01-29-2016, 12:39 AM
I haven't seen too many project posts in hand tools lately, so I thought I'd share my latest. An 18th century style looking glass. This is a reproduction of an original I found online, thought to have been made in Boston around 1790-1800.
Its African mahogany, because I didn't have any Honduran that was wide enough. The crests and ears are veneer cut on the bandsaw laid up on a poplar core. All else was hand tool work. The moulding was quite challenging as its flat. I used a beading plane and several hollows and rounds.
Mirrors are tough to photograph!
In researching looking glasses, I saw that period makers often pasted their labels onto the back, so ginned one up for myself! Even used an 18th century font.
Here is the original.
Thanks for looking.
Jonathan
Its African mahogany, because I didn't have any Honduran that was wide enough. The crests and ears are veneer cut on the bandsaw laid up on a poplar core. All else was hand tool work. The moulding was quite challenging as its flat. I used a beading plane and several hollows and rounds.
Mirrors are tough to photograph!
In researching looking glasses, I saw that period makers often pasted their labels onto the back, so ginned one up for myself! Even used an 18th century font.
Here is the original.
Thanks for looking.
Jonathan
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