Google William Morris 1834-96 and the results you will get are all wallpaper
and fabrics, still being made and still for sale. He was a great decorator
but he was also much more than that, an artist, poet, novelist,
entrepreneur, all round designer, craftsman, printer-publisher, politician
and visionary. His vision was of a new society in which manufacturing was
returned to the craft workshop, where people found joy in making things of
beauty, utility and quality. Cities and factories would be demolished as
people returned to their rural communities where they would rediscover
brotherhood, mutual endeavour and self reliance. It was a vision based on a
romantic view of the medieval economy - craftsmanship, guilds, self
governing small towns and common ownership. His furniture, like the
paintings of his friend Burne-Jones is an imagined and idealised
medievalism. Furniture to be craftsman made, not mass produced, solid,
honest and decorated with paint or with a few rustic motifs.

I have been drawing some plans to make a William Morris table taken from
photographs of a surviving piece. I haven't seen the piece so I can't be
totally certain that I have the overall dimensions correct but I am pretty
sure I have it close. I am posting them in pdf in
alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking. I would welcome any feedback. In
particular I tried to draw up the plans so they could be used by beginners
to produce a small piece of furniture. I would like to know if you think I
have been successful. The design is particularly well suited for a couple
of weekends hand tool work cutting some simple joints in solid pine.

Tim W

"Tim W" wrote in message
...
Google William Morris 1834-96 and the results you will get are all
wallpaper and fabrics, still being made and still for sale. He was a great
decorator but he was also much more than that, an artist, poet, novelist,
entrepreneur, all round designer, craftsman, printer-publisher, politician
and visionary. His vision was of a new society in which manufacturing was
returned to the craft workshop, where people found joy in making things of
beauty, utility and quality. Cities and factories would be demolished as
people returned to their rural communities where they would rediscover
brotherhood, mutual endeavour and self reliance. It was a vision based on
a romantic view of the medieval economy - craftsmanship, guilds, self
governing small towns and common ownership. His furniture, like the
paintings of his friend Burne-Jones is an imagined and idealised
medievalism. Furniture to be craftsman made, not mass produced, solid,
honest and decorated with paint or with a few rustic motifs.

I have been drawing some plans to make a William Morris table taken from
photographs of a surviving piece. I haven't seen the piece so I can't be
totally certain that I have the overall dimensions correct but I am pretty
sure I have it close. I am posting them in pdf in
alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking. I would welcome any feedback. In
particular I tried to draw up the plans so they could be used by beginners
to produce a small piece of furniture. I would like to know if you think I
have been successful. The design is particularly well suited for a couple
of weekends hand tool work cutting some simple joints in solid pine.



I see interest in my drawing is pretty limited here and on the binaries
group. I still think I am casting pearls before you guys so where would be
a good repository for these drawings for the good of mankind? Is there a
free library of plans somewhere? They don't have to be grateful, just take
them and keep them.

Tim W

On 7/6/2011 7:03 AM, Tim W wrote:


I see interest in my drawing is pretty limited here and on the binaries
group. I still think I am casting pearls before you guys so where would be
a good repository for these drawings for the good of mankind? Is there a
free library of plans somewhere? They don't have to be grateful, just take
them and keep them.

Your plans have probably been downloaded from abpw more than you realize.

Although I rarely use third party plans, I did grab yours and at some
point will take the time to transfer them to the 3D realm for my
SketchUp library.

You did an excellent job with plans, BTW ... so thanks! Very thorough,
professional methodology.

Google "free woodworking plans" and you should find repositories that
should be glad to get additions to their library.

Here's a good place to start that takes submissions:

http://www.freewoodworkingplan.com/about.php

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On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 13:03:28 +0100, Tim W wrote:

"Tim W" wrote in message
...
Google William Morris 1834-96 and the results you will get are all
wallpaper and fabrics, still being made and still for sale. He was a great
decorator but he was also much more than that, an artist, poet, novelist,
entrepreneur, all round designer, craftsman, printer-publisher, politician
and visionary. His vision was of a new society in which manufacturing was
returned to the craft workshop, where people found joy in making things of
beauty, utility and quality. Cities and factories would be demolished as
people returned to their rural communities where they would rediscover
brotherhood, mutual endeavour and self reliance. It was a vision based on
a romantic view of the medieval economy - craftsmanship, guilds, self
governing small towns and common ownership. His furniture, like the
paintings of his friend Burne-Jones is an imagined and idealised
medievalism. Furniture to be craftsman made, not mass produced, solid,
honest and decorated with paint or with a few rustic motifs.

I have been drawing some plans to make a William Morris table taken from
photographs of a surviving piece. I haven't seen the piece so I can't be
totally certain that I have the overall dimensions correct but I am pretty
sure I have it close. I am posting them in pdf in
alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking. I would welcome any feedback. In
particular I tried to draw up the plans so they could be used by beginners
to produce a small piece of furniture. I would like to know if you think I
have been successful. The design is particularly well suited for a couple
of weekends hand tool work cutting some simple joints in solid pine.



I see interest in my drawing is pretty limited here and on the binaries
group. I still think I am casting pearls before you guys so where would be
a good repository for these drawings for the good of mankind? Is there a
free library of plans somewhere? They don't have to be grateful, just take
them and keep them.

