woodwork question  

funny ha ha, its coming into...
funny ha ha, its coming into winter here and I've been eating more rhubarb and apple puddings than is good for me.
I have lux sludge sitting on some scrap now and if I can get some oxalic (?) acid will try that too, do you have a brand name for this coconut oil floor finish? Does it smell like coconuts? I'd hate to have some Ibiza like stench in my living room.

BLITZA by Junkers
Well that is perfect timing then.
Blitza white oil from junkers
or from faxe http://uk.faxelud.dk/Default.asp?Action=Details&Item=199
http://www.junckers.dk/

Ah
I missed it the first time. Yes that seems like a good method. I don't actually know how the Danes do it. I've never had to figure that out, and have wondered.

This rediused joint
is pretty, and superficially logical in form and structure -- but I have always thought that it represents an intrinsic waste of wood, and the short grain at the crucial center of the joint gives the lie to its structural sense. Guess I'm just a "square" ! Your version of it doesn't sacrifice strength, and looks fine.
The form seems more appropriate to cast parts than to carved ones. But it looks good in any material, even if it is a late hold-over from the Baroque. . .

you're square and I'm smooth...
you're square and I'm smooth 🙂
I've got one of the Wanscher chair above and its fantastic, I agree there is a little waste but that depends on the size of the radius and if there are any big curves or tapers in the design, in mine and the Wanscher chair the waste is still minimal and I've never seen one of these pieces with damaged short grain in the corner (probably cos its not exposed) also too if it is m + t all the strength in the joint is internal so the short grain is irrelevant I would have thought.
Can you explain your ideas on the baroque? And also some months ago you posted a picture of a joint that was some sort of six way mitre, do you have a link? Cheers, Heath

This gives me excuse
to promote my favorite wood care product;
HOWARD
FEED 'N' WAX
It's beeswax and orange and it's just about the best regular maintainence product for almost any wood.

Thanks !
I'll try it.
Here are some examples of joinery that have occurred to me. Let's start with the Cartesian Node, the simplest way to pass members at right angles.
Then, an old Japanese example of "through-joinery."
And a solution of my own to the problem.

Table-saw joinery:
Crude samples of multi-tenon two- and three-way joints. I made a burl-veneered Parsons-type desk with this joint. No loose legs for me !

An exterior gate.
The splines (or floating tenons) are 1/4" plywood.

A kitchen table.
The designer allowed me to detail the construction.

excellent , thankyou, it was...
excellent , thankyou, it was the last image of the earlier post that I remembered.
What dissapoints me is the lack of high quality plans available for anything other than Stickley and Shaker furniture (nice as it is).
That is rather extravagant joinery 🙂 Lovely looking workshop too.
Thought you might like this table base.

A heavy
cabriole-legged table. Who needs hardware, or dowels, when we have aliphatic resin and a table saw ? You could drag this table down the street behind a truck, and the legs wouldn't fall off. . .

Oh yes
I do ! Who designed that ? I like it mucho. . .
Tomorrow I'll have photos of a three-legged folding cafe table I've just built. Here's the first model.
(Kindly center photos !)

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can't wait to see, reminds me...
can't wait to see, reminds me of PKs 3 legged black chair, I will try and find the name of the table designer somewhere, its in the furniture index.
I'd like to see it in thick rosewood dowell with brass rod and a glass top.