Post a photo of the last thing you made

[monkeybiter]

same principle applies on many curved rails with no waste.
works well on even a 10' Monet style bridge, I've made several round here.
Rodders

I'm intrigued, maybe your turn to post a piccy?

 

[blackrodd]

I'm afraid my computor skills are not good enough for posting pics.
Using 12"x 4"x 10' from the wood yard, or carefully laminate some better 4"x 4" treated posts you're self
The monet bridge base is formed by bandsawing a 4" sweep from the middle 2/3rds of each side, and glued and rag bolted on top,
ending up with 500mm flat each end for foundation/fixing, and a 2 meter sweep, same principle as the gate rail above, the offcut top mirrors the sweep below.
Rodders

 

[Jmac80]

Quick oak mirror i made for the wife, American white oak oiled in osmo poly-X satin clear.
Wife points are building up nicely.

 

[sitefive]

Quick oak mirror i made for the wife, American white oak oiled in osmo poly-X satin clear.
Wife points are building up nicely.

that's a sweet mirror!
Just out of interest where did you got the glass for the mirror itself?

 

[Jmac80]

Quick oak mirror i made for the wife, American white oak oiled in osmo poly-X satin clear.
Wife points are building up nicely.

that's a sweet mirror!
Just out of interest where did you got the glass for the mirror itself?

Thanks :mrgreen:
The glass is from the old mirror that used to live there
About 15 years ago Tesco were selling wooden mirrors for £10 each and we bought a few of them, It had a horrid yellow pine frame with huge gaps in the mitred corners.

Cheers.

 

[8squared]

Started painting a secret Santa gift... Can't wait to hear of the recipients surprise.

 

[8squared]

Had a little scrap that i was going to through out till I decided to make this... The missus liked it so now I've got three more to make that will be sat on a wooden tray... Pics to follow.

 

[8squared]

Three diamond tea light candle holders made from maple and sapele sat on a maple tray.

The holders are angled at 45 degrees then glued into recesses I chiselled out... Could probably of been done better, but it was just an idea and was made with scraps I had.

I don't think I'll be doing them again.


Pics to follow

 

[flanajb]

A desk lamp using concrete for base and top lamp mount and a laminated ply arm.

 

[Beau]

Nicely done.

How do you cast the concrete so neatly?

 

[flanajb]

Nicely done.

How do you cast the concrete so neatly?

Thanks.

It's poured into a rubber mold and then vibrated to remove as many air bubble as possible. When I say concrete, that's slightly misleading. It's actually called GFRC (glass fibre reinforced concrete).

 

[n0legs]

:arrow: flanajb, that's a cool lamp.
Love the flex, classy =D>

 

[custard]

Nicely done.

How do you cast the concrete so neatly?

Thanks.

It's poured into a rubber mold and then vibrated to remove as many air bubble as possible. When I say concrete, that's slightly misleading. It's actually called GFRC (glass fibre reinforced concrete).

Fantastic!

Concrete and wood...how cool is that!

 

[Sporky McGuffin]

That lamp is a lovely, lovely bit of design (and beautifully made too). Very nice indeed.

 

[beganasatree]

I like it ,how did you fix the wood to the concrete??


Peter.

 

[flanajb]

Thanks for the thumbs up!

I used epoxy to bond the wood to the concrete.

 

[custard]

I've looked again at your project Flanajb and you really are to be congratulated, it's a stunning piece of design!

Can you tell us more about the moulds, did you make them and if so how?

 

[stuartpaul]

Nicely done.

How do you cast the concrete so neatly?

Thanks.

It's poured into a rubber mold and then vibrated to remove as many air bubble as possible. When I say concrete, that's slightly misleading. It's actually called GFRC (glass fibre reinforced concrete).

Fantastic!

Concrete and wood...how cool is that!

+1

Understated but really neat. I like that a lot!

 

[blackrodd]

A desk lamp using concrete for base and top lamp mount and a laminated ply arm.

Very clever design, and just that little bit different!
Can you say where the inspiration for this lamp came from?
Regards Rodders

 

[lurker]

That lamp is a lovely, lovely bit of design (and beautifully made too). Very nice indeed.

+1