What are you working on currently?

kadman · 30-07-2021 11:13pm

Its a nice change from a standard turned bowl, and the finish of the paintwork looks well.

30-07-2021 11:30pm

I’ll take the woodworking chat over on **** at this stage. Can’t be bothered with the crap user experience here.

kadman · 31-07-2021 8:49am

Sadly its like too much hard work here, and it seems to have no light at the end of the tunnel as far as I can see.

Any one want a one owner unused banning hammer, apply within😜

seannash · 01-08-2021 10:04pm

Jesus its shocking how bad the site is. Whoever signed off on this iteration of it should be fired

cletus · 02-08-2021 3:36pm

We'll all get used to the site, I'm sure folks, (even if it does feel like a pain in the arse to use)

I normally wouldn't even bother posting this, but might as well try keep the ball rolling here. This is a rough and ready storage shelf thing for bicycle accoutrements.

It's going on the wall of the shed, so not overly concerned with finish, although I'll probably give it a final sanding and slap on a bit of stain. It's been made with odds and ends from the scrap bucket. The deep storage pocket at the bottom will take gloves, skull cap thing for cold weather etc., the shelf above will take smaller items like my bike computer, and I'll probably put some hooks on to hold keys, bike lock etc.

The Duk · 04-08-2021 6:58pm

Table saw is level, power is up, work top next and then on to the vacuum solution.

bamayang · 04-08-2021 7:30pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117706541#Comment_117706541

Did you buy or make the MFT top? Just purchased a makita track saw myself and interested in setting up a small mft table if there’s an easy way of getting a top.

The Duk · 04-08-2021 8:08pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117706710#Comment_117706710

Bought a template from these guys but its no longer available https://www.247wood.nl/en/mft-tools. Theres cheap template options using a drill and forstner bits, have a search for mft on adverts for example.

The Duk · 07-08-2021 6:19pm

Old pink (credit the 5 year old) ply shed door cut down for worktop.

seannash · 07-08-2021 8:30pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117706541#Comment_117706541

Im very jealous, i have zero space to set up anything. All my jobs take ages because of that reason which is very frustrating.

Best of luck with the setup

The Duk · 07-08-2021 8:49pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117721319#Comment_117721319

Cheers, just clamping and cutting was a joy today compared to what I usually have to resort to!

seannash · 12-08-2021 4:29pm

Finally managed to make a wee frame for my Christmas present from the missus. The ikea one she got for it wasnt tight enough.

Gonna throw some osmo on it also. Hardly highly skilled work but happy enough with the result

mayo.mick · 12-08-2021 8:13pm

Got a nice 3" thick slab of natural edge Apple a few months back. Finally got to turn a piece from it.

Alun · 12-08-2021 8:30pm

Very nice. If I didn't know, I'd have said it was Ash. I've only ever turned tiny pieces of apple branches, never seen anything that big before.

13-08-2021 12:33am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117744482#Comment_117744482

Lovely bowl. An awful waste of fantastic saw handles though. 😉

mayo.mick · 13-08-2021 5:59pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117744542#Comment_117744542

It looks a bit like Ash alright. A lot easier to turn, Ash can be very tough on the chisels.

kadman · 14-08-2021 12:18am

I would have said ash too. I turned a good bit of apple before, but not big stuff.

I always found it very unstable, and a bugger for twisting and warping. Probably could have been drier for me.

very powerful grain in the bowl, it looks very well.😉

magicbastarder · 14-08-2021 10:25am

i really like turning apple. cuts well, not tough on the gouge. i've never been lucky enough to get large pieces, but often favour natural edge stuff where splitting won't be as much of an issue - but i've learned to store the wood indoors (in the house, not just in the shed) for a couple of months before finish turning it. one example here:

kadman · 14-08-2021 9:22pm

I think you will find any fruitwood a joy to turn.

I remember a neighbour giving me a load of plum wood for free. My workshop smelled of jam for weeks after. It was great.

Lots of character in fruitwoods too. Nice turnings there, I like them natural edge and not fussy, lets the wood shine through.

Far too nice for JZ's saw handles.

Perish the thought sir😁

mayo.mick · 15-08-2021 1:05pm

Saw handles 😮

kadman · 15-08-2021 2:53pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117757261#Comment_117757261

Handles for handsaws,

http://www.disstonianinstitute.com/quickglance.html

magicbastarder · 15-08-2021 5:01pm

fork handles?

Esel · 15-08-2021 7:18pm

Four candles, surely?

magicbastarder · 15-08-2021 10:40pm

no, four candles.

Esel · 16-08-2021 1:37am

Doh! 🤤

mayo.mick · 16-08-2021 8:33pm

Some nicely figured Ash planks I got recently.

16-08-2021 11:12pm

Some lovely tool handles in waiting there.

