Toy Pram and Floating Shelves

[wizer]

No point in separate threads for these little jobs.

Daughter's birthday was on 23rd of October and I started this on the 16th

I failed the deadline due to the paint not being dry enough at her party. I finished it on the Sunday after the GSB and she's over the moon with it.

The joinery is all plugged screws. Dulux Rock Kandi 04 - Eggshell for the plywood box (thanks Si). The beech legs are finished with Smith and Rodger Danish oil with Iroko plugs. I used Iroko for the wheels & handle, turned on the lathe and finished with sanding sealer and wax, buffed to a shine.

I'm not entirely happy with it. I copied a commercial design and the time restraint meant I didn't have time to put my own mark on it, save for the contrasting timbers.


I'd started to make some shelves before I started the Pram but they got shoved to one side while I hammered away at that. When the op got cancelled I had an opportunity to finish them.

They are made from the Corby Iroko to match the blinds in our lounge. I sandwiched a piece of 12mm Iroko between 2 layers of 16mm Iroko, leaving a couple of gaps for some 12mm bar. Edged with more Iroko. Lots of end grain showing. Missus really did want it to look like this, after I'd done one like it a couple of years ago in the nursery.

There, of course, was an ulterior motive for getting these shelves up. I need somewhere to store all the turned items forthcoming from the lathe There was a lot of tearout with the Iroko and the Veritas LAS handled it well, but I did have to resort to sand paper on a couple of bits. It's funny how you learn things as you go on these little projects, I'd do a few things differently next time. We're both happy with them tho. Daughter thinks it's a ladder which is worrying :shock:

 

[OPJ]

Nice work, Tom. Glad to hear you learned a few things without cocking it up. :wink:

 

[WellsWood]

Beatiful!

And the prams pretty nice too :wink: :lol:

 

[Oryxdesign]

Well done Tom, you're welcome to offcuts, I hate to throw them away.
I made the angle on my LAS a bit steeper for Iroko and this helped reduce tearout.

 

[Mattty]

Hey Tom, great stuff. My Youngest would love a pram like that.

The shelves are great too, something i'm supposed to have done for about 5 years now.

As an aside... what is on the telly?!

 

[Karl]

Nice work Tom. The pram has a nice paint job!

Cheers

Karl

 

[wizer]

Matt, I think it was either Songs of Praise or a James Bond film. We'd just walked in from lunch so nothing was being viewed.

Karl, the paint job came out reasonable well. I primed it with Dulux undecoat and then 2 colour coats. I'd have liked one more coat on the edges, but it's not too shabby. I was under the cosh (sp?).

Thanks guys. See, stuff does come out of my workshop My productivity rate this year has gone through the roof.

 

[Karl]

My productivity rate this year has gone through the roof.

As a statistician would point out, you were starting from a low base though.... :lol:

Cheers

Karl

 

[wizer]

Good point. When I get that Domino there'll be no stopping me :shock:

 

[wizer]

I forgot to mention what I finished the shelves with. Ian from Smith and Rodger (woodfinishman) kindly sent me a sample of their Danish Oil. It seems a lot clearer than most DOs and as it's urethane base, it should stand up a bit better to having mugs and vases put on it. I intend to do some tests on various woods with it. But for the time being, I'm very impressed with it.

 

[woodbloke]

Tom - cracking job on both counts - Rob

 

[TrimTheKing]

Keep the ideas coming Tom, I'm a couple of years behind you so am saving these up to plagiarise them in time...

 

[woodbloke]

Good point. When I get that Domino there'll be no stopping me :shock:

(hammer) :mrgreen: :tool: - Rob

 

[Mattty]

Good point. When I get that Domino there'll be no stopping me :shock:

(hammer) :mrgreen: :tool: - Rob

The best power tool in my workshop. I have a mint condition Sedgwick morticer gathering dust! I admit i wouldn't do large joinery with a dom, but for small stuff and cabinet work it is the muts nuts.

 

[Chems]

Lovely work on both counts!

When you said a lot of end grain showing you said it was like a bad thing, I thought the end grain on the thick iroko worktop I did recently looked lovely and I think it does on your shelves too. I found I couldn't plane it at all and had to work it back with a 080 scraper which made a good finish of it.

 

[wizer]

I'd have preferred mitres Chems, but lost me bottle. I've just been commissioned (told) to make some more for the nursery, so I might do mitres on those.

The Iroko was a bit of a pig and I did use the No. 80 on a few areas. As seems to be the case with my woodworking project, I was rushing and just wanted it done and out of the workshop to move on to the next job.

 

[Chems]

I personally hate mitres, I don't have any tools that work to high enough standard to achieve good ones really. You've still got your LN shooting plane haven't you? That should come in handy!