After spending most of yesterday doing jobs for other people,went to see my daughter and grand-daughter in Newcastle this morning and called in to see Ianz beamz (see post "ash for sale" in general woodworking) on the way.
Came away with this:-
14.5" wide,2" thick,7' long (cut in half to fit in the car - the footprint was free..) - or 6 x 14" platter blanks,with lightpulls or similar from the corner offcuts for £35 (incidentally,if anyone going to Pauls bash wants to buy some off Ian,will happily collect and bring to Brum - as long as it's not too many,and you don't mind them being 2 x 3'6")
Then went and had a play in the workshop with a left-over glue-up of some of my stock of unknown Brazilian hardwood:-
Streaks in it are reminiscent of goncalo alves,although the timber is more of a red colour,and feels less dense.
Piece is 260mm x 170mm x 20mm.
Things I learnt :-
1) It would look better sat on the tips of the wings (wingtips are about 2mm short of touching - perhaps 20mm stock isn't the right thing to start with.. :wink: )
2) 4mm thick wings flex quite a lot :shock: - makes sanding...err..interesting,to say the least.. (mainly power sanded with lathe stationary,and supported from behind)
3) If you use leftover stock to practice on,sometimes you have to alter the design when you turn into the biscuits you forget you used when gluing up..
Andrew
