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[Stigmorgan]

Ok I’ll bite (sorry). What is it?

 

[Stigmorgan]

Here it is with the light on

 

[paulrbarnard]

Here it is with the light on
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I’m a sucker for a spaniel.
Ours had a hard day yesterday

 

[Stigmorgan]

I’m a sucker for a spaniel.
Ours had a hard day yesterday
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We had to let ours take her last sleep 2 years ago, she was 15 and we had her from 8 weeks.

 

[Katomi woodsmith]

Hi all just picked up a dead branch and had a play, the wood is just to far gone unless I can find a way of stabilising it

 

[Stigmorgan]

Hi all just picked up a dead branch and had a play, the wood is just to far gone unless I can find a way of stabilising it

No such thing as too far gone rough it out to near what you want then saturate the whole thing with CA glue, give it half hour or so to make sure it's penetrated and cured then gentle passes until you've got what you want, if there are any cracks or voids use saw dust to fill and soak with a bit more CA, once you've got it sanded to about 240 or 320 apply abrasive paste and wax. I turned a Sycamore vase from a log that was extremely spongy using this method, it uses up a lot of CA so you have to be sure the piece is worth it.

 

[Katomi woodsmith]

Wow thanks, I will try it.
Thank you once again
Edit
CA Is that casamite or pva glue

 

[Stigmorgan]

Wow thanks, I will try it.
Thank you once again
Edit
CA Is that casamite or pva glue

Super glue, I buy it from poundland, I always go in when I'm in town and puck up whatever they have, a pack of 2 small bottles is only £1, I usually empty the shelf when I go, I will also grab several tubes of 5 minute epoxy while I'm there as it's only £1.25.

 

[Katomi woodsmith]

Ah I see. Not a big fan of super glue. But epoxy, I used to use letters of that on boat repairs.
I will get some west 2 part epoxy in ... if it’s good enough for salt water boat work/repairs the I can use it on wood work.
Went out to our local (60 plus miles round trip) to stock up on wax, hardwood teak oil ect
Price difference is worth the drive. 2pounds Gbp for 1l of teak oil as to 25 pounds from hardware store
It’s pot luck, you take a chance of there being stock.
Last trip no oil to be had, no prob as has some left, this trip there were 20 cans.... won’t say how many I bought lol

 

[Katomi woodsmith]

I love that vase, nice job....

 

[duke]

Axe choping block , tapered tenons and mortises hammered in for a press fit. Now at a comfortable choping height.

 

[TRITON]

Hi all just picked up a dead branch and had a play, the wood is just to far gone unless I can find a way of stabilising it

Theres stuff called P.E.G that I think totally penetrates wood, replaces all water in the cells with a resin, which kind of makes it a kind of plastic, but with obviously woody structure

" Use to stabilize green wood to keep it from cracking, splitting and shrinking. Wood treated with Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) is ready for carving, shaping or machining. Polyethylene Glycol is dissolved in water. Wood is treated by submersing into the PEG/ water mix. "

Saw a vid years ago, where a wood turner immersed a piece in a large pot of this stuff, but cant remember if it was heated or if a vacuum was used to draw it into the timber. Im sure its probably a common item amongst turners and they'd be the best to ask.

 

[Blister]

Super glue, I buy it from poundland, I always go in when I'm in town and puck up whatever they have, a pack of 2 small bottles is only £1, I usually empty the shelf when I go, I will also grab several tubes of 5 minute epoxy while I'm there as it's only £1.25.

How can it be £1.25 in £1 land ?

 

[pat from Marck]

Yesterday felt like a dogs dinner but still could not resist going in to play with me cherry burl. After reading Stigs and Katomis post about ca and epoxy this one should be right up Katomis street.
After the bowl was left to dry out overnight I soaked in ca glue to all the cracks and a couple of soft areasnext re-turned the mid size piece that i had glued up with epoxy. The result was a better shape but revealed more cracks so re-glued epoxy again. At the moment it's looking like I might be able to get a lidded bowl out of it.next reshaped the dish and sanded. Guess fatigue was setting in as yhe finish was not that good so will resand at a latter date

 

[Stigmorgan]

How can it be £1.25 in £1 land ?

Beats me

 

[CaptainBudget]

Inflation...

 

[Fitzroy]

Rounding to one significant figure.

 

[Doug71]

Pick n mix shelf for the local Deli, fun little job.

I make simple things like this for them and they never charge me for coffee, everybody is happy

 

[Doug B]

I was asked recently if I could re-pipe a towel warmer the original pipes ran around the bedroom skirting & didn’t look that nice. In the bedroom was an alcove that had a fitted wardrobe the towel warmer was on the other side of this alcove so I suggested removing the the back of the wardrobe & running the pipes in the void behind from the ceiling above.
On removing the back of the wardrobe we discovered the void was 300mm deep which got the customer wondering if we could utilise the space for storage, in particular for her shoes.
This is what I came up with

The parts were just cut up with the tracksaw, no fancy track square just a speed square.

To make the shelves adjustable I used my shop made shelf pin guide.

The shelves were cut to size with the router & another shop made jig my parallel guides

This is the unit fitted in place

& this is the finished article with the fitted furniture reinstated

 

[HOJ]

@Doug B I feel compelled to not only pass on my compliments for another brilliant project, but the fact you have clearly not suffered from expensive gizmoitus.

My only comment, is, I prefer to use my cheap speed square, when cross cutting, on the leading edge..