Stigmorgan
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Finished the hair/scarf rings and pins today, rings are all from the red conifer wood, 2 pins are silver birch, 2 are hazel and 2 are from some scraps possibly from pallets. All sanded to 240 then waxed.
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nosuchhounds
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Fantastic, I look forwards to your next one!
Burr maple coffee table now completed
A friend said can you make a tea caddy with the escher style tumbling block lid?
Doug71
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Folding shutters for 2 windows, of course they were not both the same size, nearly but not quite.
Made of Tulipwood and MR MDF, a great combination for painting. I've had my Domino since they first came out and it still feels like it's cheating every time I use it . I never used to see the point in the wide setting on the Domino, too much wiggle room I thought, but it does make sense if you make your own loose tenons
My mitre saw has died so all the cuts were done on the panel saw, it's actually more accurate than the mitre saw which I guess is to be expected, must get that Fritz and Franz jig made.
All fitted okay, don't know when window boards stopped being a thing?
And they finished nicely level with the reveal, you would think it was planned.
Made of Tulipwood and MR MDF, a great combination for painting. I've had my Domino since they first came out and it still feels like it's cheating every time I use it . I never used to see the point in the wide setting on the Domino, too much wiggle room I thought, but it does make sense if you make your own loose tenons
My mitre saw has died so all the cuts were done on the panel saw, it's actually more accurate than the mitre saw which I guess is to be expected, must get that Fritz and Franz jig made.
All fitted okay, don't know when window boards stopped being a thing?
And they finished nicely level with the reveal, you would think it was planned.
Beautiful design and excellent craftsmanship
Fred
Stigmorgan
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A couple of (not very good) offerings today, a silver birch tea light holder type thing made from a length of branch with a crotch at the end
And second I offer for your critique a piece of c@rp made from an iroko board and a handful of crayons just because I've seen a couple of youtubers do it and I wanted to have a go, it wasn't quite as easy as I expected, removing the paper wrap and breaking into pieces is monotonous, the hot air gun melts the crayons fine but also blows the melted wax all over the place creating a huge mess, the wax doesn't flow into all voids and also does not set very level and finally, it's difficult to apply a finished to the wax because it's so soft even once cooled, but I've done it and who knows, someone might even buy it to hand on their wall as a piece of art
And second I offer for your critique a piece of c@rp made from an iroko board and a handful of crayons just because I've seen a couple of youtubers do it and I wanted to have a go, it wasn't quite as easy as I expected, removing the paper wrap and breaking into pieces is monotonous, the hot air gun melts the crayons fine but also blows the melted wax all over the place creating a huge mess, the wax doesn't flow into all voids and also does not set very level and finally, it's difficult to apply a finished to the wax because it's so soft even once cooled, but I've done it and who knows, someone might even buy it to hand on their wall as a piece of art
I am inspired now to attempt a dovetail. Thanks for sharing.
Stigmorgan
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The boards are from primary school cloakroom benches I took out a few years ago, not sure they would have used mahogany for them
He did say "a" mahogany - I think I'd go along with that.
My latest efforts in my turning adventures I'm not one for easter normally but got invited to Stephs family easter bash so spent a few days knocking these out. The everlasting easter egg collection.
Hornbeam
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Great first box. Our own mistakes are always more glaring as we know where we made them
Looking forwards to the next one
Hornbeam
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This is a desk tidy box made as a leaving present. The Coloured panels are made from painted steel which is what person sold for 30 years. The painted steel is loosely bonded onto birch ply backing panels and is trapped all round by the rebate in the frame. The colours were chosen to represent Burnley FC which is his passion. Inside is maple veneer. Framing was some material I had lying around but think it is greenheart (which is horrible to work with. Dust and splinters
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Stigmorgan
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SWMBO was out for the day so once I had got my butt out of bed and had some lunch I headed out to the makerspace to see what could be created, first had a little tidy up then picked up a stick of Hazel and twig pot came to mind so I made 5 cute little ones from it, then I took an oak branch and made a bigger one, all sanded to 240 then given a coat of teak oil (Just because I've not used it in a while) I'm pretty happy with them, I've already listed the Oak one for sale but not sure if I'm gonna do the small ones separately or as a set of 5.
Nice pressie for a Burnley fan
Top of the oak is stunning
Stigmorgan
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Ever wake up with the feeling of De ja vu? I did today and couldn't shake it all morning at work so when I finished work at 11 I figured I may as well go out to the makerspace and make some more bud vases, 4 more hazel and one oak
