 different products into one box, that might be a little overkill. Choose the things that you find most suitable, or mull over them until you’re satisfied.

This is a tool you can use to make a design more interesting when yours is a little boring, but it might also be very helpful to determine how to design something that matches your interior. If you already have a bed and you want a matching dresser and nightstands, start by determining all the characteristics of the bed and determine which of those you want to implement in the nightstands and the dresser. Examples of the characteristics might be a glossy finish, entirely made in oak, visible dowels, live edge, rounded corners, walnut inlay,… To make matching furniture, you’re not obligated to copy every element; you can just make a selection. It will be far more original and designy if it isn’t just a copy but has some different characteristics. It will still match if there are still some similarities, so don’t worry about that. Because your bed is square and the nightstands are round doesn’t mean it will be an ugly combination.

This tool is also applicable if you have to design and build a piece of furniture for a customer that has a different style than what you’re used to. Just look at the furniture he loves, either pictures he found online for inspiration, or the furniture he already has in his house and do the same exercise.

Another tool that is very useful in the situation where you have to design something in a different style than your own is making mood boards. Let the customer select a lot of pictures or brands of things he loves; furniture, design objects, art etc., and put them together on a piece of paper. In a blink of an eye, you’ll see similarities between the objects and it will give you a great overview of the style itself and help you a lot while designing. Subconsciously, you’re actually doing the same exercise as described above; selecting elements and applying them to your design. As described above, a great tool to make mood boards is Pinterest, you can either make a board yourself or search for boards other people made in the style you’re after. It’s a more efficient way than cutting pictures from magazines and gluing them on a piece of paper, and there is so much content that it will inspire you for sure.

The last thing you need to do when using mood boards is check if your new design fits the bill. You do that by placing your design on your mood board and it should blend in perfectly. If it doesn’t, go back to the drawing board.

The last tool I’ll describe here is one I use to make existing designs more original. It’s just a list of ‘what ifs’; when you have an idea in your head, challenge it with some questions like ‘what if it was bigger?’, ‘what if it was smaller?’, ‘what if it had hair?’… This tool is very useful to challenge your own designs and make them more interesting. Imagine you’re making a desk lamp, how cool would it be if you took your design and just scaled it to a floor lamp without altering the proportions? With asking a simple ‘what if’-question you just came up with the awesome idea to make a gigantic desk lamp with 4x4’s and M24 bolds. Isn’t that way cooler than the millionth desk lamp? What if you add a splash of color? If you want an original and modern table, you don’t have to make a modern design, an 18th century table will do just fine. Just paint one of the legs bright pink and all of a sudden it’s a modern design-piece. You can find an overview of 100 challenging and inspiring ‘what if’-questions in this slideshow:

100-Whats of Creativity from Don The Idea Guy Snyder

Last but not least: keep a sketchbook! Dont sketch or write on loose papers because they will get lost or thrown away. It might be very inspiring to go through a sketchbook of 10 years ago, a year ago, or a week ago... Its not because an idea didnt make it for that project that its bad or that certain things cant be implemented in your new designs. And if you have a sketchbook, you should sketch while designing. Don’t feel bad if you’re not the best at drawing, nobody cares because you’re making amazing stuff in wood! But for designing those pieces of furniture, sketching is essential, so grab a pencil and go wild.

