Ironballs
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Can't you have some animal hide stretched out across as a seat, you could then use real tendon to secure it to the sides. Maybe I'm taking this a bit too literally
Mike's Competition Thread (WIP.....First photos)
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MikeG.
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Ironballs":44cub9o3 said:
Brilliant!
ByronBlack
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Antlers would be kind of interested to incorporate - I often seen antler bone on ebay and have wondered how to incorporate it into a project.
MikeG.
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wizer":1d1n4jv7 said:
I am getting a sand-blasting kit for my compressor, but I have a feeling that I will have to go to a commercial outfit to get it done. The pressure that a domestic compressor can produce just isn't up to what they can do, and of course I don't have the suit of armour that you need to do the job properly.
BB........I'll skip the antler idea, I think!
Jake.....thanks......I like strong views either way. My design and marmite may have something in common!
Mike
Derek Willis.
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Mike,
pushing the limits eh!! I hope it all goes well a very good concept.
Derek.
pushing the limits eh!! I hope it all goes well a very good concept.
Derek.
MikeG.
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Thanks Derek,
when are you getting your entry in??!! :wink:
Mike
when are you getting your entry in??!! :wink:
Mike
OPJ
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I don't envy you, Mike. :shock: Not so much for the design rather, the thought of spokeshaving all that ash! :? You'd better keep your irons very sharp indeed, otherwise you'll be taking lumps out everywhere!
If you do try to steam-bend any of it though, I don't know of many better timbers than ash.
If you do try to steam-bend any of it though, I don't know of many better timbers than ash.
MikeG.
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I think the draw knife will be my primary weapon, Olly, rather than a spokeshave. The major difficulty is that most of the shaping will have to be done after it has all been assembled...........so there will always be stuff in the way. Ho hum.......
I was going to do my melting welsh dresser, but my wife wants the conservatory sorted first. Either way, I get to play with free-forms in ash, and that can be really liberating.
Mike
I was going to do my melting welsh dresser, but my wife wants the conservatory sorted first. Either way, I get to play with free-forms in ash, and that can be really liberating.
Mike
DaveL
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Mike,
Will the design is definitely you! =D> , but I did think does SWMBO know what you are planning?
Will the design is definitely you! =D> , but I did think does SWMBO know what you are planning?
Obviously not. 8-[Mike Garnham":2zwkvzvk said:
mahking51
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Hi All,
Re sandblasting, I have an accessory that goes on my compressor, takes about a kg of grit.
I put the component to be done in a large cardboard box with sides cut out and away I go! Goggles a must and mask, quite a bit of blow back and the compressor quickly runs out of puff so you have to wait a bit which is irritating.
It does work very well however and as a low cost solution for small bits and pieces it is ideal.
It says you can use ordinary dry sand but don't bother it won't work.
Used grit can be collected sieved and reused a couple of times.
For other stuff I use a local engineering shop with a big cabinet jobbie and get an hour on it for about a fiver at their lunch time!
Much more comfortable and more control.
Mike, give me a PM re drawknives, I have several nice ones :twisted:
Cheers,
Martin
Re sandblasting, I have an accessory that goes on my compressor, takes about a kg of grit.
I put the component to be done in a large cardboard box with sides cut out and away I go! Goggles a must and mask, quite a bit of blow back and the compressor quickly runs out of puff so you have to wait a bit which is irritating.
It does work very well however and as a low cost solution for small bits and pieces it is ideal.
It says you can use ordinary dry sand but don't bother it won't work.
Used grit can be collected sieved and reused a couple of times.
For other stuff I use a local engineering shop with a big cabinet jobbie and get an hour on it for about a fiver at their lunch time!
Much more comfortable and more control.
Mike, give me a PM re drawknives, I have several nice ones :twisted:
Cheers,
Martin
ByronBlack
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Chickening out of using antlers huh? That's ok Mike, I realise you want to play it safe on this one ;-)
TobyB
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If the seat bars are suspended by ropes from the arch of the back of the seat, will you have a tensioned rope along the back to prevent lateral sway - knots or pegged through?
How will you be fixing them at the front - solid or flexible?
The "sharks teeth" bit - does that overarch the whole seat - if so it'll need to be higher than is suggested to me by your sketch - or you'll not be able to sit down! Or is it all lying in the same plane as the back of the seat?
I think it's a great idea potentially - but you need to make sure it's actually functional too don't you - I've been really disappointed by interesting new or traditional designs of chair that are really well made out of great materials ... but aren't at all comfortable to sit in. Rope seats, ill-thought-out angles, protruding bars etc.
Look forward to the WIP reports ...
How will you be fixing them at the front - solid or flexible?
