What are you working on currently?

kadman · 22-10-2020 1:21pm

Cracking job, kids love a room to call their own.:cool:

chillyspoon · 22-10-2020 1:49pm

seannash wrote: »

Managed to finish the build of the wardrobes in my daughters room.
Was fairly tricky as I had to do all the cutting,nailing,screwing and painting in the room itself as I simply had nowhere else to do it (Small house with no garden)
It turned out alright, the wee one loves it so I'm happy with that. Couple of little things I'd do differently. Like just one drawers instead of two and perhaps use better hinges.
I still have a mural to paint on the front but functionally its built.
Pull down rail storage and regular rail storage inside. Should help keep the room tidy at least

This is one of those posts where I wish we had more than a "thumbs up" button, what a great job - brilliant!

Calahonda52 · 22-10-2020 7:29pm

chillyspoon wrote: »

This is one of those posts where I wish we had more than a "thumbs up" button, what a great job - brilliant!

Agreed, and the we could have the reverse as well for some of the other thread!

Its a brill job

seannash · 22-10-2020 7:39pm

Calahonda52 wrote: »

Agreed, and the we could have the reverse as well for some of the other thread!

Its a brill job

Ah thanks lads. Its been a few years since i got stuck into something of this size so I made a few silly mistakes but sure its always a learning process.
Few other bits and bobs on the missus insta for the house

https://instagram.com/64chapelstreet?igshid=1ds3l9wrmrtu2

Guru Maith Agut · 23-10-2020 10:29am

seannash wrote: »

Ah thanks lads. Its been a few years since i got stuck into something of this size so I made a few silly mistakes but sure its always a learning process.
Few other bits and bobs on the missus insta for the house

https://instagram.com/64chapelstreet?igshid=1ds3l9wrmrtu2

Great job dude! A lot of work been put into that house to make it a home.
Well done.

chillyspoon · 23-10-2020 11:19am

seannash wrote: »

https://instagram.com/64chapelstreet?igshid=1ds3l9wrmrtu2

Great work all round - cool house, got yourself a new follower!

CelticRambler · 23-10-2020 11:40am

seannash wrote: »

Managed to finish the build of the wardrobes in my daughters room.
Was fairly tricky as I had to do all the cutting,nailing,screwing and painting in the room itself as I simply had nowhere else to do it (Small house with no garden)

Ooooh, that brings back memories! Building a "cubby-hole" bed (and room-divider) for my daughter in the attic room she shared with her brother, while both of them needed to use it every night.

We moved to a more sensible house before she became an untidy teen ... whereupon she asked for a new "cubby-hole" bed to replace the one she'd left behind! :pac:

seannash · 23-10-2020 2:10pm

chillyspoon wrote: »

Great work all round - cool house, got yourself a new follower!

Thanks.
The missus will be delighted with the new follower

seannash · 23-10-2020 2:11pm

CelticRambler wrote: »

Ooooh, that brings back memories! Building a "cubby-hole" bed (and room-divider) for my daughter in the attic room she shared with her brother, while both of them needed to use it every night.

We moved to a more sensible house before she became an untidy teen ... whereupon she asked for a new "cubby-hole" bed to replace the one she'd left behind! :pac:

Yeah I might be setting the bar too high for the next one. I'm sure the enthusiasm will wane a bit

seannash · 08-11-2020 9:26pm

Finally got round to painting the wardrobe. Can call this done now

BackInTown · 20-11-2020 9:37pm

Finished this oak lamp tonight. Not sure the shade is big enough...
followed a Paul Sellers project.

glynf · 24-11-2020 12:33pm

After a few months of slabbing, tiling & kitchen fitting, finally got around to making a few bits-planter & bird box for the war office

Made from some spare plywood.

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bamayang · 24-11-2020 4:20pm

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

Calahonda52 · 24-11-2020 4:59pm

Spalted silver birch, maybe

magicbastarder · 24-11-2020 5:12pm

i had a similar looking piece of wood before that someone claimed was olive ash.

bamayang · 24-11-2020 5:13pm

Cheers lads, don’t need an exact match so those two will do for a starting point.
Wonder are carpentry store going to open next week?

magicbastarder · 24-11-2020 5:20pm

i ordered from them online last week, if that's any good? though if you need to eyeball wood before buying, i suspect that won't do.

mayo.mick · 24-11-2020 6:26pm

bamayang wrote: »

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

Looks like Olive Ash to me.

MickeyShtyles · 25-11-2020 1:53am

Finished this during the week. I had started it a few years ago, but got distracted. Fairly happy with it now.

mayo.mick · 01-12-2020 8:31pm

Made a new door for my workshop a few months ago. Made from Sapeale, pretty happy the way it turned out! First major joinery project.

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kadman · 01-12-2020 8:34pm

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

thanks.

01-12-2020 9:21pm

That’s a fine result Mick!

bamayang · 01-12-2020 9:45pm

Lovely work

mayo.mick · 02-12-2020 2:08pm

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.

timfromtang · 02-12-2020 2:33pm

mayo.mick wrote: »

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.

Hi,
There's 35.31 cubic feet in a cubic meter, so that's €1315.30 per m³.

tim

tabby aspreme · 02-12-2020 9:29pm

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

Double Barrel · 02-12-2020 11:27pm

My compliments Mick on a job well done. :cool:

pnecilcaser · 19-12-2020 1:49pm

Amazing work, where did you buy the wood?

Sparks · 19-12-2020 6:54pm

Mostly doing xmas trinkets at the moment.

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magicbastarder · 20-12-2020 12:48am

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.

Graham · 20-12-2020 2:19am

magicbastarder wrote: »

i like to think this looks like a tie fighter.

Hand crafted cherry steering wheel.

Very flash :pac:

Suckler · 20-12-2020 7:47am

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?

magicbastarder · 20-12-2020 10:07am

It's a jet; 1221vs.

glynf · 24-12-2020 3:38pm

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.

magicbastarder · 24-12-2020 4:51pm

that's fantastic.

the_pen_turner · 24-12-2020 9:25pm

thats lovely. where did you get the lights

magicbastarder · 24-12-2020 11:24pm

is it heavy?

just finished turning this. was from a rough blank i was given by a chap who was converting his workshop, i have no idea what the wood is. not a softwood, but certainly not very hard, i'm guessing some sort of maple or similar.

glynf · 24-12-2020 11:30pm

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.

tabby aspreme · 25-12-2020 2:08am

magicbastarder wrote: »

is it heavy?

just finished turning this. was from a rough blank i was given by a chap who was converting his workshop, i have no idea what the wood is. not a softwood, but certainly not very hard, i'm guessing some sort of maple or similar.

Looks like Ash

mayo.mick · 26-12-2020 12:58am

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.

Siobhan82 · 29-12-2020 2:13pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

is it heavy?

just finished turning this. was from a rough blank i was given by a chap who was converting his workshop, i have no idea what the wood is. not a softwood, but certainly not very hard, i'm guessing some sort of maple or similar.

Lovely

recipio · 29-12-2020 3:19pm

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

bamayang · 01-01-2021 11:36pm

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.

CelticRambler · 02-01-2021 10:54am

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?

Joe Chang · 02-01-2021 10:56am

Scrolling this thread.
Anyway.. Happy new year

bamayang · 02-01-2021 3:52pm

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 · 02-01-2021 3:56pm

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.

bamayang · 02-01-2021 5:29pm

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 · 16-01-2021 1:16am

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

bamayang · 16-01-2021 10:09am

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.

What are you working on currently?

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