What are you working on currently?

bamayang · 20-10-2021 1:36pm

working on adding MFT system to work table. Got a track saw recently and hopefully this will make it really useful.

glynf · 20-10-2021 6:47pm

Nice, that Parf guide system looks like good quality kit.

bamayang · 20-10-2021 9:36pm

Ya I actually borrowed it off a friend. It’s incredibly easy to use. But €260 for something that you’ll use once is hard justify. Ordered a couple of sets of bench dogs, looking forward to using it as a cutting station.

might put a router table at the other end of the table.

magicbastarder · 23-11-2021 12:06am

just some woodturning (as usual!)

dathi · 23-11-2021 9:54am

nice piece of laburnum what finish have you on it

magicbastarder · 23-11-2021 10:16am

just BLO; i never have much luck trying to get a shiny finish on a natural edge bowl, i don't have a decent way of polishing it. but i like the matte look anyway.

webpal · 12-12-2021 11:44pm

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Did some outdoor furniture over the past few weeks for the grandparents. Just 2x4s and 1x4 pickets. Made the lantern and tray with some leftovers

dathi · 13-12-2021 10:33am

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my daughters camogie team won the minor championship at the weekend so i took all the hurls that they had broken over the year and made a box for their fitness coach, the rest of the woods spell her name

Halycon · 13-12-2021 2:22pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118313340#Comment_118313340

This is a lovely design and a great keepsake.

Halycon · 13-12-2021 2:26pm

Finally finished this project, took 6 months. Farmhouse style table with proper breadboard ends. Its only pine with some Rustins light oak dye and Osmo oil.

I used mainly hand tools and really enjoyed this project. (Already posted on r/woodworking if you browse that)

cletus · 14-02-2022 6:38pm

Not exactly fine woodworking, but I'm making some built-in bookshelves for my classroom.

Carcasses are done, shelves and backs to go on in the next few days, then skin it with pine lamboard, edge strips on the exposed ply, and paint

lanajakob · 18-02-2022 9:11pm

I am making hand-carved wooden masks that are used for interior decoration. These masks are painted in Japanese traditional kabuki style. This is a popular way of decoration in many regions of Japan.

magicbastarder · 18-02-2022 10:14pm

any photos?

The Duk · 22-02-2022 3:54pm

To save my feet and sanity I made these for the little one.

cletus · 14-03-2022 5:53pm

Almost ready to fill and paint

cletus · 30-03-2022 11:01am

And done (well, almost. A few spots to touch up)

dathi · 31-03-2022 8:53am

looking good what shade is the blue

cletus · 31-03-2022 9:51am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118859602#Comment_118859602

It's Jamie Blue, from the Dulux Easy Care range

Gloomtastic! · 28-04-2022 9:33pm

If anyone’s near Dublin and interested in a quick project, I want to turn an old pine bed plus offcuts into a 1 metre cube with a hinged door. I supply all the materials and can deliver and collect.

PM me with a quote please. 😋

magicbastarder · 27-06-2022 11:25pm

pre glue-up. was given a load of 'old' - i.e. 10-15 year old - oak floorboards by a neighbour a few years ago, they sat in the woodshed and a few months ago i took the notion that they'd make a decent workbench top. so while i had covid, just after easter, i ripped them all on my cheapo aldi bandsaw and dimensioned them with the bargain planer thicknesser i got off someone i know, and hopefully tomorrow will start the lamination. so i'll end up with a two inch thick oak workbench top.

Calahonda52 · 28-06-2022 7:58am

Good to see you back at work!

What width is the blade on the b/saw?

C52

ZenNature · 28-06-2022 8:43am

Shelving unit, due to the cost of timber went with regular deal/pine.

Spent twice as long on finishing as I did on making , going for a old rustic farmhouse feel. Used Liberon medium oak stain 2 coats and Liberon clear wax with caranuaba 2 coats.

magicbastarder · 28-06-2022 9:15am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119260206#Comment_119260206

i buy whatever is available! i got through two or three blades on that job, i think mainly 6mm and 8mm blades. i did all the ripping when i had covid (my parents in law gave it to me).

magicbastarder · 29-06-2022 9:29pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119259769#Comment_119259769

started the glue-up - which is something i've not done before, and as expected, it was harder work than expected. if that makes sense.

the glue started to bind faster than i'd hoped (might be because it's oak?) but even with that the pieces shifted more than i'd hoped. i'd hoped to get 8 full lengths out of the i think 33 glued, but decided caution was the better part of valour and clamped up with only 3 done.

i'd originally had a notion to fully glue up four sections of about 15cm x 170cm, and then finally glue those four together, but i may just progressively glue onto an ever increasing slab, might make it easier to keep the work surface registered against the bars of the clamps.

i foresee a lot of planing in my future.

magicbastarder · 14-07-2022 10:15pm

well, the planing started this evening, and it's a bleedin' sweltery day for it. this thing weighs 198KG (very rough guess)

magicbastarder · 26-07-2022 3:53pm

i had an idea for stacking eggcups recently, managed to finish the first go at the idea last night. i had been hoping to make a little 'cap' for the stack but the piece of stock i was using was just long enough for the eggcups themselves.

cletus · 06-08-2022 4:03pm

So this sort've belongs here, because there's some wood in it.

It's a side table, type thing, using scrap I had laying around. The frame is angle iron, welded and painted. The timber is plywood to allow for the dimensions needed without having to glue up solid timber.

It's not finished yet

cletus · 12-08-2022 4:58pm

Coat of varnish or polyurethane or similar, and I'll call that done

kadman · 12-10-2022 11:12am

I just finished a recent project sculpture for my sons wedding.