The "sharks teeth" bit - does that overarch the whole seat - if so it'll need to be higher than is suggested to me by your sketch - or you'll not be able to sit down! Or is it all lying in the same plane as the back of the seat?
I think it's a great idea potentially - but you need to make sure it's actually functional too don't you - I've been really disappointed by interesting new or traditional designs of chair that are really well made out of great materials ... but aren't at all comfortable to sit in. Rope seats, ill-thought-out angles, protruding bars etc.
Look forward to the WIP reports ...
MikeG.
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Toby,
yep, the rope at the back of the seat will be tensioned to prevent sway, but the front edge of the slats will not be fixed at all. They will just be resting on the front rail, maybe in shallow grooves. This will allow for the movement I want when you sit.
The back will certainly, positively, 100% without doubt, be comfortable! It will be built such that the crossing-over points are set back a bit, making the whole of the back in the same general plane. This piece of furniture is not an exhibition never-to-be-sat-on type..........it will be in everyday use in our conservatory, which for 9 months of the year is the most used room in the house.
So comfort and robustness are the watchwords, and hopefully evoking a bit of curiosity in vistors as an aside.
Mike
yep, the rope at the back of the seat will be tensioned to prevent sway, but the front edge of the slats will not be fixed at all. They will just be resting on the front rail, maybe in shallow grooves. This will allow for the movement I want when you sit.
The back will certainly, positively, 100% without doubt, be comfortable! It will be built such that the crossing-over points are set back a bit, making the whole of the back in the same general plane. This piece of furniture is not an exhibition never-to-be-sat-on type..........it will be in everyday use in our conservatory, which for 9 months of the year is the most used room in the house.
So comfort and robustness are the watchwords, and hopefully evoking a bit of curiosity in vistors as an aside.
Mike
head clansman
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Hi mike
well , what can i say it's certainly not my taste at all .
however it is yours or you wouldn't even be trying to do it , cushions i think is a real no no if you manage to construct it it has to be comfortable enough to sit on as it is cushions or any thing else will distract the eye away from what you achieve and are trying to say about it.
I believe furniture should fit into it's surrounding and become a part of it , I trying to imagine the surrounding room and i failing to do so. having said that mike good luck i hope you succeed looking forward to see some pics on this one . hc
that a bit of an understatement ain't it .
well , what can i say it's certainly not my taste at all .
however it is yours or you wouldn't even be trying to do it , cushions i think is a real no no if you manage to construct it it has to be comfortable enough to sit on as it is cushions or any thing else will distract the eye away from what you achieve and are trying to say about it.
I believe furniture should fit into it's surrounding and become a part of it , I trying to imagine the surrounding room and i failing to do so. having said that mike good luck i hope you succeed looking forward to see some pics on this one . hc
MikeG.
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Well Martin,
this certainly has produced polarised views...........!
Who would be a judge? They've got to consider this piece of fantasy against a formal writing slope or two, some bookshelves, some drop leaf tables etc......Fun, fun!!
My family have vetoed the animal skin idea, so some other appropriate rug or throw looks like the way forward.
As for its setting.......a dark green timber conservatory with pale green internal panelling, with rumbled limestone/ marble floor tiles and lots of plants. An obvious place for radical furniture.
Mike
this certainly has produced polarised views...........!
Who would be a judge? They've got to consider this piece of fantasy against a formal writing slope or two, some bookshelves, some drop leaf tables etc......Fun, fun!!
My family have vetoed the animal skin idea, so some other appropriate rug or throw looks like the way forward.
As for its setting.......a dark green timber conservatory with pale green internal panelling, with rumbled limestone/ marble floor tiles and lots of plants. An obvious place for radical furniture.
Mike
head clansman
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hi mike
well , yes i see the surrounding now , yep i still think nothing else on it just show it in the raw so to speak , don't allow any thing to distract the eye's away from what you produce let it do the talking , let it say, wow or yuk my god what the **** . look forward to seeing the pics as WIP . as for judging this i think it will be love it or hate it , good luck a very bold move. hc
well , yes i see the surrounding now , yep i still think nothing else on it just show it in the raw so to speak , don't allow any thing to distract the eye's away from what you produce let it do the talking , let it say, wow or yuk my god what the **** . look forward to seeing the pics as WIP . as for judging this i think it will be love it or hate it , good luck a very bold move. hc
MikeG.
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Bumping this as requested by mods..........
...........Maybe there will be a seperate Competitions section soon??!!
Mike
...........Maybe there will be a seperate Competitions section soon??!!
Mike
Please! And for all those of you out there with baited breath wondering what has happened to the writing slope? :lol: :lol: :lol:
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