Crush Grind Mechanism http://www.gofundme.com/Gallery-du-Maurier Mounted blank Cone used to center blank after drilled with 1-5/8" then 1=9/16, and final shaft with 1-16th. I had to reform the outside for the center rest to help with 1/4" x 1/8" deep groove for the clip in place. drilling with 1-1/16" colt. I did cut grooves in the scoring blades. Which allow the cutter to cut and not score the wood. Cutting the wood is a cooler,, temperature, than scoring. Try it. I start by shaping the top, to see what portion may work Starting the shaping of the body Tenon is form, the size was not important, as long as it fits....I then drilled with 7/8" forstner, ( all bits where touch up on the grinder, after finding a stone small enough to fit the slot in the forstner.... More time spent.... I then had to use the newly purchase slot cutting tool from Crown. Remounted on to jamb chuck to finish shaping the top, leaving the tail stock i...
From my mind as a black man living in modern American social ills. Gerard Merchant was born in 1959 in Lynchburg, Virginia. My works are primarily in wood sculpture. My sculptures emerge through a process of retakes and variations that mark my creative journey of examining the ambiguity between my vision, and the wood’s already exquisite origination. As I execute unclear and less formal rules and which should always reference the partnership with Nature, we create Art.