When my mother-in-law asked me to design a DVD-CD storage cabinet, these plans are what I had originally come up with. It turns out she really only needed to store DVD?s, so the plans were scrapped and gave way to the DVD storage cabinet you?ll see elsewhere on the site.
I was bummed that she only wanted a simple shelf, because I had come up with a kinda clever way of locating the adjustable shelves to fit various combinations of CD?s and DVD?s. Although I never had a chance to actually build the original shelf, Im publishing it here for those who might find it useful.
Material There isn?t much to say about materials. It?s designed with the same white melamine as the DVD cabinet, with white PVC edge banding. As with many of the projects youll find here, it could also be built out of plywood or even solid lumber.
I did learn something new about edge banding while designing the DVD-CD storage cabinet and building the DVD shelf. Most of my experience with banding has been operating automatic glue pot edgebanders in a commercial shop. During my very first job in a cabinet shop I also had some exposure to a simple table-top hot air bander, but that?s about it.
Recently I bought a used Virutex hand-held hot air edgebander (apparently the same machine is marketed under the Grizzly brand name). I?m accustomed to high quality PVC edge banding and was quite disappointed to discover that virtually all of the pre-glued edge banding on the market is cheap, lightweight vinyl. No wonder hot air edge banding has such a poor reputation!
I contacted my favorite edge banding supplier, Frama-Tech, and they are able to pre-glue any of their stock PVC colors for a small fee. That?s pretty awesome considering they?re incredible at matching even the most obscure laminate color. Of course my first order of PVC was white for the DVD-CD storage cabinet but it could have been just about any color I wanted.
I?m used to 15/16? edge banding and it worked very well in the Virutex bander. Having a bit of extra width was helpful in making sure it completely covered the edge of the board when my hand wasn?t running very steady. I used a FastCap Quad Pro Trimmer on the edges and a Flush Cut Trimmer for the ends. It went very quickly and you can?t tell the difference between the hand-held bander?s work and that from a $25,000 automatic glue pot bander!
Hardware Other than some small size differences, the major difference between the original DVD-CD storage cabinet and the plain old DVD shelf is in the shelf pin hole location and hardware. Initially, I wanted the CD storage shelf to be configurable for several combinations of CD?s or DVD?s. Regular 32mm system holes don?t always line up nicely for storing items of a real specific size. So I placed holes in a modestly sized cabinet such that the resulting shelf spacing would be a ?perfect? fit for storing CD?s, DVD?s, or VHS cassettes.
In the original design I had figured on using a low profile, concealed shelf support. The main purpose for this was to allow the shelf to be centered on the pin holes rather than sitting above the holes on shelf pins. I also liked the clean look of no exposed shelf supports. This requires slot to be cut in the ends of the shelves to conceal the shelf support.
When I switched to the simple DVD shelf, I also simplified the construction by eliminating the concealed support in favor of an angled steel shelf support. The angled support didn?t require the extra groove in the ends of the shelves, but still centered the shelf on the pin holes. I left the concealed support in the original DVD-CD storage cabinet plans just so you could see a nice alternative method for supporting adjustable shelves.
Drawing File Even though the DVD shelf design turned out nice, I still like this design better. Hopefully you?ll enjoy it too. You can view the drawings by clicking on the link below. If youd like to download a copy to your computer, right click then "save-as". Either way, youll need the Adobe reader to view the file.
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One bit of shop organization often leads to another. The extra space I gained by making last months roll-around painting and finishing cart prompted me to consolidate the remainder of my paints and finishes into the area by my utility sink.

This wall-hung cabinet holds nearly as much as the wall shelves I had been using for years, but takes up far less room. Now I can consider the possibilities for all this freed up space!

The shelves in this cabinet are 4 1/2" deep, just enough to store quart sized cans of stain or paint as well as the taller, narrower cans of thinners and wipe-on polys. The space between the upper shelves is 8", perfect for storing cans of spray paints and finishes. I used about a half sheet of 1/2" plywood for the entire cabinet. (See plans for cutting diagram.)

I designed this cabinet to fit together using dadoes and rabbets that I cut on one board all at once using a stack of dado blades on my table saw. No need for time consuming router set-ups. Of course, you could also cut these with a router if you dont have access to a dado set. An even easier option would be to put the whole thing together using pocket screws.

Free plans

• WWMM wall mounted storage cabinet (pdf)
• SketchUp file

Jack Read, the box-making king, checks in with this heart-shaped box made from orange agate and redwood. Just gorgeous!

Cottage Living magazine.......such a great source of beautifully simple inspiration.  Unfortunately, it no longer exists.  When my copy would come in the mail, I would cancel everything for the evening, put on my big ol do-not-disturb me pajamas, fill a big bowl full of chocolate chips and drool over every page of the magazine for hours......do I know how to have a good time, or what?!  Luckily, I saved all my copies and continue to look through them when I need to feel inspired.  When we bought our home, I was disappointed that there wasnt a fireplace and mantel.  So I tried to come up with something that would be just as good or maybe even better.  I was thrilled to come across this photo in an issue of the magazine.

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