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[Racers]

What woods have you got there Pete ? Like the colour on the middle one. And did you work them whilst green ?

They are all apple, the top one just has the light reflected off it, all came from the same branch,
I cut down an apple tree last winter and put the big bits in the shed, it was dampish and quite hard to work.
I have made another one from a branch from a Buddleia which is very light in colour and mildly difficult to work.

I fancy making a big ladle I think I have a suitable branch.

A few more of my spoons in my sycamore bowl.

24th July by Racers, on Flickr

Pete

 

[Penny]

Latest piece of turning made as a presentation piece for my Church's 100th Anniversary. Oak with a wax finish.

 

[DTR]

An oak peg

As its my first attempt at turning I'm happy with it. Gave my right leg a workout too!

 

[monkeybiter]

I reckon that's quite an achievement, especially as a first go. You must need good coordination to treadle and turn at the same time.

 

[DTR]

I reckon that's quite an achievement, especially as a first go. You must need good coordination to treadle and turn at the same time.

Thanks. I don't think there's anything special about the coordination, it's no different to driving a car or riding a bike.

 

[n0legs]

24th July by Racers, on Flickr

Pete

Looking good Pete =D>

 

[n0legs]

Latest piece of turning made as a presentation piece for my Church's 100th Anniversary. Oak with a wax finish.

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Cool Penny, very nice =D>

 

[n0legs]

An oak peg

Nice one Dave =D>
What's it for ?

 

[RogerP]

An oak peg

Nice one Dave =D>
What's it for ?

Shaker peg?

http://www.nhwoodworking.com/Shaker-peg ... assic.html

 

[DTR]

An oak peg

Nice one Dave =D>
What's it for ?

Shaker peg?

http://www.nhwoodworking.com/Shaker-peg ... assic.html

Thanks It is indeed a shaker peg, albeit nowhere near as nice as the ones in that link. I recently made an oak framed blackboard for the kitchen, then decided I needed a matching shelf for the chalk etc. I made the shelf with a board at the back for ease of mounting to the wall (this kind of thing) and I thought some pegs would finish it off nicely.

Now I just need to make some that match. Seeing Penny's turning above, that's a hard act to follow!

 

[Penny]

Latest piece of turning made as a presentation piece for my Church's 100th Anniversary. Oak with a wax finish.

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Cool Penny, very nice =D>

Thanks. I've really pleased with it as my first proper turning apart from playing around with some scraps. 3rd attempt mind. First one exploded on the lathe because of a flaw deep in the wood. Second one cracked and the repair really didn't look good.

 

[vibraphone]

Hope this works!

Oak sink unit in 65mm thick oak, mitred and joined with dominos, quite heavy so the wall needed a bit of extra help.
Air dried oak was run into 18 - 20 cm boards before edge jointing but I don't think movement was gonna be an issue!
The only knot got cut out with the sink hole, I was surprised how much time it took to get the mitres tight as it's not every day
I work with oak this thick, I ended up shaving them with a toothed iron in a number 7 to get a really tight joint, my table saw carriage
wasn't up to the task so I used a track saw to get half way and finished the cut by hand. I'll get it oiled but I was happy enough with the result.
Some nice medullary rays in the oak which will really pop when the oil goes on.

 

[Sporky McGuffin]

Finally finished a cufflink box for my brother's birthday 2 years ago.

Not sure what the sides are, but the lid, base and tray sides are wenge. Brushed acrylic finish then a teeny bit of beeswax, mostly for the smell. I'm fairly pleased with this, did a few new ways of building. I just hope he doesn't fill it too soon and need another.

 

[DTR]

Nice =D>

 

[Racers]

+1

Pete.

 

[Woodchips2]

Lovely box Sporky but what does your brother do with all those cufflinks? (hammer)

Regards Keith

 

[Sporky McGuffin]

Thanks chaps.

He has one of those jobs that involves double cuffs. That's as much of it as I understand!

 

[custard]

Not sure what the sides are, but the lid, base and tray sides are wenge.

Nice job Sporky =D>

Your choice of Wenge is an interesting one. I'm hearing around the timber yards that quality Wenge is getting scarcer and scarcer. Every chance that Wenge will soon go on the CITES list and join that increasingly long roll call of timbers that are virtually unobtainable. Cocobolo's another one where it might be a smart move to salt away a few choice boards.

 

[Sporky McGuffin]

Thanks!

I've got a couple of nice bits of wenge - one a fairly big quartersawn board from which the box came. I'd not heard it was getting scarce, as you say it might be worth seeing if I can grab some more bits. I've got a chunk of cocobolo that was originally going to end up as about 6-8 fretboards but hasn't yet found a project, plus some bits of ziricote, bocote and so on - I went through a period of trying to pick up one nice bit of something exotic a month or so.

Anyone got any idea what the sides are? There's nothing similar in my Big Boys Book Of Wood. I'll get a better photo of what's left of the board - it was £3 in the offcuts bin at Surrey Timbers a few years back. Very curly, and pretty much the same colour as in the photos, a light honey. I ended up thicknessing it with the CNC machine and a huge surfacing bit as the thickness planer just tore chunks out and my hand-planing skills aren't yet good enough.

 

[Sporky McGuffin]

Ah - I think it might be Afzelia on the sides.