David Jackson @ SJSU

David Jackson's shop visit to SJSU


Pavel tries out a Japanese woodsaw as David Jackson marks out a quick joint he wants to demo. Shannon watches wearily, fearing a sudden outbreak of psychosis in our normally chill Mr Rakhlin.


Laura attempts to get a shot of the coveted wet stone sharpening technique...





You can check out the rest of the photos, blurry and clear and all on Flickr

The Japanese Saw

Maker to Maker - Japanese Saw on Make: television from make magazine.

I think the contributors to Make.TV might read this blog. I doubt it, but it was hard not to think it when I saw the most recent episode of Make.TV which featured a segment on the Japanese Saw which Mon had written up only a few weeks ago. Anyways, here's the segment on the beautifully precise tool.

Not really furniture...

So this isn't quite furniture, but it seems that Bay Area based artist Reuben Margolin's kinetic sculptures use a lot of woodwork and similar processes. I just thought this was a perfect example of the power of woodworking as a prototyping language... see the entire make tv episode here : Make.tv:105.

Woodworking Class blog

Hi Folks.
I made this blog so I can post information relevant to our class. If you forget to read it, it won't do us much good, so check it frequently.
I've been in communication with Tim Holton of Holton Studio Frame Makers, about his aniline dyes. He gets them from Woodworker's Supply. I just ordered some for myself, to test them out. Here are Tim Holton's colour samples.
Above, is the Woodworker's Supply colour chart of water-based aniline dyes.
Also notice that Tim Holton shows profile views of his various mouldings, with measurements, so you can use these to help you design future profiles of your own.