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[Adam W.]

Oak fire place in progress heavier than I thought
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Um, that's not oak.....sorry to disappoint.

 

[niall Y]

Lovely job. Have you made the shuttering?

Thanks Not properly sorted out the shuttering yet. Am going to suspend a plastic barrel down the well shaft to form the inner edge. T he outer edge will be shuttering ply forming a square and then adapted to make an octagon. There's a lot of loose debris to the depth of about a foot at the top of the well ,so the barrel should help stop this falling down the well......... Niall

 

[kenneth.hilton]

Been experimenting with segmented mug. Niece seen my first attempt and wanted one for herself.......

First one is oak then her name burnt into it, second one is Iroko with thin strips of oak. Think some more are on the cards.

 

[Dolau]

I made curls today

doing a complicated door threshold with lots of curves to fit the floor and somehow I got the plane set up just right and got curls

 

[sllca]

Are you sure that's oak?

defo not oak

 

[Thingybob]

I'm having new windows put in and for the inside sills they ask if i want the plastic or mahogany.

Would that be the mahogany that looks nothing like mahogany, but bears a striking resemblance to red meranti I ask

Or the lesser known variety meranti balsa pinky but much lighter

 

[furnace]

Domino set for a friend. Dominos are in field maple with wenge dots and divider. Box is ash with wenge.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

No scale there - normal sized?

 

[Teepeg]

Like them furnace
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[Yojevol]

Domino set for a friend. Dominos are in field maple with wenge dots and divider. Box is ash with wenge.

Lovely job. Can you describe how you made them?
Brian

 

[furnace]

No scale there - normal sized?

Not sure what normal is but they're 50x25x8mm and seem OK to my amateur eye.

 

[furnace]

Lovely job. Can you describe how you made them?
Brian

I experimented with dimensions and spacing in Sketchup and made a dummy piece to confirm the measurements worked in reality.

The holes are 5mm deep and 6mm diameter and were drilled using a drill press and some blocks to position the dominos. All the "bottom left" holes were drilled, then the blocks moved for the "bottom right" etc. For each setting of the blocks I used a dummy domino piece to get the location accurate since even 1/2 mm inaccuracy shows.

The wenge dots were cut from a 6mm dowel made using a dowel plate.


The dividers were just a saw kerf in a quick and dirty 90deg "mitre" box


and a sliver of wenge


planed to the right thickness in a DIY thicknesser.

I hope that helps

 

[eribaMotters]

And now for something at the other end of the spectrum, a composting area made from pallets.
My lovely wife is happy and so am I as all timber was free, including the long lengths that tie everything together. They came from a pallet that a 3m oak work surface was delivered on. I took some advice and have driven lengths of 3 x 1 1/2 into the ground on the front corners to stop the bays splaying out.

Colin

 

[mr rusty]

work in progress

 

[Mikey RR]

Here's the small kitchen table I made for my mum.

 

[Tony Works Wood]

The last thing that I've made is this gate in English oak. The final picture shows the ancient softwood gate that it replaced. The new gate is slightly higher and square at the top, which is intended to stop the local cats from jumping over it! I like cats, but over many years they have damaged the gate as they clawed their way up and over it. The new gate also features a cap to protect the end-grain from water ingress.

I purchased the timber from a Wood Fair at Ickworth House, at National Trust estate near Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, UK. The estate sells its timber to the public over 2 days each year and this was the first year I have attended. There was a variety of English timber on offer and I purchased 3 oak boards 2400 x 300 x 25mm and another board that was about 30mm thick and just long enough to make the rails (without thru-tenons!). I already had the oak for the stiles. Originally it was my plan to use 5 oak planks to face the door and to have thru-tenons on the rails plus diagonal braces, but I had to compromise on the rails (haunched tenons, about 12 mm short at each end) and during construction I decided the extra rigidity of the 2 broad facing boards made diagonal braces redundant; time will tell if this was the correct decision.

The frame was the most challenging part of the project with a lot of fettling to get the joints tight, which I managed without any splits. The frame then was checked for square (all good) glued and clamped; the capping piece is not structural and was glued in place at the end with 2 dowels. The boards were screwed to the frame with brass 11/4" No 8 woodscrews, set in deep, then plugged and trimmed flush. After final sanding the gate was treated with OSMO UV 410 Protection Oil clear satin finish. The overall dimensions are 1550 x 905 + cap. Installing the door furniture and hanging the gate was another adventure that took a full day to complete.

This is the most ambitious project I've undertaken for many decades and was very enjoyable. A lot of the work was done using hand tools, including most of the stock preparation and finishing. I hope you agree the new gate is a big improvement, it remains to be seen whether the local cats can raise their game to the new challenge.


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[Tony Works Wood]

That will last well . Looks miles better than the old gate.

 

[Tony Works Wood]

 

[Tony Works Wood]

Domino set for a friend. Dominos are in field maple with wenge dots and divider. Box is ash with wenge.
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I like these, very nice work, but you will soon get to know what the grain pattern on each domino is on the reverse side when they are face down if money's involved lol. Great looking box as well. Cheers, Tony

 

[Vaughan Thomas]

The tote, not the boy...