Unlike "mission"/ AC/ Greene & Greene/Stickley furniture, the joinery in
Chinese furniture is often more complicate and always hidden out of
site. I inherited a
bunch of Chinese rosewood furniture and have been guessing about the
joinery
based on what can be seen - from the inside and underside of pieces. A
dining
chair has it's rear leg/apron/frame and panel chair seat frame corner
opening
up and I have been able to confirm that my guess for this joint was
right.

Have done a SketchUp model of that joint you can download and play with
(SU
is free from Google) and Chris Scholz has contributed a model of another
version
of this joint in a table. Have a look.

http://web.hypersurf.com/~charlie2/J...modelsTOC.html

If you've got a SU model or two of interesting joinery and would like to
share
it with others but don't have a web site - e-mail it and I'll add it.

charlie b

On 3/19/2010 6:44 PM, charlie b wrote:


http://web.hypersurf.com/~charlie2/J...modelsTOC.html

If you've got a SU model or two of interesting joinery and would like to
share
it with others but don't have a web site - e-mail it and I'll add it.

Great work!

In your local copy of SU, you may want to go to "Window|Model
Info|Credits|Claim Credits" and claim credit before you allow too many
more downloads.

You could also put them on 3D Warehouse and share them with the world,
it's very easy to do:

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/

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KarlC@ (the obvious)

Interesting joints but I think I'll stick with pocket screws. ;^)

I think the Kreg jigs come from China too.


On Mar 19, 4:44*pm, charlie b wrote:
Unlike "mission"/ AC/ Greene & Greene/Stickley furniture, the joinery in
Chinese furniture is often more complicate and always hidden out of
site. *I inherited a
bunch of Chinese rosewood furniture and have been guessing about the
joinery
based on what can be seen - from the inside and underside of pieces. *A
dining
chair has it's rear leg/apron/frame and panel chair seat frame corner
opening
up and I have been able to confirm that my guess for this joint was
right.

Have done a SketchUp model of that joint you can download and play with
(SU
is free from Google) and Chris Scholz has contributed a model of another
version
of this joint in a table. *Have a look.

http://web.hypersurf.com/~charlie2/J...ry/ChineseJoin...

If you've got a SU model or two of interesting joinery and would like to
share
it with others *but don't have a web site - e-mail it and I'll add it.

charlie b

On 3/19/2010 7:08 PM, SonomaProducts.com wrote:
Interesting joints but I think I'll stick with pocket screws. ;^)

I think the Kreg jigs come from China too.

Last time I checked they were being made in Earlham, Iowa

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Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/

"Morris Dovey" wrote:

Last time I checked they were being made in Earlham, Iowa
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Ever notice the number of products that find their roots in the farm
country of the MidWest?

Vise-Grips from a welding shop in Nebraska comes to mind.

Lew