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In my book, it's also called a rod. Maybe I'm all wet, though. Hold on Adam. I pose a question to Jacob in my next post that may be of interest to you ... or may be not. Who knows. Slainte.

As a sort of PS, I suddenly remembered later today that it's quite common to come across 'planted' drawer fronts, i.e., a four sided drawer box, usually out of uninteresting wood or board material to which is fixed a fancier drawer front, e.g., an attractive hardwood or a veneered front of some...

That's a split scoring blade. The kerf width is constant so it doesn't make sense to me that raising the scoring saw appears to give you a wider kerf. Adjustment of the kerf width is via the addition or removal of manufacture supplied shims between the plates - the shims are an integral part of...

Overlay doors, in my experience, is the most often heard description for 'planted' doors as described by others above. Perhaps the planted or overlay nomenclature preference is down to workshop custom or regional variation. Slainte.

Yes, my mistake. Brain burp on my part, probably because it was early morning. J-G's later drawing makes things clear with 100 mm being the correct diameter for the hole in the template to cut the recess for an 80 mm diameter inlay. Slainte.

To cut a circular piece of inlay to fit into an 80 mm diameter recess using a 30 mm guide bush and a 10 mm diameter cutter you need a disc template that's 70 mm in diameter. Just how you would safely and firmly hold the 70 mm diameter template and the part it's attached to being cut whilst using...

I tend to agree. I've developed a good deal of respect for both you and Adam for the knowledge you both possess, and I admit I'm a bit disappointed to see you apparently bickering. Maybe you're not bickering, but exchanging pleasantries: who knows? Maybe I don't understand the differences...

There is at least one I know of. 2004, February and March, Every rod tells a story, parts 1 and 2, Furniture & Cabinetmaking, Issues 85 and 86. Below is a scan of the first page of the article. That was almost the last one I had published in a journal/magazine because by that point I'd got...

I'm with johnnyb in that if you're not marking up your materials you're passing them on to your clients at a loss. Even if you don't go out and collect the materials yourself and only spend time getting prices and ordering them for delivery you're investing your time and experience which has to...

Well, if nothing else, this has been a fascinating thread to follow. It, for one, illustrates to me yet again, and as an experienced furniture designer/maker (or at least I like to thinks so) and very used to working through tricky technical problems how very different are the challenges I've...

I'm hesitant to suggest this as the OP states only hand tools are available, but an investment in a router plus a bit or two if funds are available could be a solution that reduces the amount of handwork, and probably improve consistency in the curves produced. A router could be employed to...

The designers, Brooke Richard and Laura Watson have a studio and access to a workshop and makers. It's not clear from the website if the designers own the workshop or if the work is farmed out to a collaborative facility. I suspect, however, that those vertical pieces concave on both faces are...

There are terms that cover that distinction already, aren't there? Id est, one-off, custom and/or bespoke.

To be honest Adam, it's quite often the case that on initial sight of what you're doing I haven't got a baldy what you're up to or why. It's so very different to my version of beating wood into acquiescent submission, but it's always refreshing to be reminded of stuff that I usually have some...

I think the whole hand made along with the alleged loss of skill debate is pretty much meaningless. Technology and skills evolve and a more pertinent label to attach to a wooden artefact (furniture primarily in this case) revolves around terms such as one-off, custom or bespoke as opposed to...

Always interesting to see the results of your delving into old traditional carpentry stuff, Adam. I don't comment very often on what you get up to, but just thought I'd let you know that I pay attention, even if I'm never going to emulate what you do. Slainte.

I'm somewhat surprised this debate is ongoing. The original post stated that the 1/4" (~6.3 mm) diameter router bit resulted in a groove about 10 mm wide. In other words, the router bit was cutting a groove roughly 3.7 mm wider than the bit's diameter. If there was that amount of flexing in the...

My first thought is that you've got the router set up so that you'd naturally put your right hand on the trigger handled side of the tool, i.e., the router handle on the opposite side to where the fence is sticking out. That makes me wonder if you pushed the router from right to left to make the...

I suspect if you put an oil based varnish on the new parts the colour will move a lot closer to the existing already finished sections. Because of the linseed oil in such varnish it has a darkening effect and to bring out amber elements on whatever is underneath, whether that's bare wood or the...

A tool well also goes a long way to preventing tools getting swept to the floor which I've witnessed more than a few times, with occasional significant consequences, when people work on completely flat benches, i.e., benches lacking a tool well. You might argue that the worker should take more...