MEBCWD Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 Starting a new project a head shaped bookshelf made from red oak. The customer could not find anyone that would even consider doing this project for him. I got the design finalized and emailed the itemized bid to him and I was kind of hoping my bid would scare him into not doing the project but all he said was do you want half to start. This is the design he accepted. It will be about 3 1/2 feet wide, 5 1/2 feet tall and 11 1/2 inches deep. Cal, LarryS, HARO50 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEBCWD Posted October 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 I used my Aspire CNC software for design and to make the marking templates for the head shape. Cal, p_toad and Fred W. Hargis Jr 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 Now that's gonna be COOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stick486 Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 WOW!!! can you go more into how you did the rim and it' fit up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HARO50 Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 Now that is REALLY unique! By any chance, is the customer a psychiatrist? John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Howe Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 Really cool. You're headed down a different path with this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HARO50 Posted October 17, 2017 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 16 minutes ago, Gene Howe said: Really cool. You're headed down a different path with this one. John Cal, MEBCWD, schnewj and 2 others 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandyDan Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 Sweet project. I really like the idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyFN Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 Very cool Mike. I have never seen anything like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Altier Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 Thats super cool and a VERY good job..........I love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chips N Dust Posted October 18, 2017 Report Share Posted October 18, 2017 Very Sweet! I hate it when you give a customer a number that you think will scare them out of the project only for them to say, when can you start. p_toad and MEBCWD 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEBCWD Posted October 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2017 I looked at using two 3/8" layers of bendable plywood but the minimum radius is listed as 12" so I would have to do a lot of modifications the the plywood and then I would have to come back and veneer the outside and inside and hardwood cap the face to cover the joint. I opted to use solid wood. I'll have to cut the head parts in pieces and also because my band saw is limited to a 6" cut i'll have to cut 2 of each part and glue them together. I started with a 8/4 x 12" x 11' red oak board. This was enough to get 16 of the 19 head part blanks from with out glue ups at this point. Had to stop and align the tables on a new Dewalt DW735 planer so that's one less thing on my to do list. Then I got 2 glue ups done for the remaining 3 shapes and a jig glued up to use on the band saw. At this point I had to stop and move a few things around the shop so I could get to the band saw (did I say I don't have room to move around in my shop). I was in the process of getting it setup again (had not been used in about a year) and got a call from one of my other customers that had problems with his CNC (bit buried in the material and the controller program locked up on him) had to drop everything and go to his shop. Got him back up and running and didn't get back home until about 8:00 PM. Cal, Stick486 and p_toad 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAB Posted October 18, 2017 Report Share Posted October 18, 2017 yikes. lacking the software to lay that out, nor a CNC to do the templates, i'd also have to pass on that. Cal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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