What are you working on currently?

Esel · 08-12-2018 1:16am

Japanese saw?

chillyspoon · 27-12-2018 3:29pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

just working on a simple three legged stool. will earn my chops in the morning if i can pare off the ends of the tenons without marking the top of the stool.

did you get that stool finished in the end?

magicbastarder · 27-12-2018 3:39pm

i did. i need a more elegant way of mounting the top on the lathe, though. a better way to hide the mounting point.

paring off the ends of the tenons was not easy, the legs are made of oak.

chillyspoon · 27-12-2018 3:48pm

I think that's lovely and the mounting point looks like a design feature!

bamayang · 27-12-2018 4:05pm

Why not reverse the piece and put the mounting mortise on the underside.
Screw the faceplate into the top and use the screw holes as the eventual leg holes.

Bonzo Delaney · 27-12-2018 4:34pm

bamayang wrote: »

Why not reverse the piece and put the mounting mortise on the underside.
Screw the faceplate into the top and use the screw holes as the eventual leg holes.

Everyday's a school day 👍

magicbastarder · 27-12-2018 4:56pm

the only faceplate option i had on hand leaves a ring of screw holes on a circle not much bigger than the mortise on the top, so they're currently visible underneath.

chillyspoon · 28-12-2018 6:47pm

Made a couple of beer totes for my two brothers-in-law for Christmas:

magicbastarder · 20-01-2019 10:14am

magicbastarder wrote: »

i did. i need a more elegant way of mounting the top on the lathe, though. a better way to hide the mounting point.

paring off the ends of the tenons was not easy, the legs are made of oak.

well, that didn't work out. the legs came loose - it was for my sister, who lives in a sauna, and it seems the legs shrunk (more than the seat) and popped out.

they're different woods, the legs are oak and the seat was some sort of hardwood rescued from old window boards being thrown out when we had our windows replaced.

mayo.mick · 20-01-2019 2:51pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

i did. i need a more elegant way of mounting the top on the lathe, though. a better way to hide the mounting point.

paring off the ends of the tenons was not easy, the legs are made of oak.

You could glue it to a sacrificial block in your chuck using hot melt glue gun?

magicbastarder · 28-01-2019 12:18am

just finished a tea light holder made from a three way crotch in a piece of applewood.
the vertical line which looks black was a split that developed as the wood dried, filled with clear epoxy. very simple finish, i just rubbed some lemon oil into it.

copperhead · 19-03-2019 2:14pm

Finally finished My computer desk
Was made to be easily broken down and transported, all parts fit in my car and to assemble / disassemble a size 13mm socket is all that's required,
All made with mdf and some 2x2 pine
Top of desk is 7mm laminated mdf glued on 18mm mdf, with a black piece of acrylic and finished with a pour of clear epoxy, 43 ins telly is going to be living on the shelf where the toys are now

MickeyShtyles · 19-03-2019 3:02pm

copperhead wrote: »

Finally finished My computer desk
Was made to be easily broken down and transported, all parts fit in my car and to assemble / disassemble a size 13mm socket is all that's required,
All made with mdf and some 2x2 pine
Top of desk is 7mm laminated mdf glued on 18mm mdf, with a black piece of acrylic and finished with a pour of clear epoxy, 43 ins telly is going to be living on the shelf where the toys are now

Now that is some tasty work.
Fair play to ya.
3/4” mdf, heavy enough so?

copperhead · 19-03-2019 9:30pm

MickeyShtyles wrote: »

Now that is some tasty work.
Fair play to ya.
3/4” mdf, heavy enough so?

thanks very much
regarding 3/4" being heavy enough i really hope so haha :pac:
the 18mm on its own spanning that gap id imagine will sag pretty bad, im hoping that my 18mm glued to the 7mm and with the layer of epoxy resin whitch is basically a glue, that it will be enough only time will tell i guess

MickeyShtyles · 21-03-2019 8:56pm

copperhead wrote: »

thanks very much
regarding 3/4" being heavy enough i really hope so haha :pac:
the 18mm on its own spanning that gap id imagine will sag pretty bad, im hoping that my 18mm glued to the 7mm and with the layer of epoxy resin whitch is basically a glue, that it will be enough only time will tell i guess

I’ve used 1/2 inch in the past for shelving for tools. Decent bit of weight on top infairness and it managed alright.

