Shape_B26 Making Repeatable Shaped Parts with Kelly Parker
Creating Identical Parts
Professional furniture-maker Kelly Parker often needs multiple identical parts that are heavily shaped, such as for table and chair legs.
In this exciting one-day clinic, Kelly will teach you how to easily fabricate identical parts that cannot be created by pattern routing.
You will first create templates for the front, side, top and bottom of a part. These templates will be traced onto a blank to guide the shaping process, and Kelly will demonstrate how to rough out parts using the bandsaw and router table, then refine them using a variety of rasps, card scrapers and profiled sanding blocks, while carefully working to layout lines.
Each student will have the opportunity to practice these techniques as you create a shaped table leg. If time permits, students will be encouraged to design your own furniture leg and fabricate the necessary templates to create it.
You will learn:
- Basic layout tools: adjustable square, center-finder, drawing bows, French curves
- Basic shaping tools: bandsaw, router table, Shinto rasp, cabinet maker’s rasp, card
- How to use hand tools for shaping
- Drawing, cutting, fairing and using templates
- Laying out a blank
- Working off of center lines and layout lines
- Shaping multiple parts in a consistent, repeatable manner
- Difference between hard lines and soft lines
Kelly Parker bio
Kelly Parker is a designer and maker of contemporary studio furniture and sculpture. After graduating with a degree in Biochemistry she worked in the corporate world for 18 years before taking a rather circuitous route into art. She has been awarded a professional development grant from the Furniture Society, was the first recipient of a professional development grant awarded by the Krenov Foundation and was awarded Best in Show at the biannual chair exhibition, American Craft Today: Chairs, hosted by The Bascom Gallery in North Carolina. Her award-winning work has been featured in Fine Woodworking, Australian Wood Review, and Rooted: Creating a Sense of Place: Contemporary Studio Furniture. Kelly’s work often incorporates other materials such as metal, glass and acrylic. She is a passionate advocate for the craft and enjoys sharing her knowledge with others through both writing and teaching.