Recent content by Einari Rystykaemmen

Nice piece of spalted birch. 8) If I may suggest, finish those pieces with oil based laquer. Spalted birch is tend to get pretty soft in time. Laquer also highlights grain figure, warms up birch natural color and protects it from fading. :wink:

Hi, I'm about to purchase relatively small bandsaw to my shop. I do not have much experience with different brands and models of bandsaws. I'm looking for pretty good quality with reasonable price (I know, impossible equation... :lol: ) When searching information around the net, I found...

Yes, I can highly recommend Mirka's Abranet discs and sheets also. Basically I do all my dry sanding with Abranet nowdays. They last much longer and they don't clog as often as "normal" paper-based sanding sheet. And even if it clogs, you can easily blow the net clean and continue sanding like...

After many delays (because of daytime job... :( ) this project is finally finished. I decided go for existing plywood panels though new veneered mdf panels might been better in the end... Anyways, here is glue up of the framework. Panels are floating, so no glue there (frame needs little bit...

Haha! Nice description of Finns, Pekka... :lol:

Yes, nice work for first project. Keep it up! :)

Hi guys and gals, Does anybody have any experience about Holzmann's woodworking machines? Holzmann They look like decent machines with reasonable prices, but you never know... It's time to replace my current table saw and this migh be one option.

Birch could be really tricky, so I took plenty of time searching good quality timber. In northern Finland it's hard to find straight-grained birch, which is essential feature to keep movement under control. If it's straight-grained, it won't move significantly. Not so straight-grained timber...

I hate when daytime job disturbs a hobby too much... :( This project has been on hold several weeks because of long days at work. However I had some progress during this weekend. Bookself frame joinery is almost ready. I decided to go for traditional M&T instead of floating tenon. Main reason...

Generally, yes. I have uninsulated and damp workshop myself. In cold (and damp) time of year, I take my timber with me in my house to minimize these problems. You can work with your boards pretty safely several hours sequentially unless your workshop is extremely damp. Normally few hours...

This is depending a lot on moisture- and internal tension of the timber. Timber can also warp, if it has some internal tensions (even if it is absolutely dry). Personally I resaw timber at least 50% thicker than final thickness and leave it at least a week in warm and dry place to settle down...

16 x 10 ft cold, non-insulated shed. In winter time it's impossible to work there. In autum I have to protect all machinery before freezing weather... :( Fortunately I have a possibility to use some nice workshop with top class machinery once a week in winter time... :wink:

Another vote for Chestnuts Hard Wax Oil. I consider it for my WIP bookshelf also. Need to make some test pieces first before final decision...

Good point, RogerP. Distance betweet those stiles (inner edges) is 200 mm, so most of the bigger books should sit there nicely. Of course design is always compromise between practicality, outfit and match between existing furniture. I'd like to go for this design and learn from it for future...

This is not a true Arts & Carfts style, little bit modern variation of it. All joints will be done with loose tenons (Festool Domino is way out of my budged, over 800€ here... :( ). This is actually first time for me to try that method. Birch is very nice wood to work on and beautiful looking...