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[Fitzroy]

Some more fixings for my desk project. These work like worktop bolts to pull the short length against the long length.

I really enjoy the metalworking but it makes so much mess from the grinding.

Fitz.

 

[Stigmorgan]

Surely that's yew?

You may be right, red Cedar and yew were in the same corner of the barn and my friend had left me to it as he had to go back to work, it gives off a strong pine like smell when cut/sanded and there are a few small pockets of resin in the white wood. The bark is very flaky, almost like long scales if that helps.

 

[Stigmorgan]

2019 I turned a few Red Cedar bowls and a couple of 300mm matchstick holders (the matches were 300mm). I loved the smell it filled the workshop with. I have a huge piece from the same batch which should be ready to turn this year and I'm hoping to get a 400x300mm bowl from it.

The stuff I have is so dry it doesn't cut very nicely but it sands easily and quickly

 

[Stigmorgan]

@Phil Pascoe @kinverkid So I just did a Google image search and Phil is correct, it's Yew not Red Cedar.
I bow to your superior knowledge Phil

 

[kinverkid]

You will know by the smell. Yew won't have such a strong sappy smell. Also, cedar needs sharp edges or a lot of sanding because it tends to be softer. It's also lighter than yew but the growth rings can look similar. Either way, they can be two nice figure rich timbers.

 

[Pabs]

I'm still on the basics

Been practicing my jointing and larger surface planing with three planes I've tuned up. Its not perfect but I'm happy with it as a first attempt.

This little top will become an under bench table with sharpening stone on hand

 

[Fred48]

I'm still on the basics

Been practicing my jointing and larger surface planing with three planes I've tuned up. Its not perfect but I'm happy with it as a first attempt.

This little top will become an under bench table with sharpening stone on hand

That's really good, the jointing and the quality of the hand planes surface.

 

[bourbon]

not today, last week. I volunteer at Lichfield repair café we have an animatronic monkey in for repair, the motor was seized. On closer examination a worn bearing was found to be the culprit. we couldn't find one small enough anywhere on the internet. Now, I haven't turned anything seriously and to such close tolerance, since I was at school in the late 70's! But I do have a metalwork lathe so I had a go, and it worked!!

 

[Pabs]

Cheeky one this but I have put 20 of these Nd pot magnets up around the place and attached fine paintbrushes by their ferrule and a load of engineer square up (no woodpeckers they don't stick) .
And my vice grips by the gas bottles, shears near the sandpaper, the 10" Stilson next to the door, etc

Really useful!

 

[Linus]

Back in the mancave on the lathe after a long absence following my op. Just playing with all the bits I have on the shelf. Someone asked me if I could do some salt and pepper mills and I had a bit of locally sourced maple which turned nicely with some lovely figure in it. Very satisfying.

 

[Linus]

...and another request for Mother's Day.

 

[kinverkid]

An experiment with resin mixed with UV fingerprint powder and a 3D-printed resin mould. The photographs show both pieces under regular lighting and UV light along with the shavings from around the lathe. The 3D-printed mould was downloaded from Thangs.com and did work but I didn't like it so I've un-turned it and already glued the tube into a nice piece of Yew.

 

[isaac3d2]

Nice work, a very pretty board. Images 2 and 5 seem to show boards joined (or butted up) end grain to end grain, however, I don't see that in the finished board. So do those two images just show two separate boards?
By the way, you mention treating with mineral oil and butcher block conditioner. It is my understanding that butcher block conditioner is in fact mineral oil. Does it say different on the bottle?

Ah yes. In fact I also treat cutting boards with mineral oil first and then give them a coat of wax which is home made from mineral oil, bees wax and carnauba wax. The advantage of home made stuff is that I can make it as runny or hard as I like. In the end it is all the same; mineral oil with a final wax coating

 

[Pabs]

Just thought top of monitor was wasted space so I've drilled out a bit of timber

I used one of those drill guide things. made a temporary fence so I didn't have to worry about the horizontal plane
marked out holes every 20mm
end ones are 9mm bore, the rest 8mm
then planed it with no5 - gave some interesting shavings!

put a chamfer on it using the regular no4

canted it slightly using a no4-converted-scrub-plane and then smoothed / refined this with the no5 again

no finish as yet, will put some danish oil on it prob but open to advice

 

[mwinfrance]

I have similar racks next to my keyboards, but they were not so much "made", as I just drilled a lot of holes in some oak

 

[Pabs]

I have similar racks next to my keyboards, but they were not so much "made", as I just drilled a lot of holes in some oak

That's essentially what I've done just in some far less impressive timber

 

[mwinfrance]

That's essentially what I've done just in some far less impressive timber

Oooops, I didn't mean to disparage in any way what you'd done there.I just got fed up with looking for small tools ( mainly the ones that I use to make small "maquettes" in plasticene before using wood or stone, or whatever ) between my various keyboards , laptops and cellphones.So, having some oak pieces 50mm x 100mm by between 1000mm and 2500 mm ( dredged out of a river by some tree surgeon mates ), I cut one down to 600mm and drilled two rows of 10mm holes and then chamferred each, took 10 minutes max.That desk is still chaos though.5 monitors plus keyboards, plus 3 laptops, tablets and phones, and "draw on the screen , wacom type" graphic tablets. my latest plunge saw purchase and sliding mitre saw are still living here in the living room next to me on another ( repurposed dentists type lab chair ) computer chair.

 

[Pabs]

@mwinfrance au contraire; you are right and certainly not disparaging. tis a simple thing, born out of frustration, and a tendency to always loose the flippin things - a good way of organising them little bits; for me planing a camber into it and chamfering it with a no4 was a good way of testing what i've been practicing.

 

[Setch]

Built in wardrobe in a loft conversion. The budget didn't stretch to fully despoke carcasses, so these are Ikea units elevated on a CLS plinth, with doors and infills in MR MDF with Oak fingerpull detail.

 

[mwinfrance]

@Pabs Not only is there no added camber* on mine, I didn't even take out the saw marks ( Japanese saw ) nor sand it, nor varnish it.
It was remarkably smooth wood in very good condition for wood that was blocking a river, absolutely straight, PSE lovely, I reckon if I added it all up, I've probably got about 1.5 cubic metres of it, mostly in 50mm x 150 / 200mm widths.Nice grain with a lot of figuring too, and very dense, the things people throw away ( especially into a river ) amaze me.
Some of it is probably going to be carved walking stick handles, ( animals, mythical or existing ) maybe some "portrait" handles and some Celtic themed designs. One big piece ( which my feet are currently resting on ) is going to be the top of our fire surround, it has grain that radiates out from the centre like a wavy Japanese flag, or a Bridget Riley inspired Robert Crumb background sky.
When I've finished sorting the chaos which is my workshop, I'll carve one** and put up a photo.

*I don't own a plane ATM
**SWMBO would like me to cut two window openings,put in the windows and build kitchen cupboards, in the north facing kitchen wall and insulate that side of the house first.