Thanks. Give it a try sometime.pennardesign":2tgcxxos said:
Post a photo of the last thing you made
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the most time consuming part was going to shop and choosing the hangers , the rest can be done in less than an hour if you take out the paint drying process , it's just 4pieces of sticks screwed together :roll:
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monkeybiter
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V. nice, I like the shape as much as the wood, looks very 'holdable'/ergonomic.
DTR post video or it never happened 
Here's a few other bits I've finished in the last week
I wanted a bp enamel sign for ages and one finally came up on ebay which was relatively cheap and localish. It must have sat outside for a while as a lot of the edges were rusty and sharp. At some point it must have been used as target practice cause it was full of bullet holes ! The easiest way to overcome it (and the picture rail being in the way) was to make a frame to cover the nasties.
The thing weighs a ton so I thought better be safe than sorry so allowed for plenty of fixings behind the cartridge screw caps. Even though I epoxied the joints and reinforced the corners with metal brackets the sign being so warped and bowed soon caused one joint to snap, followed by another, followed by another. It was quite an experience feeling the tension in the metal pull the poor frame to bits luckily the metal brackets held it all together until it got fixed back to the wall the frame was left sawn with a couple licks of bedec msp paint
Coley
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Here's a few other bits I've finished in the last week
I wanted a bp enamel sign for ages and one finally came up on ebay which was relatively cheap and localish. It must have sat outside for a while as a lot of the edges were rusty and sharp. At some point it must have been used as target practice cause it was full of bullet holes ! The easiest way to overcome it (and the picture rail being in the way) was to make a frame to cover the nasties.
The thing weighs a ton so I thought better be safe than sorry so allowed for plenty of fixings behind the cartridge screw caps. Even though I epoxied the joints and reinforced the corners with metal brackets the sign being so warped and bowed soon caused one joint to snap, followed by another, followed by another. It was quite an experience feeling the tension in the metal pull the poor frame to bits
luckily the metal brackets held it all together until it got fixed back to the wall the frame was left sawn with a couple licks of bedec msp paintColey
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Green oak planters, very wet ( note unpegged joints and boards squeezed up tight)
I left them in the shed for 3 weeks and couldn't believe how much the boards had shrunk !!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought leaving them out in the rain would cure it but they haven't swelled up much at all yet.
I did the tongues 7mm but even now there only in the grooves by about 2mm- shame really - live and learn :?
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I left them in the shed for 3 weeks and couldn't believe how much the boards had shrunk !!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought leaving them out in the rain would cure it but they haven't swelled up much at all yet.
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memzey
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They look really nice! A&C style I see. How thick are the leg posts and rails if you don't mind me asking? They look roughly 3" and 2" respectively. There's a place near me that does green oak sleepers I was thinking of resawing for something similar.
richarddownunder
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monkeybiter":ysnl8cf6 said:
Thanks. Yes, its quite comfy shape to hold I feel, so its the design I think I have settled on to make a small batch of them. This knife-making business has been a bit of a distraction from real woodwork though. Need to get it out of my system so I can get on with the jewellery box I started 6 months ago!
Cheers
Richard
I really like those planter boxes, been looking at designs online but nothing has "popped" for me until now. I'll definitely be making something in those lines, though in something cheaper than oak!
Doug B
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Small Oak table made to go with two insanely cheap Oak IKEA chairs
Benchwayze
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A nice project Doug. I do like the chairs especially, and I wouldn't mind making a trial chair in pine. I have the oak for a table, but I need a full dining size; to " 'show off' the extension, instead of filling it with PC junk!" says SWMBO. it would also avoid stowing dining chairs in unoccupied corners. (I think she's right about the dining chairs, as it happens!)
Nice work Doug.
John
Nice work Doug.
John
Zeddedhed
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Just delivered this bathroom mirror cabinet in American Black Walnut. Customer very pleased. Result.
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Zeddedhed
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Thanks Adam.
The carcass is solid, as are the internal shelves and dividers which you can't see. The back panel is 13mm veneered MDF as are the doors behind the mirrors.
Finished with 4 coats of Osmo Polyx clear Matt
The carcass is solid, as are the internal shelves and dividers which you can't see. The back panel is 13mm veneered MDF as are the doors behind the mirrors.
Finished with 4 coats of Osmo Polyx clear Matt
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custard
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Zeddedhed":2udx3y6a said:
Very smart. If you've got any off-cuts sell them a matching towel rail (but finish with poly as Walnut bleeds into damp white towels).
http://www.heals.com/furniture/bathroom ... orage.html
After many weeks of practice, I finally joined two bits of scrap oak together without being too unhappy with the result!
And here is the same joint with some of its more ugly predecessors.
I am definitely still learning this particular skill, but hopefully I have made most of my share of bad dovetails so that I might now be able to make a few good ones. I suppose I should come up with a project that has some dovetails in it...
Cheers,
Chris
And here is the same joint with some of its more ugly predecessors.
I am definitely still learning this particular skill, but hopefully I have made most of my share of bad dovetails so that I might now be able to make a few good ones. I suppose I should come up with a project that has some dovetails in it...
Cheers,
Chris
