Hayrake Dining Table

bentlyj

Nice job Dave.
I spent a lot of time trying to do a stopped chamfer
with no success!!
I just saw your tutorial on Design, Click, Build.
I think I will have to give it another go when I get a chance.

Your a great teacher!
Thanks,

Bently

Bryan K

Beautiful simplicity.

How DID you do those chamfers?

Dave R

Thank you, Bently and Bryan.

Bryan, I described how I did those chamfers here. the description takes longer to read than it took to make them in SketchUp.

Bryan K

@dave r said:

Thank you, Bently and Bryan.

Bryan, I described how I did those chamfers here. the description takes longer to read than it took to make them in SketchUp.

Excellent. Thanks!

Dave R

I decided to bang out a quick and dirty render in Kerkythea. I didn't spend much time on it and the background isn't anything to write home about but here it is.

Bryan K

VERY nice.

dale

Dave
This has a decidedly shaker simplicity to it.
Is this a design you developed, or is it based on an historic piece?
I really like it, and you've done a great job on it.

Dave R

Thank you Bryan and Dale.

Dale, I wish I could claim credit for the design but that belongs to Michael Pekovich at Fine Woodworking. He was used a hayrake table designed by Sidney Barnsley

It's considered part of the Arts and Crafts movement.

dale

Thanks Dave.
Interesting fellow Barnsley.
What is it about Cotswald that spawns so much creativity?

Dave R

Dale, you're welcome. He is an interesting fellow for sure. I don't know enough about the Cotswolds but I wonder if it has traditionally been a place for the artists and craftspeople.

MH, thanks. You could build it with no glue. The tenons are wedge or draw bored. The original was built with the planks joined with butterflies and no glue would be needed for them. The butterflies look like two dovetails put together in an hourglass shape. The way they were done for the original table, they pulled the planks together as they were driven home.

Dave R

So this morning I was experimenting with Photoshop Elements (it was free with my Wacom Intuous4) and I managed to get this:

I'm sure the way I did it was probably the hard way. I wonder if anyone would be kind enough to give me some pointers about the right way to get this sort of result. Solo suggested I look at a freeware app called Squirlz which I tried but I didn't like the results I got. I do appreciate the suggestion very much, though and I bet I can do some other interesting stuff with it.

If someone would be interested in giving me some tips, I would be grateful. It could be done in a separate post or by PM if desired.

Thank you.

TIG

http://articles.sitepoint.com/article/photoshop-fade-layer-mask shows how to 'fade' an image with a layer mask
You can make two scene tabs one with full rendered color and the other in white + lines and no shadows etc.
Import them both with the line as an overlay [erase all of the white so you see the colored version below].
Add the fade layer mask to 'vignette' the colored part as you have done...

Dave R

Thanks, TIG. I'll check out that link.

Bryan K

I LIKE that effect.

Rich O Brien

The Dave_R Method

Dave R

Thank you Bryan.

Rich, here's the "Dave_R Method" tutorial. Open both images. Poke at this button. Try that slider. Make a new layer. Delete that layer. Make a new layer. Try this tool. Merge layers. Hit Ctrl+Z many times. Save.

Rich O Brien

WARNING: Genius at Work

Do you use PhotoShop?

Dave R

Well, I have Photoshop Express because it came with the Intuous4. and "use" is not quite the right word. I ought to take a class or something.

Rich O Brien

You'd take to it like fish to water. Give the trial a go. Or even GIMP or this

Dave R

Thanks, I'll check that out. I've got Paint.NET that I muddle through with, too.