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Small memory box out of Tiger Striped Oak and Beech for the sides.

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Nice. Very unique. Is the curve natural, or intentionally formed?
Thanks, it was intentionally formed - when I started to plane it I noticed a badly positioned split, rather than cut it flat I decided to make it into a feature of the piece.
 
A couple of years ago we moved into our new home. The developers were still building other houses and chatting to the foreman one day I asked what they did with their waste wood. Next day I find a load of construction timber on the drive. Mostly 4.8m lengths of 6x2 and 8x2. All a bit manky, soaking wet and full of small grit and site dust. Not really knowing what to do with it, I chucked it all in the garage.

Eventually I had to do something with it, so found plans online for a garden chair. This is the result from some of the lengths. A bit agricultural and not yet finally finished. Its not a looker! But what I'm most pleased with is I made it entirely by hand, only power tool was the sander. Now I can finally say I can square an edge with a plane and saw a reasonably accurate straight line, and ripping and resawing with a hand saw ain't so bad, if not a little time consuming!

Not quite a silk purse, but certainly started out as a pig's ear 🙂

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A couple of years ago we moved into our new home. The developers were still building other houses and chatting to the foreman one day I asked what they did with their waste wood. Next day I find a load of construction timber on the drive. Mostly 4.8m lengths of 6x2 and 8x2. All a bit manky, soaking wet and full of small grit and site dust. Not really knowing what to do with it, I chucked it all in the garage.

Eventually I had to do something with it, so found plans online for a garden chair. This is the result from some of the lengths. A bit agricultural and not yet finally finished. Its not a looker! But what I'm most pleased with is I made it entirely by hand, only power tool was the sander. Now I can finally say I can square an edge with a plane and saw a reasonably accurate straight line, and ripping and resawing with a hand saw ain't so bad, if not a little time consuming!

Not quite a silk purse, but certainly started out as a pig's ear 🙂

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There is a great satisfaction doing things with hand tools. The more you do it the easier it gets.
 
I am putting this spalted beech top on an old sewing machine base. My wife will use her sewing machine on it so I am wondering about the best finish. It can’t be anything that might leave residue on material and needs to be tough enough for light bashes like dropping scissors etc. I think polyurethane varnish would do this, but it often yellows timber. I have thought about Osmo but have never used it. Any other options or advice would be appreciated please?
 

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I am putting this spalted beech top on an old sewing machine base. My wife will use her sewing machine on it so I am wondering about the best finish. It can’t be anything that might leave residue on material and needs to be tough enough for light bashes like dropping scissors etc. I think polyurethane varnish would do this, but it often yellows timber. I have thought about Osmo but have never used it. Any other options or advice would be appreciated please?
As spalted wood is sometimes a bit soft in parts, would clear penetrating epoxy be an option? It needs UV protection I recall but makes a good base for yacht varnish. The ultimate varnish would be a 2 part product, if you don't like a high gloss it can be knocked back with fine wire wool. An expensive option but you aren't doing a huge area.
 
A model for a course I'm doing. Working out all of the angles from drawings on paper. They're starting to look a bit nicer now so I'll start uploading them even though I'm not doing anything with them. This one has gone to my dad who will stick a top on it and use it as a table. It's reciprocating so the same cross and lip cuts repeated for 4 in total. Glue up was very stressful
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A model for a course I'm doing. Working out all of the angles from drawings on paper. They're starting to look a bit nicer now so I'll start uploading them even though I'm not doing anything with them. This one has gone to my dad who will stick a top on it and use it as a table. It's reciprocating so the same cross and lip cuts repeated for 4 in total. Glue up was very stressful
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What did you do joint wise?
 
What did you do joint wise?
Because it's a model all I did was half lap joints where the crosses meet. When this stage is over I'll redo (with slight changes) several of the models but with some more challenging jointing. I am rushed for time so can't spend extra on details like that for now
 

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