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[JimTaylor]

Thanks Jim - I just need to turn four chair legs with no supervision now

They are only longer dippers, four the same gets a bit harder.

 

[skeetstar]

'Viking' Tafl game. White pieces are Ash finished with BLO, black pieces are Oak finished with India ink. Board is plain old pine from local builders merchant, with Sapele inlay, bought a 2mm bit to use on the router for that. A box is being made to hold the pieces, and the board will act as the lid of the box.

Overall, happy with the pieces as they look rustic and aged. Happy with the board as I did a good job on it, problem is the pieces and the board don't match.. pieces are rustic and look hand made, the board is too pale and pristine, and looks machine made.. so I'll probably make another board. Runes are a mix of scandi and saxon, they have no significance, they are just decorative.

 

[Orraloon]

'Viking' Tafl game. White pieces are Ash finished with BLO, black pieces are Oak finished with India ink. Board is plain old pine from local builders merchant, with Sapele inlay, bought a 2mm bit to use on the router for that. A box is being made to hold the pieces, and the board will act as the lid of the box.

Overall, happy with the pieces as they look rustic and aged. Happy with the board as I did a good job on it, problem is the pieces and the board don't match.. pieces are rustic and look hand made, the board is too pale and pristine, and looks machine made.. so I'll probably make another board. Runes are a mix of scandi and saxon, they have no significance, they are just decorative.

That looks good and you researched runes too. I made one a few years ago but did not go as far as runes. Only trouble is I cant get anyone keen enough to have a game. They all say whats that then loose interest when I offer to show them how to play. I think you did right with the simple design and I saw some in Norway where the pieces were just pebbles and the playing grid drawn on a bit of cloth. The cloth doubled as the bag to hold them.
Regards
John

 

[Keith Cocker]

Bookcase for my study. Oak. Quite an energetic job as my raw material was rough sawn oak so quite a bit of sawing and planing. But I’m pleased with the result. Now I only have about 300 books sitting in piles on the floor without a home

 

[jetsetwilly]

I wasn't going to post this as it's just something simple, but yesterday I made my first bread board. My good lady had requested one.

I'm not overly keen on the dark patterns in the wood, but hey ho.

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That's lovely. But is it oak? Aren't the tannins a problem with oak utensils?

 

[Andy's Shed]

That's lovely. But is it oak? Aren't the tannins a problem with oak utensils?

It is Oak, perhaps those with more knowledge than me can comment on it's suitability? Here's some info that I found.
https://woodworkingadvisor.com/is-oak-good-for-cutting-boards/

 

[Fitzroy]

It is Oak, perhaps those with more knowledge than me can comment on it's suitability? Here's some info that I found.
https://woodworkingadvisor.com/is-oak-good-for-cutting-boards/

I have chopping boards of oak, beach, bamboo, rubber wood, and sycamore. Never noticed any difference between them. I did have an ash one, but the very open grain got bits in it that were hard to get out.

 

[Stigmorgan]

Prior planning….
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My small trowel got left out in the garden and I found it in the compost heap. Of course the handle had mostly rotted away. I have a second-hand lathe, first project was a replacement handle so the pair are together again.
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I haven’t done much turning but I’ve occasionally been taking bits out of my log pile. This piece looked interesting and I wanted to make a small knob for a key.
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I poured in a bit of resin, but it got way too hot and cracked. Pressed on nevertheless. Slightly alarming as some bits pinged off all over the workshop.
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Tried to keep the prettiest bit, but in the end it would have been too big to fit. Yes, you’re right, I didn’t measure before starting. lol. It will find a home somewhere!
In the end I used the small round piece off the end.
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Think I quite like turning, need more hours in the day. I have a box of things needing new handles…
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That's gorgeous Morag, you could make a cord pull with the leftover bit.

 

[Stigmorgan]

A dibber - my first turning undertaken without adult supervision!

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That's really nice, what did you use to finish it?

 

[Hornbeam]

I'm not overly keen on the dark patterns in the wood, but hey ho.

That is almost certainly the starting of brown oak which is just ordinary oak which has been attacked and stained by a fungus

 

[Hornbeam]

It is Oak, perhaps those with more knowledge than me can comment on it's suitability?

Oak is absolutely fine for a bookcase
For kitchen utensils, sycamore and beech are more suitable

 

[Blackswanwood]

That's really nice, what did you use to finish it?

Thanks Stigmorgan. It's Sweet Chestnut finished with boiled linseed oil.

 

[Fitzroy]

A rewarding Friday evening build. Finally a place for all my clamps that I got sick of being shoved in various random places.


Built using 12mm ply a had leftover, a french cleat to wall mount. Still worried about the weight of all the clamps, time will judge

 

[Hino]

Requested project for the other half. Coat rack with shelf. Made from salvaged oak and up-cycled Victorian cast iron hooks (well thats what is said on Ebay). My first go using my new dowelling jig. Worked a treat.

 

[HOJ]

An experiment, Oak, 1.5m tall obelisk with some 10mm copper tube (I had lying around) rings, as you you do when you've got a shed full of 40 years of carp! I have drilled the end's of the legs and will stick some 15mm copper legs on it, to keep it of the ground:



Oh and a bit of turning for the acorn ish, finial.

 

[Stigmorgan]

Finally finished, a gift for my headteacher who is leaving at Easter, one of my other hobbies is papercraft, there are many birds and animals around school that I've made, whilst looking to see if there was anything new here https://creativepark.canon/en/index.html I came across a file for a bouquet of flowers and had the thought of getting every child in school to write their name on a petal, having 426 children that meant I needed to print the file twice and upscale it to A3 instead of A4 to make them big enough for the kids to write on, this also meant I needed to use cardstock instead of paper so the flowers stems would support the weight of the flowers making it a little harder to cut some parts out, combined with the vase I turned I'm very happy with the outcome

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Simply stunning.

 

[Jameshow]

Your misses should be so proud of you!
Hope things are improving..

 

[Fred48]

Finally finished, a gift for my headteacher who is leaving at Easter, one of my other hobbies is papercraft, there are many birds and animals around school that I've made, whilst looking to see if there was anything new here https://creativepark.canon/en/index.html I came across a file for a bouquet of flowers and had the thought of getting every child in school to write their name on a petal, having 426 children that meant I needed to print the file twice and upscale it to A3 instead of A4 to make them big enough for the kids to write on, this also meant I needed to use cardstock instead of paper so the flowers stems would support the weight of the flowers making it a little harder to cut some parts out, combined with the vase I turned I'm very happy with the outcome
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Hi Stigmorgan
What a stunning and thoughtful leaving present.
I hope you are doing well
Fred

 

[Rodpr]

What a lovely idea - both beautiful in itself and a perfect memento