PeteG
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I've made a couple of the plant pot holders for Mothers Day, in Oak. Although I can't decide how to finish them, was thinking linseed oil!
A little story about the wood!
I mentioned in passing to my mum that I was after some nice wood and without saying anything, she spent several hours driving round timber yards in Lancashire.
A couple of days later I get a phone call, "Get the kettle and open the side gate". My good old mum is outside with 19 pieces of rough sawn Oak and Iroko. What a star
I haven't made anything in Oak before and they took quite a bit longer to cut than the one I did plywood. I had a little accident with the little girl holding the umbrella,
my hands felt a bit numb after a few hours cutting and I dropped it, it fell on the tip of the umbrella and broke a bit off!
I made this one to practise cutting letters, again in Oak.
I used Ash for the fish.
Ash again for the cross. I didn't pay attention to template which asked for 1/2" stock, I used 1" which was way too think for the little heart shaped base it should have been on.
A couple of penguins in Ash, nice and easy to cut and good fun
Saturday night I decided to have a go at this little chap, a mouse sat on a piece of cheese. Our lass thought it was brilliant but then tells me I'm becoming obsessed, and with her next breath tells me
to make another one! Don't figure
As luck would have it, on Sunday I get a mail shot from Steve Good with plans for a shelf cat. It has to be a deep shelf for the cat to sit on, but it works great on a box of Ritz crackers
I've made a proper mess in the shed but had great fun this past week. I've loss count of how many hours I've spent, the amount of tea I've drunk and the number of blades I've broken.
So I'm off to clean the mess up and carry on with this obsession :lol:
A little story about the wood!
I mentioned in passing to my mum that I was after some nice wood and without saying anything, she spent several hours driving round timber yards in Lancashire.
A couple of days later I get a phone call, "Get the kettle and open the side gate". My good old mum is outside with 19 pieces of rough sawn Oak and Iroko. What a star
I haven't made anything in Oak before and they took quite a bit longer to cut than the one I did plywood. I had a little accident with the little girl holding the umbrella,
my hands felt a bit numb after a few hours cutting and I dropped it, it fell on the tip of the umbrella and broke a bit off!
I made this one to practise cutting letters, again in Oak.
I used Ash for the fish.
Ash again for the cross. I didn't pay attention to template which asked for 1/2" stock, I used 1" which was way too think for the little heart shaped base it should have been on.
A couple of penguins in Ash, nice and easy to cut and good fun
Saturday night I decided to have a go at this little chap, a mouse sat on a piece of cheese. Our lass thought it was brilliant but then tells me I'm becoming obsessed, and with her next breath tells me
to make another one! Don't figure
As luck would have it, on Sunday I get a mail shot from Steve Good with plans for a shelf cat. It has to be a deep shelf for the cat to sit on, but it works great on a box of Ritz crackers
I've made a proper mess in the shed but had great fun this past week. I've loss count of how many hours I've spent, the amount of tea I've drunk and the number of blades I've broken.
So I'm off to clean the mess up and carry on with this obsession :lol: