Bottom of coffin is now attached with glue and wood dowels in a ship lap fashion to allow for seasonal changes in humidity during storage.
Coffin Bottom Attached
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Coffin: foot board and headboard secured with hot hide glue
Headboard cut to fit and then glued with hide glue yesterday.
This morning wooden pegs were inserted to secure and strength the butt joint.
Next the bottom will be added, and then the breast board can be removed.
Coffin sides and top
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Coffin Build: bending the sides
Yesterday, after the kerfs were cut and misted with water the bending process began.
Coffin side bending
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Coffin Build
Follow along as I build a coffin in the Lancashire method.
The coffin will be made from locally grown and harvested poplar.
The photo on the left shows the sides after the rough lumber was milled to 1/2″ thickness and kerfs cut to aid in the bending process.
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Remodel continues…….floor, windows, trim
Bouncy floors and windows that are difficult to open drive me CRAZY. Solution, glue and screw an additional layer of three quarter quality plywood on top of the original sub floor, install new windows, and then trim it all out.
Photo at right……almost ready to go to paint!
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Kitchen Update: 940 days later
Before, during and after photos.
(Note: final photograph taken by my sister Lynn Marie Buckley)
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Memorial Day 2014
Memorial Day is a US federal holiday wherein the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces are remembered. The holiday, which is celebrated every year on the final Monday of May,was formerly known as Decoration Day and originated after the American Civil War to commemorate the Union and Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War. By the 20th century, Memorial Day had been extended to honor all Americans who have died while in the military service.
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Mantle: St. Augustine Florida
Cowperwaite Residence mantle
Installation completed 5/21/2014
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Fireplace Mantle……before and after
As previously noted….everybody seems to like the before and after photos, so here ya go…
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Circa 1816
Photo of a custom floor inlay. The inlay is for a historic home now used as office space in Franklin TN.
The green wood is antique poplar salvaged from an old barn. Other species include, maple, walnut, and cherry.
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