COMP063 Competition WIP Pictures 4th March

[stewart]

Hi all
Slooooww progress - where does all the time go?
Have been able to glue up the tray for the poker chips today. There's a strip of purpleheart between each chip holder with a curved profile :wink:
It's still a bit brown as it's been freshly cut today - hopefully the colour will develop a little more.
I love the endgrain of purpleheart so I've used it as the face you see - cross-grain gluing?? Yup - keep my fingers crossed!

Chip holders were glued up in pairs, then all glued together:

Now just for the box....

Cheers
Stewart

 

[PowerTool]

Looks very nice so far - looking forward to the finished article

Andrew

 

[gwaithcoed]

Looking good Stewart, Keep the photos coming.

Alan.

 

[stewart]

Whoops!
Guess i shouldn't have tried working on my project while going down with flu - managed to break one of the chip holders when i took it out of the clamps!
Am on my fourth day in bed now and fast running out of time!
the other entries are looking good!!

cheers
stewart

 

[AndyG]

Hi Stewart,

Hope you get better soon. Hot curry and a few beers always seems to do the trick The pressure's certainly on now. Can't believe it's March already!!

If it makes you feel any better, I mananged to route a groove in the wrong place on a piece of my competition entry over the weekend. Wasn't too impressed with myself :? Hope you manage to get back on track soon.

Andy

 

[dedee]

Stewart, get well soon - I am not going to admit to any of my mistakes until after I've bagged the wooden spoon - there will be one, Neil :?:

Andy

 

[AndyG]

Andy,
Feeling confident then
Not going to mention my other mistakes... yet. But aren't they all part of the fun :?
Andy

 

[wizer]

forgive me for not paying attention, but how did you make the curves for the chip holder in the end?

looks superb so far.

 

[stewart]

i succumbed to a new router bit - but it was only 1 1/2" in diameter so I had to make a couple of passes to make the slot 40mm wide. but, as I hadn't brought the oak indoors for a week or so before i did it the wood moved...the first of my many mistakes!!
if I manage to get it finished it'll be a miracle! :roll:
cheers
stewart