What are you working on currently?

kadman wrote: »

Pic of the door please.
And what price per cube is sapele now?

thanks.

I'm not sure how much a cube it is. I just went in with my cut list and went through the bale of Sapele, measured out what I wanted. Had to cut the boards to get them in the car!

In all I got

4 1/2" x 2" by 15' (1 off)
5" x 2" by 15' (2 off)
7 1/2" x 2 by 15' (1 off)

Qty 4.583 ft3 (price €37.25) Total €210 Inc vat.

I actually had a little too much, have some left over which I can use for other projects. I'd estimate the raw cost of timber for the door about €150/60 maybe.

bamayang wrote: »

Any idea what timber this is lads? Wife is looking for similar made.

Poplar, Eucalyptus or spalted Holly possibly, looks almost like marble, having worked with a lot of Olive Ash I would say it's not Ash.
Carpentry store was open during level 5 Lockdown

Amazing work, where did you buy the wood?

magicbastarder wrote: »

i like to think this looks like a tie fighter.



the epoxy was to fill a vein of rot which had run up through the tree (a small cherry). i don't particularly like working with epoxy, i like to be able to dump the shavings all around the garden knowing it's all biodegradable.

Really interesting piece. What lathe are you using?

Made a light fitting out of some copper sheeting, oak and a LED kit:









Cut the depth of the copper off the sides of the oak (96 x 44 x 1000mm) using the table saw:



Routed for the flush mount LED strip profile-connected both in series, 50/60W driver mounted in the ceiling:





Filed down & rounded any rough edges, sanded with RO sander to 320 grit. Got the hanging wires from amazon, they were plastic coated so I could super glue the 12V cable to them, avoid having to use tie-wraps.

thats lovely. where did you get the lights

the_pen_turner wrote: »

thats lovely. where did you get the lights

Thanks, I got the LED strip (5M), 2.4M profile, 12V driver and connectors from Hafele for about €60-70 all in.

pnecilcaser wrote: »

Amazing work, where did you buy the wood?

Sorry only seeing this now, is that question for me? If so, I got all the wood in Brooks in Sligo.

I'm thinking Monkey Puzzle tree. ( Chilean Pine ) Ciaran Forbes, the monk /turner in Glenstal Abbey used to make huge bowls from it.

bamayang wrote: »

Decided to try a live edge bowl for the first time. Probably could have picked an easier piece of wood to work with for first go.
Wasn’t sure the plan of the design until I was half way through. Thought the tea light holder might be a good look for it.
Very hard stuff to turn.

Is that your piece of bog oak?

CelticRambler wrote: »

Is that your piece of bog oak?

Ya, Uncle gave me 3 logs about 12” x 24”. That’s first time doing anything with it. It’s very hard stuff.

magicbastarder wrote: »

i've seen a demo of it being turned wet - though i think it was not allowed dry out at any point from being removed from the bog for that.

I’d say these are out of the bog a good few years now, fairly bone dry.
Made a mortar and pestle out of another bit today. Came out ok.

pnecilcaser wrote: »

this is beautiful well done, as soon as i can, im going to try the wood turning course in my local school

That’s how I started out about 6 years ago. It’s a good way of trying without any major commitment cost wise.