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Cheers. Just now need to design a logo or stamp. Been playing around with a few idea's but nothing quite suitable yet. But good to know where I can get something made. Regards Shan
Just finished some doors and windows in accoya
Sawdust=manglitter
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A lot of the workshop was packed away ready before our buyers pulled out last minute a week ago (have since re-sold), so one of the last things to be packed away were my wood lathe tools, so i turned a branch of yew i had for mother’s day tomorrow. Replaced the bark inclusion and filled some cracks with some resin and pearl-ex pearl inlay powder
Stigmorgan
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@Sawdust=manglitter that is stunning 
Had a go at a bit of "art".
Frames made from offcuts of the shelves below with a beech ply bit of scroll saw work and a photo to back it all. Will eventually mount them on the wall. While mitres are always a bit of a faff with my gear they turned out ok.
Frames made from offcuts of the shelves below with a beech ply bit of scroll saw work and a photo to back it all. Will eventually mount them on the wall. While mitres are always a bit of a faff with my gear they turned out ok.
Alpha-Dave
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This was some cherry from the same stash as before; cut in 2016 when a plot was cleared for a building, I wet, rough turned and left to dry. Given the complex branches coming out of this section of the tree, one side cracked and twisted and I thought this was going to be a write-off; I have not seen drying cracks that go all the way through the walls that don’t meet the rim. However, filling with black-tinted epoxy seems to have worked well (normal 5 min epoxy + black spirt stain).
Finished with 3x coats of Danish oil + buffed wax.
Next week, this one is going to a lady retiring from where the wood was cut.
Finished with 3x coats of Danish oil + buffed wax.
Next week, this one is going to a lady retiring from where the wood was cut.
Stigmorgan
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I know we can all make tables, and I've made plenty, but this one I was especially pleased with.
A client wanted this existing rectangular table plus the two rounded extra pieces from another oak table made into a large study table to an exact dimension.
By exact, I mean that originally it was to be 2200mm wide, which was changed to 2190mm and 730mm hign. Later he asked for felt protectors on the underside of the legs, which meant reducing the height of the legs to allow for the 3mm thickness of the felt.
I don't want it to come across as him being difficult, he was a joy to work with and even popped into the workshop occasionally to see the work in progress,, overall a great client.
As you may notice, they are different thicknesses so everything would need to go through my thicknesser.
I cut everything into boards of identical width (but varying lengths) on my table saw. The width was determined by the minimum width of the pieces within the donor items. The waste is to the left.
After much thicknessing and sanding, I set the 15 pieces i chose to use out and began the glue up.
Originally my client wanted a metal leg frame, but having enough of the oak left over to make simple legs, he agreed that that was the better option. I made a sturdy frame for the underside and a rail, not shown in this picture. Everything got two coats of Osmo.
The finished table delivered and installed in his study.
A client wanted this existing rectangular table plus the two rounded extra pieces from another oak table made into a large study table to an exact dimension.
By exact, I mean that originally it was to be 2200mm wide, which was changed to 2190mm and 730mm hign. Later he asked for felt protectors on the underside of the legs, which meant reducing the height of the legs to allow for the 3mm thickness of the felt.
I don't want it to come across as him being difficult, he was a joy to work with and even popped into the workshop occasionally to see the work in progress,, overall a great client.
As you may notice, they are different thicknesses so everything would need to go through my thicknesser.
I cut everything into boards of identical width (but varying lengths) on my table saw. The width was determined by the minimum width of the pieces within the donor items. The waste is to the left.
After much thicknessing and sanding, I set the 15 pieces i chose to use out and began the glue up.
Originally my client wanted a metal leg frame, but having enough of the oak left over to make simple legs, he agreed that that was the better option. I made a sturdy frame for the underside and a rail, not shown in this picture. Everything got two coats of Osmo.
The finished table delivered and installed in his study.
Orraloon
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Nice looking plane Shibby. Whats the timber?
Regards
John
Regards
John
Hello John. It's a rock maple body and the wedge is a piece of figured ash that I couldn't throw away. Glad I didn't!
OCtoolguy
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You all leave me in awe. I'm posting this as it's the latest thing I'm making. I've made many of them in the past but this is the first time I've used these woods in combination. In particular, padauk. The top and bottom are padauk, the mid sections are poplar and cherry. Unfortunately, I wasn't aware that I had to be careful with the padauk bleeding. I spritzed the project with 90% denatured alcohol to see what it was going to look like after an oil finish. It immediately did this. I'm sad. If anybody has any suggestions other than the firebox, I'd love to hear them. Thanks.
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That's gorgeous!My latest bass build for a friend of mine.. Swamp Ash body with Walnut scratchplate & control plate, stained black and finished with Osmo. Maple neck, Ebony fretboard with Maple inlays, Swamp Ash headstock veneers.
Orraloon
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Very nice. Did you burn it or is it stain?My latest bass build for a friend of mine.. Swamp Ash body with Walnut scratchplate & control plate, stained black and finished with Osmo. Maple neck, Ebony fretboard with Maple inlays, Swamp Ash headstock veneers.
Regards
John
Farm Labourer
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Here's a tapered-leg, bow-fronted console table in oak. Drawers are traditional dovetails.
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