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  1. ScottyT

    An interesting roof.

  2. ScottyT

    An interesting roof.

    Now my full size template was made and my two templates to actually machine from were out I was ready to crack the curves out. I started with 4” rough sawn, chained them up to an approx length off my templates and loaded them on the forks to take down to the machine shop. I surfaced one face...
  3. ScottyT

    An interesting roof.

    next up was two elliptical rings that rest over the top of the rafters, one small and one large. When the job got taken on the powers that be had no idea how we were going to go about making them, the long and short of it is to imagine a 90x90 post, in an ellipse, and then twisted on itself to...
  4. ScottyT

    An interesting roof.

  5. ScottyT

    An interesting roof.

    Next post which I’ll do asap is where it all gets a bit technical, hope you find this interesting
  6. ScottyT

    An interesting roof.

    The rafters were worked out on a sheet of mdf, from my given length and height and I messed about with a few radiuses until it looked about rite and cut it out using an old router connected to a piece of ply marked up with my radius points in relation to my where I needed the cuts. I then had my...
  7. ScottyT

    An interesting roof.

    As the title suggests, I recently completed a really interesting roof, fairly large given it was only me working on it, and fairly complex given the nature of the intriguing hoops that were to be placed ‘around it’ The entire thing was from Iroko. I’ll post up in a few sections as Im still...
  8. ScottyT

    Round tree seat

    I thought it was Oak but it’s hard to tell most of the time. Oh yes the bills have to be paid, fantastic you made that FOC, highly commendable. I work for my dad who operates the business, I just make whatever drawing he’s puts in front of me, usually on a piece of lined A4 I’ll have a sketch...
  9. ScottyT

    Round tree seat

    that’s a lovely bit of work! From the photo i am assuming it’s oak? The screen on my phone isn’t the best so that’s my guess anyway I am very lucky as my work is so varied, I never make the same thing twice it’s almost a one off every time. I dont mind making the odd window and door every now...
  10. ScottyT

    Round tree seat

    Here’s the ‘ithru’ jig that brought my top rail into parallel with my bottom rail. You can quite clearly see the curves in the top and bottom of it (one template to do both the top and the bottom of the top rail) It all worked out lovely. You only really have one shot at it, if you overcook it...
  11. ScottyT

    Round tree seat

    I dug out the rod and templates for the bench today, on this 8x4 is everything I needed to jig, template and rod wise to make the job.
  12. ScottyT

    Round tree seat

    I may add that the top of the top rail needs the exact same treatment but in reverse, meaning more out the shoulder end and nothing in the middle, so it all eyes through a treat. If you did not do this all the top rails would look like rope going through eyes, sagging in the middle of every one...
  13. ScottyT

    Round tree seat

    yeah there is a lot of waste. It all goes into heating my house. as regards to the back slats, that really is one of the trickier tasks on the job, it’s the crux if you like. every curve is ring fenced from mdf templates i rout out from a radius on my rod, all simple until you reach the top...
  14. ScottyT

    creaky stairs -advice please

    Always try and get some talc powder in wherever you can if possible. Works a treat for any squeaks and creaks
  15. ScottyT

    Round tree seat

    In the living room 😆 brilliant. From memory the iroko seat was 2.4 O/D.
  16. ScottyT

    Post a photo of the last thing you made

    If your very short you might of got away with it. I had to set it up to check my hinges worked with the closing stiles gap, it’s a job to know how long to set the pin length at on the post even with it rodded out, so a few tack welds to start and offer it up. hence the full workshop Install.
  17. ScottyT

    Round tree seat

    Found the seat but no resting place. Annoying.
  18. ScottyT

    Round tree seat

    I made a small oak one a few years before this but can’t seem to find any photos of it. It’s very similar but much smaller from memory and it has some shaped arms. Not often I get to do fully circular work so i remember most. im certain I had a shot of it in situ….
  19. ScottyT

    Round tree seat

    Unfortunately not it’s fairly rare I get any pictures of my work in its resting place unless I do the site fix, which is isn’t very often!
  20. ScottyT

    Round tree seat

    Discount the random roof picture. Apologies.
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