Phil Pascoe
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Be careful which way you rip it - it's quite plain (geddit?) if not quarter sawn. I was lucky with my little pieces - they came in as offcuts for the stove, and had quite a bit of burr..
Post a photo of the last thing you made
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LOL - so true, but she has lots of little trinkets and nik naks she likes to display, but the middle tray also pulls out and I could put additional holes in that too if she wanted, but I thought I'd give her the option as I can add holes but can't easily remove them
Adam W.
A Major Clanger
Yes, London plane can be as dull as dishwater if it's not quatersawn.
accipiter
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Cheers @Phil Pascoe & @Adam W. - when I can get to it I'll take a couple of pictures to post up. From memory I think it's quite quarter sawn... I seem to remember it being quite figured which made it stand out to me.
Phil Pascoe
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6" x 6" will be better in one direction than the other, unless it came from the bole in a peculiar orientation.
accipiter
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Thanks. I'll take photos of each face and ask for input before going ahead with cutting.
RichardG
If at first you don’t succeed have a cup of tea.
We have a tradition of exchanging Christmas tree decorations within the family so this year I thought I'd make our own. A simple tree.
turned into a small copse.
And in position on the tree next to Christmas mouse.
I was struggling a bit with the size of my tools, my smallest skew is an inch which wasn't ideal, luckily I do have a smallish spindle gouge...New subject for tomorrow.
turned into a small copse.
And in position on the tree next to Christmas mouse.
I was struggling a bit with the size of my tools, my smallest skew is an inch which wasn't ideal, luckily I do have a smallish spindle gouge...New subject for tomorrow.
Phil Pascoe
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You want to cut at right angles to the annual rings to show the flecking, which might already be visible on one face, in which case you work parallel to that. Easier if you can see the grain on the ends.
pulleyt
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Some last minute stocking fillers inspired by Andy's Cornish Creations and Timothy Chen.
Christmas stockings are about useless nonsense, right?!
Christmas stockings are about useless nonsense, right?!
Buckeye
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Kitchen TV cabinet. Oak veneered mdf and solid oak top, tulipwood for doors etc
grumpycorn
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It must be Christmas as it's time to bust out a couple of last minute picture frames!
First one is Ash, second one Walnut, both finished with Shellac and wax. Annoyingly I made a mistake on the Ash one that meant I had to use a piece that doesn't match the colour that well. Hopefully the big picture of the grandkids in the frame will distract from it!
First one is Ash, second one Walnut, both finished with Shellac and wax. Annoyingly I made a mistake on the Ash one that meant I had to use a piece that doesn't match the colour that well. Hopefully the big picture of the grandkids in the frame will distract from it!
Pretty much finished the last of my Christmas presents now.
Despite looking like a simple coaster it is actually a wireless charging station.
The laser engraving is on the bottom so that it leaves a nice clean wood piece on the bedside table.
It's made of Cherry and matches with the watch charging stands I made last year. Watch Stands
I finished up making 5, one for each daughter and one for the wife.
It was a fun little project. I turned the blanks on my mini metal lathe. They were too big for the lathe so I glued the blanks to a bit of metal bar to hold in the chuck then I put a tool in the tool post the wrong way round to get a big enough blank. I turned the disk, holowed it out then milled in the aperture for the micro usb and leds. The wireless charging boards were bought from banggood and I hot glued them into the turned blank. I made sure to create a good seal around the USB port and the LED so that they wouldn't get filled by the epoxy resin. I used a clear casting resin to fill them and then popped them back on the lathe to turn the tops flat. I finaly glued a thin cherry veneer on top. This way I was able to keep the wireless coil within a mm of the top surface to ensure best possible charging.
The bottom one had an accident when getting knocked off the mandrel, I was a little too enthusiastic with the mallet... I used the ruler to hold the charging coil level with the top of the wooden blank as i hot glued it in place. I have a 0.5mm thick packing peice between the ruler and the coil so the coil will be just below the edge.
I made the presentation boxes as well. They were drawn as vectors in Lightburn and cut from 0.5mm thick blue card. They fold up and hold together without any glue.