Sparks · 21-03-2019 11:30pm

Working on a carved oak box again.

And playing around with seeing what it looks like when you fill the relief carving with resin.

chillyspoon · 22-03-2019 6:43pm

I'm doing something bizarre at the moment - I'm working on a handle for a seriously crappy and handle-less kitchen knife that my father-in-law left lying around our farm yard!

I'm at the rough shaping stage and hope to get it finished this weekend. The yew looks amazing and was literally a piece of scrap I pulled from the firewood pile (with permission) at one of our local sawmills!

Sparks · 01-04-2019 6:48pm

So I was planning on doing some resin inlay on a desk I'm working on and then one of our team at work went on holiday to Peru and left his mug behind him in Dublin. And was scheduled to return on April 1.

So what happens next is entirely his fault.

chillyspoon · 01-04-2019 8:16pm

Sparks wrote: »

So I was planning on doing some resin inlay on a desk I'm working on and then one of our team at work went on holiday to Peru and left his mug behind him in Dublin. And was scheduled to return on April 1.

So what happens next is entirely his fault.

Classic, love it!

jack of all · 01-04-2019 10:38pm

This is a very simple project, a small tool charging station, with a drawer for spare batteries, chargers go on top. Great way to use up some scraps of 1/2" pine shuttering ply that were lingering in the scrap pile. Design lifted from a youtube instructional.

The Master · 02-04-2019 9:04am

Some new guitars I finished recently

Ash body, Maple neck and fingerboard.
body finished in shou sugi ban style

Poplar body with flame maple top, Maple neck and fingerboard
Body stained and lacquered

chillyspoon · 02-04-2019 1:44pm

I finally got around to finishing the handle on the partially done knife I posted a while back - still haven't given it away yet because I decided to make a saya with some internal magnets at the last minute; which is now in progress.

Here's the knife anyway - I'm happy with it; sanded to 1200 so it's smooth and tactile, with a nice balance.

By the way - the tiny dark line on the handle where the sharp part of the blade meets the handle is actually bark - so technically it's a "live edge" knife handle. I was really up against limits to get a handle out of the bit of scrap yew that I used

brane.nikic87 · 03-04-2019 4:20pm

Last summer I built this garden table from scrap wood I found laying in the yard of my last company. I only had lidl foldable workbench, battery drill, recip saw, rotary sander and set of cheap chisels.

Since then I acquired plenty of tools and equipment and now I have designed this benches to match the table and I am working on them every day for an hour or two.

jack of all · 05-04-2019 8:47am

Finished tool charging station.

mankteln · 05-04-2019 10:52am

Nearly finished laying reclaimed floorboards (Canadian maple from an old orange hall lol) in my kitchen. Next step sanding and then skirting boards. Anyone any tips for where to pick up skirting boards?

05-04-2019 11:57am

mankteln wrote: »

Nearly finished laying reclaimed floorboards (Canadian maple from an old orange hall lol) in my kitchen. Next step sanding and then skirting boards. Anyone any tips for where to pick up skirting boards?

How did you fare with removing all the spittle/phlegm from those boards?

mankteln · 13-04-2019 2:56pm

JayZeus wrote: »

How did you fare with removing all the spittle/phlegm from those boards?

Haha they're going to be great for marching on!

magicbastarder · 15-04-2019 11:06pm

i could have timed this better, given this evening's events; first time trying a decent burn on a bowl.

jack of all · 17-04-2019 5:36pm

Another simple one- I need a lead dresser/ bossing stick to do a small bit of lead work in the next few weeks so I made this from a nice piece of dense hardwood I had. Not sure what wood it is, it's good and dense though at 833 kg/ cu. m.

17-04-2019 5:45pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

i could have timed this better, given this evening's events; first time trying a decent burn on a bowl.

Glad you got out safely all the same. You'll have to put an extra few quid in the collection basket in future.

Interesting idea. Do you wire brush it afterwards? Seal it somehow?

What are you working on currently?

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