Tim W

I downloaded the plans and appreciate the effort you put into them.

I may build one of these for a coffee table in the future.

basilisk

I see interest in my drawing is pretty limited here and on the binaries
group. I still think I am casting pearls before you guys so where would be
a good repository for these drawings for the good of mankind? Is there a
free library of plans somewhere? They don't have to be grateful, just take
them and keep them.

Tim W



I dl'd as well.

Where's JOAT when we need him?

-Zz

Tim W wrote:


"Tim W" wrote in message
...
Google William Morris 1834-96 and the results you will get are all
wallpaper and fabrics, still being made and still for sale. He was a
great decorator but he was also much more than that, an artist, poet,
novelist, entrepreneur, all round designer, craftsman, printer-publisher,
politician and visionary. His vision was of a new society in which
manufacturing was returned to the craft workshop, where people found joy
in making things of beauty, utility and quality. Cities and factories
would be demolished as people returned to their rural communities where
they would rediscover brotherhood, mutual endeavour and self reliance. It
was a vision based on a romantic view of the medieval economy -
craftsmanship, guilds, self governing small towns and common ownership.
His furniture, like the paintings of his friend Burne-Jones is an
imagined and idealised medievalism. Furniture to be craftsman made, not
mass produced, solid, honest and decorated with paint or with a few
rustic motifs.

I have been drawing some plans to make a William Morris table taken from
photographs of a surviving piece. I haven't seen the piece so I can't be
totally certain that I have the overall dimensions correct but I am
pretty
sure I have it close. I am posting them in pdf in
alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking. I would welcome any feedback. In
particular I tried to draw up the plans so they could be used by
beginners to produce a small piece of furniture. I would like to know if
you think I
have been successful. The design is particularly well suited for a
couple of weekends hand tool work cutting some simple joints in solid
pine.



I see interest in my drawing is pretty limited here and on the binaries
group. I still think I am casting pearls before you guys so where would
be a good repository for these drawings for the good of mankind? Is there
a free library of plans somewhere? They don't have to be grateful, just
take them and keep them.

Tim W
So where are these free plans? I may have missed the original thread.


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but you can't make them THINK"

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"Rich" wrote in message
...
Tim W wrote:


[...]
.... I am posting them in pdf in
alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking. I would welcome any feedback. In
particular I tried to draw up the plans so they could be used by
beginners to produce a small piece of furniture. I would like to know if
you think I
have been successful. The design is particularly well suited for a
couple of weekends hand tool work cutting some simple joints in solid
pine.



I see interest in my drawing is pretty limited here and on the binaries
group. I still think I am casting pearls before you guys so where would
be a good repository for these drawings for the good of mankind? Is there
a free library of plans somewhere? They don't have to be grateful, just
take them and keep them.


So where are these free plans? I may have missed the original thread.


In the binaries group alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking but don't worry if
you don't have that one I am looking for somewhere to put them on the www.

Tim W

"basilisk" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 13:03:28 +0100, Tim W wrote:

[...]

I see interest in my drawing is pretty limited here and on the binaries
group. I still think I am casting pearls before you guys so where would
be
a good repository for these drawings for the good of mankind? Is there a
free library of plans somewhere? They don't have to be grateful, just
take
them and keep them.


I downloaded the plans and appreciate the effort you put into them.

I may build one of these for a coffee table in the future.


Thank you all for letting me know. I appreciate it.

Tim W

"Tim W" wrote
Is there
a free library of plans somewhere? They don't have to be grateful, just
take them and keep them.


So where are these free plans? I may have missed the original thread.

There certainly is a library. It is well maintained with a diverse
selection. The head of the library is a guy that goes by the handle JOAT.
Best to email him and he'll send you what you need.

On 7/7/2011 4:53 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:


There certainly is a library. It is well maintained with a diverse
selection. The head of the library is a guy that goes by the handle
JOAT. Best to email him and he'll send you what you need.

ROTFL ...


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KarlC@ (the obvious)

Could you post a more direct link? When I go to
alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking I get rerouted to
http://www.delorie.com/wood/abpw/

I see the pic, but no plans.

Thanx

Ed Pawlowski wrote:


"Tim W" wrote
Is there
a free library of plans somewhere? They don't have to be grateful, just
take them and keep them.


So where are these free plans? I may have missed the original thread.

There certainly is a library. It is well maintained with a diverse
selection. The head of the library is a guy that goes by the handle JOAT.
Best to email him and he'll send you what you need.
JOAT? Hmmm Thats a Handle from the Past!!!!
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but you can't make them THINK"

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KDE4.4
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Quite the contrary Tim. Most of us really appreciate a good set of plans. I
may not live long enough to build all the items I have plans to, but I love
to look at them.Ssometimes I borrow ideas for my own projects, even if I
don't get around to building the initial item. I like the idea of creating a
repository of free plans. I'm surprised nobody has done it sooner. I think
most people are afraid of all the legalities involved with copyrights. In
this lawyer infested world, we do have to be oh so careful you know. If you
do find such a repository, post a link for the rest of us. I'd love to go
wild on a sight like that!

Kevin

Kimosabe, scratch my correction. I looked only at the first pic, in
the half window, and thought you linked to only that pic (Swingman's
pic).

Sonny