Here is all 5 waiting to go under the tree. They are all different sizes as I didn't actually measure anything when I sawed out the blanks.
Despite looking like a simple coaster it is actually a wireless charging station.
The laser engraving is on the bottom so that it leaves a nice clean wood piece on the bedside table.
It's made of Cherry and matches with the watch charging stands I made last year. Watch Stands
I finished up making 5, one for each daughter and one for the wife.
It was a fun little project. I turned the blanks on my mini metal lathe. They were too big for the lathe so I glued the blanks to a bit of metal bar to hold in the chuck then I put a tool in the tool post the wrong way round to get a big enough blank. I turned the disk, holowed it out then milled in the aperture for the micro usb and leds. The wireless charging boards were bought from banggood and I hot glued them into the turned blank. I made sure to create a good seal around the USB port and the LED so that they wouldn't get filled by the epoxy resin. I used a clear casting resin to fill them and then popped them back on the lathe to turn the tops flat. I finaly glued a thin cherry veneer on top. This way I was able to keep the wireless coil within a mm of the top surface to ensure best possible charging.
The bottom one had an accident when getting knocked off the mandrel, I was a little too enthusiastic with the mallet... I used the ruler to hold the charging coil level with the top of the wooden blank as i hot glued it in place. I have a 0.5mm thick packing peice between the ruler and the coil so the coil will be just below the edge.
I made the presentation boxes as well. They were drawn as vectors in Lightburn and cut from 0.5mm thick blue card. They fold up and hold together without any glue.
Here is all 5 waiting to go under the tree. They are all different sizes as I didn't actually measure anything when I sawed out the blanks.
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bourbon
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First thing I'm happy with. Sprayed with my cheap
airbrush
robgul
Barry Bucknell is my hero
Two of our grand-children wanted to go to a 20-20 or Hundred (i.e. white ball) cricket match as a Christmas present - so they had something on the big day I made this:
Have to own up to buying the wooden ball, unpainted, ready made.
Have to own up to buying the wooden ball, unpainted, ready made.
JDW
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I really like this, a really elegant design. Did you hand carve the letters?
Stigmorgan
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So, finally after over a week of literally blood sweat and tears I've finished the other half's Christmas present, it drew blood 3 times, snatched the bowl gouge and slapped me round the head with the handle and worst of all it broke the lathe, gotta order new headstock bearings in the new year (or tomorrow when I visit yandles if they can order them) I did notice a little movement in the tailstock, im hoping its the live centre bearings and not the quill that has the issue.
If she makes one single negative comment about after the hard work I've put in it she will go on the fire pit with it
If she makes one single negative comment about after the hard work I've put in it she will go on the fire pit with it
blackteaonesugar
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DavidConnelly
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Original-Oddball
Member
Ultra quick stocking fillers that everyone can't resist a twirl with.
These spinning tops are so simple to turn.
coloured with a sharpie.
These spinning tops are so simple to turn.
coloured with a sharpie.
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Original-Oddball
Member
A decanter and glass tray made from a mahogany wardrobe that I "liberated" from a skip.
I was asked to make it after someone saw that asymmetric Anglesey bowl I made.
I asked the owner to send a photo but he didn't use the decanter just 4 glasses but you get the idea.
the shape is a representation of the Isle of Anglesey where we live. I used a 1/4 inch (6mm) straight router bit to shape it and painted the edge with black waterbased gloss enamel and varnished it with waterbased polyurethane varnish.
this was the first time I have used this type of varnish and my experiences would be worthy of an article all by itself!
I covered the underneath with Green felt baize which I think adds a little touch.
I was asked to make it after someone saw that asymmetric Anglesey bowl I made.
I asked the owner to send a photo but he didn't use the decanter just 4 glasses but you get the idea.
the shape is a representation of the Isle of Anglesey where we live. I used a 1/4 inch (6mm) straight router bit to shape it and painted the edge with black waterbased gloss enamel and varnished it with waterbased polyurethane varnish.
this was the first time I have used this type of varnish and my experiences would be worthy of an article all by itself!
I covered the underneath with Green felt baize which I think adds a little touch.
