Warning! I was feeling nostalgic

[mouldy plane]

I cant help but love the abstract patterns that sometimes form when making unplugged joinery. Symmetry, and chaos often combine together to make magic

 

[johnnyb]

those moulding are beautiful and crisp what timber is it?

 

[mouldy plane]

those moulding are beautiful and crisp what timber is it?

Hi, it's Accoya

 

[HOJ]

it's Accoya

I wont live long enough to prove its merits and I find it a pain to work with to be honest.

 

[johnnyb]

I'm unsure as to the ethics of using accoya in heritage joinery. it's seems important( to me) to strictly adhere to the original material. as far as is possible. if accoya is acceptable why not plastic? hypothetically some deterioration and paint build is authentic and maybe even desirable?
just because some conservation officer says its OK doesn't mean that's the argument over. imagine rows of pristine replacement sash windows in 50 years how bloody stupid would that look?

 

[johnnyb]

I think the remaining tiny amounts of real heritage joinery are very precious and a double glazed hardwood accoya substitute isn't at all the same.

 

[mouldy plane]

Accoya is just another timber, a softwood pine at that. These sashes were fitted into bricked up openings and made to match the originals. They were also single glazed.

 

[johnnyb]

it's not a criticism of its use it's just me thinking out loud on what heritage is for. substituting one material for a highly modified acidic timber isn't the same neither is using sapele from the Congo. it's the equivalent of using composite slates on an important historic roof. worse it may leach acetic acid when the paint eventually wears off. how can you use old original hardware. to me heritage is more than what it looks like just as important is what it is.

 

[johnnyb]

deterioration of heritage joinery is and should be looked on as completely normal.

 

[johnnyb]

what if someone had cleaned all 18th century planes replaced the irons with o1 replacement prised out the boxing and put tufnol in and put a better blade clamp in. would that then hold any information for our future selves to discover?

 

[Adam W.]

Yes, it would show someones interpretation of conservation of a piece of heritage joinery.

All part of the story.

 

[johnnyb]

Yes, it would show someones interpretation of conservation of a piece of heritage joinery.

All part of the story.

same as triggers broom.(or to be more bojo "the ship of theseus)

 

[Adam W.]

I doubt that bojo thinks that hard.