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!
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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.
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Here is the original.
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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!
![](/ssl_proxy.php?url=/ssl_proxy.php?url=http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t60/akwoodwkr/IMG_1446-001.jpg)
![](/ssl_proxy.php?url=/ssl_proxy.php?url=http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t60/akwoodwkr/IMG_14481.jpg)
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.
![](/ssl_proxy.php?url=/ssl_proxy.php?url=http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t60/akwoodwkr/IMG_14491.jpg)
Here is the original.
![](/ssl_proxy.php?url=/ssl_proxy.php?url=http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t60/akwoodwkr/mirsmchip%20003-001.jpg)
Thanks for looking.
Jonathan
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