Woodworking for the Blind
Woodworking for the Blind
These pictures are of a display plaque that I designed and constructed for a very dear friend. The exotic wood used is Sapele, a very beautiful dark wood similar to walnut in color but with a gold flake running through the grain that makes it very unique. The plaque measures 16 inches wide and 9 15/16 tall with a Roman Ogee routed around the outside, and supports a custom made hunting style knife approximately 12 inches long over all.
This flag display case is made from white oak with a red oak stain. It is about 3 3/16 inches wide and stands 9 and 1/8 high. The sides are 12 and 7/8 long and the base is 18 and 3/16 long.
This is a display case for a stain glass window. The window was made in 1911 when the Trinity Lutheran Church, Pottsville, Pa. was built. The case is constructed from white oak with a red oak stain and wipe on poly finish. The window was 32x25 1/4 inches and 1 inch thick.
The Log Cabin birdfeeder is modeled after a public use cabin in southern Alaska.
Robert was the first winner in our anual summer project challenge. This is a unique walnut box with clever wooden hinges, a wooden cam-operated clasp that grips a leather closure strap, a wooden interior guide to restrain the top when opening it, peg dowel joinery for the overlapping front and back (three pegs for each of the four butt joints) and an extremely smooth clear finish.
It's made from red Oak and is 5 1/16 inches wide, 19 inches long and the base plate is 3/4 of an inch thick.
Mickey built this clock to honor Kenneth Jernigan, a pioneer for more independence for the blind. It hangs in the National Federation for the Blind Jernigan Institute. Mickey also built the mantle clock.
The above photo shows Dennis Walker's post office box and lazy Susan.
The rectangular base of the candle holder is about 6 inches wide by 13 inches long and I each corner sits on a cylindrical leg. Three individual candle holders are positioned on the base.
A frame shaped like a 5 pointed star surrounds a poster. The interior opening of the frame is a pentagon. The star frame is made from 1x4 pine