My daughter is interested in making dollhouse scale stuff. I've
purchased some bags of small craft wood and she's made some tables
and chairs, and a bed. I've also taught her how to use the Dremel
tool for cutting and sanding. Book shelves have proved tricky for
her, but I helped her make a set that aren't totally wonky.

She's 13, and much more skilled at sewing than woodwork. (The bed has
nice sheets and pillows, the table has a good table cloth. There's also
an abundance of Fimo stuff.) I'm able to make basic stuff at regular
size, but I've not had a lot of practice at small stuff or fine detail.

I can find things like this:

http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf/Craft_T...Furniture.html

And similar crude stuff. Or kits to buy, but I'm looking for something
a bit more sophisticated but not a kit.

Ideas?

Elijah
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doesn't have many clamps suitable for such small scale stuff

"Eli the Bearded" wrote in message
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My daughter is interested in making dollhouse scale stuff. I've

And similar crude stuff. Or kits to buy, but I'm looking for something
a bit more sophisticated but not a kit.

Ideas?

The best scaled furniture I've ever seen was made exactly like full size
furniture... if you have the skill to make full size perhaps you can apply
the same techniques to the scaled.

An associate of mine does fine work...

http://www.chinleeminiature.com/

John

On 2/8/2014 9:32 PM, John Grossbohlin wrote:
"Eli the Bearded" wrote in message
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My daughter is interested in making dollhouse scale stuff. I've

And similar crude stuff. Or kits to buy, but I'm looking for something
a bit more sophisticated but not a kit.

Ideas?

The best scaled furniture I've ever seen was made exactly like full size
furniture... if you have the skill to make full size perhaps you can
apply the same techniques to the scaled.

An associate of mine does fine work...

http://www.chinleeminiature.com/

John
Ok John, her work is ridiculous. That walnut burl blanket chest was
sick. The dovetails are so small. The burl is beautiful.
She does excellent work...
Wow.. Impressive.

Seeing her fingers for scale, just unbelievable. I could never do that
level of work. Beautiful.

--
Jeff

"woodchucker" wrote in message
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An associate of mine does fine work...

http://www.chinleeminiature.com/

John

Ok John, her work is ridiculous. That walnut burl blanket chest was sick.
The dovetails are so small. The burl is beautiful.
She does excellent work...
Wow.. Impressive.

Seeing her fingers for scale, just unbelievable. I could never do that
level of work. Beautiful.

Iulia will probably have items on display at Woodworkers Showcase in
Saratoga Springs, NY at the end of March... Stop by... lots going on between
Showcase and Totally Turning.

John

Eli the Bearded wrote in
:

My daughter is interested in making dollhouse scale stuff. I've
purchased some bags of small craft wood and she's made some tables
and chairs, and a bed. I've also taught her how to use the Dremel
tool for cutting and sanding. Book shelves have proved tricky for
her, but I helped her make a set that aren't totally wonky.

She's 13, and much more skilled at sewing than woodwork. (The bed has
nice sheets and pillows, the table has a good table cloth. There's
also an abundance of Fimo stuff.) I'm able to make basic stuff at
regular size, but I've not had a lot of practice at small stuff or
fine detail.

I can find things like this:

http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf/Craft_T...-Doll-Furnitur
e.html

And similar crude stuff. Or kits to buy, but I'm looking for something
a bit more sophisticated but not a kit.

Ideas?

Elijah
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doesn't have many clamps suitable for such small scale stuff


I build scale buildings for my layout starting with a CAD program
(CadStd) and scribing the design on to a piece of sheet styrene. I have
a "craft cutter" that does the scribing, so half the work is done for me.

You might take a similar approach, where you use a CAD or 3D Modeling
Program to sketch out the design then print out templates. (I'm not sure
if Sketchup allows you to print exact size templates, the last time I
looked they suggested using the "Layout" program that's part of the pro
version.)

When it comes to assembly, a piece of right-angle aluminum and some 1"
spring clamps (2" clamps are deeper and will be useful as well) might
help quite a bit. The angle aluminum will keep things square as the glue
dries. (Aluminum at most stores around here is usually square in the
corners, while steel pieces are rounded.)

Puckdropper
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Make it to fit, don't make it fit.

On 2/9/2014 1:23 PM, Puckdropper wrote:
Eli the wrote in
:

My daughter is interested in making dollhouse scale stuff. I've
purchased some bags of small craft wood and she's made some tables
and chairs, and a bed. I've also taught her how to use the Dremel
tool for cutting and sanding. Book shelves have proved tricky for
her, but I helped her make a set that aren't totally wonky.

She's 13, and much more skilled at sewing than woodwork. (The bed has
nice sheets and pillows, the table has a good table cloth. There's
also an abundance of Fimo stuff.) I'm able to make basic stuff at
regular size, but I've not had a lot of practice at small stuff or
fine detail.


This isn't furniture but something she may like?

Take a photo of her - full front.
Print it "to scale", glue it to a piece of real thin plywood
(I used 1/8") and cut the wood to match.
Glue a base on it so it stands up.

Now she can put herself in her doll house!

Eli the Bearded wrote:
My daughter is interested in making dollhouse scale stuff. I've
purchased some bags of small craft wood and she's made some tables
and chairs, and a bed. I've also taught her how to use the Dremel
tool for cutting and sanding. Book shelves have proved tricky for
her, but I helped her make a set that aren't totally wonky.

She's 13, and much more skilled at sewing than woodwork. (The bed has
nice sheets and pillows, the table has a good table cloth. There's also
an abundance of Fimo stuff.) I'm able to make basic stuff at regular
size, but I've not had a lot of practice at small stuff or fine detail.

I can find things like this:

http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf/Craft_T...Furniture.html

And similar crude stuff. Or kits to buy, but I'm looking for something
a bit more sophisticated but not a kit.

Ideas?

Elijah
------
doesn't have many clamps suitable for such small scale stuff

I built dollhouse furniture for my daughters many years ago.
I bought a lot of miniature power tools, all from Dremel.
4" Table saw, lathe, scroll saw, drill press, etc.
I gave them all away when the dollhouse got relegated to the attic.
There was no eBay or Craigslist back then.

Harbor Freight has a 4" table saw. $36.99
http://www.harborfreight.com/4-might...saw-68829.html

Walmart, a drill press for Dremel tool. URL much too long, so:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/kazmhxl

eBay has some Dremel lathes for sale.
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/dremel-lathe

and Dremmel scroll saws. Another long URL.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/lxckz8t

Hope this helps.




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Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
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