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Author: aixdesigngroup_fj1px4

AIX Design Group / Articles posted by aixdesigngroup_fj1px4

SWISS ARMY KNIFE

The assignment in the advanced woodworking class back in 1981 was to take a small object and produce a larger version made completely out of wood. I considered a number of simple things but decided that my Swiss Army knife would be sufficiently challenging and artistically valid. I spent the entire semester carefully dissecting my knife, making drawings of the components, and producing each individual piece. I chose lemon wood for the blades, Hawaiian Koa wood for the sides and maple for the dividers, tweezers, ring,...

FINE WOODWORKING PART I

I’ve always loved working with wood. The smell of a freshly hewn board or the warm touch of a highly sanded piece of hard wood elicit very fond memories of a youth spent working on project made of wood. I grew up in a new suburban development outside of Detroit, Michigan. Once out own home was completed, I loved exploring others in the early stages of framing. I would bring home left over two by fours and other spare planks and build go carts, a seated “chariot”...