Gloomtastic! · 13-10-2022 5:53am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119733752#Comment_119733752

That is just amazing, not a dry eye in the house! Size?

kadman · 13-10-2022 9:24am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119737504#Comment_119737504

Thankyou for your kind sentiments.Funnily enough it had the same effect when I gave them the gift here in my own house.

The piece was made from a trunk of yew about 20" long and a diameter of 12+ inches. I gave it about 22 coats of danish oil and when that was dry after a week or more, I gave it another 26 coats of beeswax polish. I buff polish it daily, and the more I do, the better it looks. I've been in undated with kind compliments, and requests to do some commissions, so I will soon embark on another yew piece.Its my favorite timber to work on.

The_Scary_Man · 04-11-2022 11:51am

Just finished this resin and apple wood bowl. It was my first large bowl so I'm pretty happy with it.

kadman · 07-11-2022 8:46pm

Thats a beauty, I like that a lot😎

The_Scary_Man · 10-11-2022 1:31pm

Thanks Kadman! :D

Calahonda52 · 13-11-2022 4:24pm

Kadman. next commission

The text talks about oxytocin, I reckon after 20 sec there would be more than the pale moon rising

magicbastarder · 26-12-2022 11:39pm

nearing the end of a workbench build based very much off a paul sellers series of videos, and i've just realised that the secondhand vice (vise?) a generous friend gave me has a broken spring in the quick release mechanism. unfortunately the mechanism fails open rather than closed; i think i should be able to jerry rig it so it remains closed, but i don't think replacements are readily available to restore full functionality.

dathi · 29-12-2022 9:58am

https://www.knighton-tools.co.uk/acatalog/Record_vice_spares.html

about half way down the page here

magicbastarder · 29-12-2022 10:39am

Cheers, I found that after I posted above. l picked the worst time of year to discover it, when all hardware places are closed. I managed to install it but with the mechanism locked closed so it works, but without the quick release functionality.

magicbastarder · 01-01-2023 10:59pm

pretty much finished now; bench dogging installed, plus the vice, and a shelf added underneath. now i need a project...

bamayang · 02-01-2023 12:34pm

Got a Dyson over Xmas with a heap of heads. Made up a wall holder for them and ran the charging cables behind the board. Grand way to put down a day.

magicbastarder · 07-01-2023 8:37pm

bought myself a japanese rasp last night so decided to put a handle back on a plane which originally belonged to my grandfather. this is a repair, not a restoration, hence the very different choice of wood! i used a handle from a stanley bailey to base it off.

magicbastarder · 15-01-2023 11:30pm

i hit a big knot in a piece of ash i was turning this evening.

magicbastarder · 07-02-2023 11:47pm

latest project - my wife said she'd like a bass guitar, so i bought her a DIY bass guitar kit and am using the supplied body as a template to make a new one. didn't go mad with the choice of wood (oak is an unusual choice for a guitar body) as this is my first, but having fun doing it. shaping the belly cut and arm relief was tonight's work. the main roadblock i have at the moment is that on the straight cut bit with bearing i have for my router, the bearing is at the wrong end, so routing out the neck pocket, etc., can't be done till i get one.

Calahonda52 · 08-02-2023 8:53am

Sounds good, how did you make up the piece in the picture?

magicbastarder · 08-02-2023 9:10am

The top layer is some unknown tropical hardwood my father in law had sitting out in his garden for 20 years. The rest is from an oak T&G floor a neighbour lifted about five years ago, which I cut up and laminated into a slab about 500mm X 370mm X 40mm. Flattened that with a router sled (hence the marks visible) and cut to rough shape on my cheapo Lidl bandsaw.

I bought a Japanese saw rasp to do shaping with and it's great.

dathi · 09-02-2023 9:18am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120214167#Comment_120214167

https://www.wood-database.com/lauan/

lauan?

magicbastarder · 09-02-2023 9:22am

oh, that does look like a close match. someone else i know who i gave some to thought it might be makore; but the one you posted looks a little more like it, i think.

as mentioned, it was sitting outdoors for i think 20 years so is decently rot resistant, but this is "Reported as non-durable in regard to decay resistance"

https://www.wood-database.com/light-red-meranti/

magicbastarder · 09-02-2023 10:42am

just in case anyone else fancies a punt - great cheap way of buying all the kit you're not going to make (i don't have the chops or equipment to make a neck).

https://www.gear4music.ie/Electric-Guitars/DIY-Guitars

Gloomtastic! · 09-02-2023 2:14pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120218880#Comment_120218880

From watching The Repair Shop, the neck looks highly specialised. Was wondering how you were going to crack it.

-=al=- · 09-02-2023 8:39pm

The fingerboard would be the trickiest bit and some slightly specialised tools needed for sure, especially for the fretwork. The neck for an electric isn’t too hard overall. The Shinto saw rasp is probably the one you have and it’s great for shaping necks. But a few other tools needed for sure! Not to say it’s impossible just a bit trickier and time consuming. Looks good so far

Edit: Might as well post the last two builds I finished since there's guitars knocking about. I was going to post some of the process along the way but never really got around to it, maybe on the next build

Little steel-string parlor guitar based on plans from a 1989 Washburn. Probably my fav to pickup and play. Herringbone rosette was really fun to make on this and I added a small feature to the end of the soundboard with the leftover rosette pieces.

Torres classical with a twist here. Added a cutaway for a bit of fun and the challenge. The tiled rosette was pretty fun to make on this one and french polish took weeks to do. The bridge looked like it was made from glass after all the applications and buffing and the binding on the back was incredibly tricky, but looked great in the end. Have some more detailed pics if interested

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