Showing posts with label Drafting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Drafting. Show all posts

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Advanced Drafting

Here are some of my full sized furniture drawings.

Front view of step table
Top view of step table
This is the actual step table from the first 2 drawings.  I did not actually build it.  We used this one to take measurements for our drawing.  I added it to help you visualize what is going on with all those lines.
Drum table. Top view overlaps the side view to save space on the page.
Front view of blanket chest.  Here's a link with a small picture of what the blanket chest looks like.
Side view of blanket chest.  People always wonder how we fit full size furniture on a sheet of paper.  One trick is used here.  I used break lines down the middle because the middle is just boring straight lines.  All the interesting stuff I need to know is on the edges.  You can also see a center line of the front view on the left side of the photo.  The chest is symmetrical, so we only draw half, because the other half is redundant.
Desk on table side view.  This drawing took the longest to do.  It seemed super complicated because there is so much going on, but it is actually fairly straight forward.  There are just lots of parts to keep track of (check out the stock list below).   Here are some pictures of a similar desk.  Same basic idea, but he changed the bottom by removing the cabriole legs and adding a full set of drawers.
Close up side view of desk portion.
Front view.
Close up of front view of desk portion.
Ridiculously long stock list.  You can see the pendant from the bottom of the desk hanging down above it.

This is the slat back chair.  It was complicated because of the angles.
Front view
Top view of seat and arm

Basic Drafting

The first few weeks at NBSS are all about drafting.  Here are some pics from the packet of 20 joint drawings that we had to do.  All of the drawings are essentially x-rays.  The dark lines are the edges you see when looking from that angle and the dotted lines are hidden, either inside the piece or on the far side.  This helps us visualize how things go together.

All my drafts
First draft- learning the views and notation
Slip Joint
Rabbet and Lap Joint- this is used for the back of a case piece or desk.
Blind Slotted Dovetail
Miter with Spline- used for corners of picture frames
Mortise and Tenon- used where seat rails connect with legs
Tenon with Key- a very decorative joint
Dovetails- used all over because it is a very strong joint.
Another Type of Mortise and Tenon- this time is a stile and rail, part of a raise panel commonly found on doors
This is 7 pieces of wood jointed together.  I drew it from the wrong direction, but it still looks cool.