Foggy Jew · 16-08-2021 11:24pm

The kitchen table.

Oops. Sorry. Though I was on the “Working From Home’ thread. My bad

cletus · 17-08-2021 11:18am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117695430#Comment_117695430

Back home for a few days, and I finished this piece off. Worked out grand

Dunno why it came out sideways

Esel · 18-08-2021 12:01am

^ Chinese saw? 🙂

cletus · 18-08-2021 12:13pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117769715#Comment_117769715

????

Esel · 18-08-2021 8:56pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117771023#Comment_117771023

A bad attempt at a joke - saw cutting horizontally instead of vertically, so out by 90⁰.....

cletus · 18-08-2021 9:01pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117773561#Comment_117773561

😀😀

The Duk · 28-08-2021 1:25pm

New Drawers

magicbastarder · 03-09-2021 9:43pm

just faffing around making christmas decorations out of odds and ends of wood and bits of branchwood to make mushrooms .

kadman · 04-09-2021 10:58am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117844103#Comment_117844103

Nice job there magic. I think its confirmed, you are definitely a woodturning addict😁

glynf · 05-09-2021 6:48pm

Hello all, I built another sideboard since I was here last, got some 8 x 1 and 4 x 2 oak planks for relatively reasonable money (reason being most of them were like feckin bananas 😐️):

Started by planing them, then jointing them with a table saw & low angle jack plane:

A lot of the boards ended up as thin as 16mm when I got them flat, I used the thinner ones for a coffee table:

Glued up carcass/frame, 1800W x 400H x 380D:

Fitting the doors, 4 inset & 4 full overlay hinges:

Routing for the back panel, made up of 16mm scraps from the coffee table:

The legs/frame-I angled them about 8° Front to back:

6mm threaded inserts to fix the frame to the carcass:

After much sanding (up to 220) and two coats of osmo poly-x matt, the finished item:

Delighted overall how it came out, I still need to plug the countersunk bolts, and I’m not completely happy how the full overlay hinges left the center gap 1.5mm more than the gap between the doors so I might epoxy a strip of brass into it eventually. It nearly took me as long to figure out how to upload the pics as to build this...

glynf · 05-09-2021 7:17pm

The coffee table; I got the legs for €50 online a while back. I don't need a coffee table, so will end up selling it, I just couldn't stop after the sideboard😁

The Duk · 06-09-2021 1:56pm

Fantastic job Glynf, re. the sideboard legs are they just glued up? Are there domino's, screws or dowels involved?

glynf · 06-09-2021 3:25pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117853605#Comment_117853605

Thank you. I used two 8 x 40 dominos & glue at each joint, worked out plenty strong enough.

magicbastarder · 08-09-2021 10:11pm

tree surgeons taking some dead standing elms down today in the grounds of DCU, so i snaffled a bit. i was sweating buckets onto the inside of the face shield processing these.

kadman · 09-09-2021 7:16pm

Nice little capture there magicb, I am jealous for sure😀

magicbastarder · 09-09-2021 8:43pm

btw, my chainsaw work leaves a bit to be desired. i usually end up making curving cuts - as in they curve back in towards me.

bamayang · 22-09-2021 8:03pm

Jesus Glynf that’s another level with the sideboard!! InCredible craft, love the bevel on the internal edge of the front frame.

bamayang · 22-09-2021 8:23pm

Have a table top (made of 2 joined slabs) that has partially split. Going to rip it in half and rejoin it properly, got a track saw to do it. Very nervous about doing it, has anyone attempted similar, any advise before I make a complete mess of it?

is the track saw likely to leave two jointable edges?

glynf · 23-09-2021 5:56pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117925929#Comment_117925929

I don't have a jointer, so have used a track saw a few times to joint longer boards-usually 19-20mm thick-with no issues. I tidied up the glue faces with a low angle jack plane that has a fence. Works well for me especially if the track saw blade is nice and sharp; the fence keeps the edge perpendicular to the front if the board, maybe a bit harder to free hand it without one. I have seen a video on youtube of a lad making one from 12mm ply as well.

edit:

Here's the one-odd choice of music...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJDWxY0sNqA

Wossack · 23-09-2021 7:21pm

Paul sellers howto on edge jointing, may be of use

https://youtu.be/h-vMtS_j4cY

Do you have enough clamps for the glue up afterwards? That can be a bit of a stumbling block

Halycon · 08-10-2021 2:42pm

Been working on a farmhouse style table, mostly with hand tools. Its been slow and tedious, but very rewarding when it goes right

I love drawboring

Not sure why this wont rotate

Breadboard ends with more drawbores and allowing for wood movement

The joinery is nearly done, I need to plane, sand and finish now. Having trouble getting tinted hard wax oil though. Would like a few samples to test, as I want a more grey colour than the yellow that pine tends to go.