ScaredyCat
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I've not glued the top to the legs at all, at the moment it's fully 'portable' 
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stuartpaul
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I've been nagged by the MIL for quite some time to make her a box so with her 80th approaching I thought I'd make her a couple.
L to R: Sycamore (from their garden) and Iroko, Rosewood (reclaimed) and burr oak, sycamore and american black walnut.
The wife has dibs on the rosewood/oak but the other two will be pressies.
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L to R: Sycamore (from their garden) and Iroko, Rosewood (reclaimed) and burr oak, sycamore and american black walnut.
The wife has dibs on the rosewood/oak but the other two will be pressies.
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ScaredyCat
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stuartpaul":1rz9y451 said:
Those look really nice indeed. Are the legs fixed in any way other than glue (eg mini mortice & tenon) ? Also I see no hinges, how did you do that?
I'd be interested in the whole build process if you have the time.
thetyreman
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nice bench scardeycat, and nice boxes stuart, interesting design
nev
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ScaredyCat":9jcxn8m6 said:
+1
and preferably in a new thread of its own so we can find it easily in the future
devonwoody
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Nice boxes StuartPaul, I.m eighty but nobody sends me any.
I completed this at the weekend for "Her Indoors"
We decorated the conservatory a few weeks back and wanted something to hide a treadmill we keep in there.
The timber is BnQ's finest clear pine (please don't shoot me!). Joinery is all mortise and tenon with captive grooves holding 6mm MDF panels covered in wallpaper.
Finish is mahogany coloured Danish oil, 4 coats.
I am quite pleased with the result, it is certainly better than seeing the treadmill anyway!
We decorated the conservatory a few weeks back and wanted something to hide a treadmill we keep in there.
The timber is BnQ's finest clear pine (please don't shoot me!). Joinery is all mortise and tenon with captive grooves holding 6mm MDF panels covered in wallpaper.
Finish is mahogany coloured Danish oil, 4 coats.
I am quite pleased with the result, it is certainly better than seeing the treadmill anyway!
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thetyreman
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made an acoustic panel for my recording/home studio, it will be going on the ceiling at some point, I experimented with draw bore pins in this case they were really useful,
for the inner frame it's all lap joints, pinned to the outer frame with nails, the design is my own, I wanted something that looked like Japanese Shojii, I've got three more to make at some point.
for the inner frame it's all lap joints, pinned to the outer frame with nails, the design is my own, I wanted something that looked like Japanese Shojii, I've got three more to make at some point.
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Santas Workshop.
3 year long project which I've finally finished. Everything in it scratch built
Never again!
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3 year long project which I've finally finished. Everything in it scratch built
Never again!
P1160666 by [url=https://flic.kr/p/ZHtPmU]
P1160649 by [url=https://flic.kr/p/YHtv9h]
P1160657 by [url=https://flic.kr/p/YHttP3]
P1160661 by [url=https://flic.kr/p/ZHtKj5]
P1160665 by https://www.flickr.com/photos/139343170@N05/Bob Graham
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That's beautiful, congratulations.
That's absolutely fantastic ! Would have been a great wip to follow.Doris":46txdhdf said:Santas Workshop.
3 year long project which I've finally finished. Everything in it scratch built
Never again!
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Thanks gents.ColeyS1":1gpu6grb said:That's absolutely fantastic ! Would have been a great wip to follow.Doris":1gpu6grb said:Santas Workshop.
3 year long project which I've finally finished. Everything in it scratch built
Never again!
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I'm working on a wip thread atm. There's about 100 photos to upload. So it's taking some time to do
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devonwoody
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Super piece of craftmanship and skill, you must be proud of this one.
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That is wonderful!
The more I look the more I notice Doris. That's exquisite. The planes, the binding on the books, the legvice. Blooming Legvice! Dogholes! :shock: The The tiny gold pint mugs. It really is quite exceptional. (My absolute favourite is the Robot. ) Gave me a big smile. Many thanks for sharing. I'm in absolute awe of your patience and eyesight.
Hope you're well and well done again. Amazing in the best and true sense of the word. Incredible work. =D>
Chris
Edit: My Mrs just walked past and loves it too. x (hammer)
) Gave me a big smile. Many thanks for sharing. I'm in absolute awe of your patience and eyesight. Hope you're well and well done again. Amazing in the best and true sense of the word. Incredible work. =D>
Chris
Edit: My Mrs just walked past and loves it too. x (hammer)
Bowl in sapele (filthy stuff). Inside and endgrain dyed with Morrell's orange dye. The underside finished then hot melt glued to scrap. Fiddes hard wax oil. Ill give it some m/c tomorrow. I was going to curve the sides inwards fromcorner to corner, but I'd have had to use the freestanding rest, which is impractical at the moment. Lopping the corners allowed me to work from just outboard of the bed. Done for tomorrow night's club TOTY competition - anything decorated.
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monkeybiter
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I like that, my sort of thing; useful too, change bowl or key bowl perhaps?
I do like a smooth bottom when appropriate, I usually resort to an opening that I can grip directly with taped jaws. Did you have any difficulty removing hot glue residue?
I do like a smooth bottom when appropriate, I usually resort to an opening that I can grip directly with taped jaws. Did you have any difficulty removing hot glue residue?
Yes - a "life bowl" - it'd be good for that. The wooden mounting disc was faceplate mounted and stuck to the other side first, then I finished the bottom to 240 grit, marked it with several concentric circles so it could be centred (because of the design it would have looked horrible if uneven) and stuck in three places with 2" lines of hot melt. I cut through the hot melt as best I could without taking chances then softened it with isopropyl and just rubbed it gently until it peeled off. I didn't polish it first, as for one I didn't want to take the chance on the adhesion and for two I suspected slight damage and therefore subsequent refinishing - this transpired to be unnecessary, a gentle steaming and a brief rub with 240 was enough. It looks as if there are scratches or tears across the bottom, but they're tricks of the light. The bottom is about 4mm or 5mm hollow to try to avoid its rocking, it's about 14" across, so maybe a good example of why a chuck isn't an absolute necessity (I do have one).
