{"id":731,"date":"2010-05-18T17:56:39","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T22:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/?p=731"},"modified":"2013-04-19T23:24:52","modified_gmt":"2013-04-20T04:24:52","slug":"creating-a-work-in-wood-from-idea-to-finished-piece-8-build-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/18\/creating-a-work-in-wood-from-idea-to-finished-piece-8-build-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a work in wood &#8211; from idea to finished piece: 8. Build it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/img_1301_edited-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-768    aligncenter\" title=\"img_1301_edited-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/img_1301_edited-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"522\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: left\">At this point you very much want the piece to exist, to stand on its own, and so you are driven to build. You want it to <strong>&#8220;turn out&#8221; to be what you envision and hope for.<\/strong> Yet in between the compelling vision and the fulfilling object is the <strong>potential chasm of disappointment<\/strong>. This, frankly, evokes some fear.<\/p>\n<p>To your rescue comes <strong>the teacher<\/strong>, and ultimately, <strong>the teacher is you<\/strong>. Let us consider what the teacher does, followed by an example for each:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>He charts an effective course.<\/strong> This is the strategic order of the steps of construction. Will you glue up the wall cabinet case before or after building the doors?<\/li>\n<li><strong>He points out the critical junctures<\/strong> where you must bear down and get things right. Those last few plane shavings off the drawer sides greatly affect the fit and feel of the drawer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>He alerts you to possible pitfalls<\/strong>, many of them sneaky. How will the figure change when a piece is shaped into a convex curve?<\/li>\n<li><strong>He keeps a steady perspective<\/strong> on the big picture of the project, maintaining your faith. Are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/12\/perfect-nope\/\" target=\"_blank\">the little errors<\/a> you\u2019ve made so far going to significantly affect the final piece or should you not worry about them?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The teacher may be another person whose experience you borrow, but in due time (meaning after making your quota of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/12\/mistakes\/\" target=\"_blank\">mistakes<\/a>) you must be <strong>your own teacher even as you remain a student.<\/strong> The important thing is to think through the four points listed above. Further exploration of how exactly to avoid that chasm of disappointment in creating a work in wood is a larger topic for another time, but the steps discussed in this series will go a long way to helping your project &#8220;turn out&#8221; the way you want it to.<\/p>\n<p><strong>As you build, there are still small but important decisions<\/strong> to be made because, as noted in the previous post in this series, drawings cannot fully represent the piece. This is much as a musician uses tools such as phrasing, articulation, and tone color to produce his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/20\/personal-woodworking-it-matters\/\" target=\"_blank\">personal interpretation<\/a> of written music, staying within the fundamental conception of the composer.<\/p>\n<p>Thus the music, or the woodworking creation, comes alive. <strong>You\u2019ve done it, now it is there.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And yes, that is . . . happy woodworking. <strong>Best wishes to you as you pursue your ideas!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-769  aligncenter\" title=\"img_1328_edited-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/img_1328_edited-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"329\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At this point you very much want the piece to exist, to stand on its own, and so you are driven to build. You want it to &#8220;turn out&#8221; to be what you envision and hope for. Yet in between the compelling vision and the fulfilling object is the potential chasm of disappointment. 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