Are you doing a Christmas market this year?
Post a photo of the last thing you made
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Stigmorgan
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Yup, possibly 2. One with the local scouts on 29th and another small one at school on the 8th december
Is oak really challenging to turn? I have only done a few tool handles with bits and bobs at hand. Love the spalted things.
Stigmorgan
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It can be, when green it turns beautifully, when dry it's hard as a rock, once salted it's a mix of soft and hard spots, the key as always is a sharp edge on the tool.
Burrs, please, Stig, not burls. You're not American.
Stigmorgan
Established Member
I always get it wrong, guess its because 99% of YouTubers I watch drive on the wrong side of the road
Doug B
Shy Tot
This has been keeping me quite for a while, mainly weekend work with a mate on a new workshop, (not mine I hasten to add) while the weathers been good we’ve been cladding the outside with green oak
The doors are galvanised steel frames insulated & clad in painted pine t& g.
Not a great photo showing the running gear the doors are hung on the bottom runs in a track in the concrete floor.
As this weekend the forecast wasn’t good we’ve started on the ceiling, 16mm thick t&g random length boards.
100sq/m in 2 days is fairly tiring I’ve got to admit, perhaps my wife’s right I should act my age but where’s the fun in that
still a fair bit to do but at least this weekend finally feels like we’ve broken the back of it.
The doors are galvanised steel frames insulated & clad in painted pine t& g.
Not a great photo showing the running gear the doors are hung on the bottom runs in a track in the concrete floor.
As this weekend the forecast wasn’t good we’ve started on the ceiling, 16mm thick t&g random length boards.
100sq/m in 2 days is fairly tiring I’ve got to admit, perhaps my wife’s right I should act my age but where’s the fun in that
still a fair bit to do but at least this weekend finally feels like we’ve broken the back of it.
Stunning!
Oak cladding must be expensive compared to the usual larch/cedar options? Although it doesn't look like a budget build to be fair!
scooby
Established Member
Neighbour recently took up all his ipe decking and said I could have it. Even after sorting out all the rubbish, I was left with boat loads of the stuff. Probably sounds ungrateful as it was free but it’s the most evil timber to work with, splinters galore and destroyed thicknesser blades.
As a thank you I made him an Adirondack from the veritas plans (bought them back in 2020). The one pictured is number 3…I think I’m up to 7 now…
As a thank you I made him an Adirondack from the veritas plans (bought them back in 2020). The one pictured is number 3…I think I’m up to 7 now…
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Jameshow
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scooby
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lol…I’ll just say Greater Manchester ( that was the one sunny day of the year). To be honest, I’ve not got much of the timber left as I’ve made the chairs, other bits/bobs and a fair bit of it was either ready made propellers or had wood worm. Probably why he gave it me (to get rid of)
eribaMotters
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Just finished making a chair for our first grandchild who recently turned one. We'll see if I guessed the sizes correctly on Thursday.
Colin
Colin
Great work Doug and a very grand workshop. I love the veranda.keeping me quite for a while, mainly weekend work with a mate on a new workshop, (not mine I hasten to add) while the weathers been good we’ve been cladding the outside with green oak
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The doors are galvanised steel frames insulated & clad in painted pine t& g.
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Not a great photo showing the running gear the doors are hung on the bottom runs in a track in the concrete floor.
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As this weekend the forecast wasn’t good we’ve started on the ceiling, 16mm thick t&g random length boards.
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100sq/m in 2 days is fairly tiring I’ve got to admit, perhaps my wife’s right I should act my age but where’s the fun in that
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still a fair bit to do but at least this weekend finally feels like we’ve broken the back of it.
robgul
Barry Bucknell is my hero
A carpenter's mallet made from some oddments/offcuts of oak and red? hardwood I bought on ebay.
To use the various pieces of timber I had to be creative with cutting and gluing pieces together to get the laminated effect and contrasting wedges.
It's very much an "art piece" just produced for a bit of fun
To use the various pieces of timber I had to be creative with cutting and gluing pieces together to get the laminated effect and contrasting wedges.
It's very much an "art piece" just produced for a bit of fun
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How will the poor man manage in such a cramped dark place.... oozing jealousyThis has been keeping me quite for a while, mainly weekend work with a mate on a new workshop, (not mine I hasten to add) while the weathers been good we’ve been cladding the outside with green oak
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The doors are galvanised steel frames insulated & clad in painted pine t& g.
View attachment 169310
Not a great photo showing the running gear the doors are hung on the bottom runs in a track in the concrete floor.
View attachment 169311
As this weekend the forecast wasn’t good we’ve started on the ceiling, 16mm thick t&g random length boards.
View attachment 169308
100sq/m in 2 days is fairly tiring I’ve got to admit, perhaps my wife’s right I should act my age but where’s the fun in that
View attachment 169307
still a fair bit to do but at least this weekend finally feels like we’ve broken the back of it.
Jameshow
Established Member
I was joking you have generous neighbours!!
scooby
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True. He’s a very wealthy business owner (and a nice bloke) so money isn’t really a big concern for him. I told him there was a fair amount of monetary value in the timber, he wasn’t bothered.
At the time, he was having some landscaping done and the guys working there would randomly take the odd length of the decking without asking. He urged the other neighbour and I to take it all before they had anymore lol.
Other neighbour took a small amount, I think for planters. He ended up pestering me for a chair (think that was number 5). I’m tempted to burn the templates at the moment.
