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What kind of wood is that delaney001? And where'd you get it?
I still only get timber from Woodie's/B&Q :-/ I don't really know where to get it (in Dublin) other than that!
Friend is a woodwork teacher, gets his timber from Strahans. Told me about these off cut bundles they have sometimes. About 2' x 2' square bundle made up of 4' lengths. Every kind of hardwood in them. Ranging from 2x1to 8x1.
Really lovely stuff, just short and all rough cut. Great for little projects tho. Think I got 6 for €160
Edit. Legs are mahogany. Top is ask I think. Cross members are Oak0 -
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Front panel for the cot all shellac'd, glued and drawbored.
And the mattress platform and its front support glued up and shellac'd and held together with wooden nails (there's a gap in there so the platform has some spring to it when you put a load on it).
That's the front, the back, the mattress platform...
...the cross rails and the slats, all done.
Next up is a final dry fit to get the position of the rear support for the platform, cutting the slot and drilling the mounting holes for that, then shellacing the last two parts of the frame, final assembly, making a drawer, and final finishing with osmo.
In the meantime, I ran out of shellac on saturday night and didn't want to wait a week for the next batch (waiting for buttons to dissolve in isopropanol took a week during the summer, at -1C I figure I'd be waiting longer). Leaving it in a warm place would speed this up, but you're warned not to try to dissolve it faster by direct heating because the gas on the hob would leave you holding a pot full of burning alcohol and resin in the kitchen while your wife looked on. However, we have more ways to heat things these days.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present....
Sous-vide shellac!
(And it worked, the shellac buttons dissolved almost completely overnight with only around a teaspoon left in the bottom of the jar).0 -
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Doing a few bits over the last week. Picked up a small Inca bandsaw last weekend and tried making a few small bits. I used dried beech logs that I had chopped and squared them off a bit using a mitre saw before shaping them on the bandsaw to make trinket boxes for my daughter.
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Also made a chessboard using light oak and mahogany. Might frame it off using some maple that I have in the garage
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mobfromcork wrote: »Doing a few bits over the last week. Picked up a small Inca bandsaw last weekend and tried making a few small bits. I used dried beech logs that I had chopped and squared them off a bit using a mitre saw before shaping them on the bandsaw to make trinket boxes for my daughter.
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Also made a chessboard using light oak and mahogany. Might frame it off using some maple that I have in the garage
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Nice work. Love the little drawer, artistic 😉0 -
The Master wrote: »Working on 2 new guitars at the moment.
A mini mustang for my nieces.
Sapele body and neck and a rosewood fretboard.
And a full sized mustang. Poplar body with a maple neck and rosewood fretboard.
NICE. I made a stratocaster for my son. I'll have to post a finished pic.0 -
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I'm in the final stages of completing my workbench started in November last. The entire bench is made by laminating planed 2 x 4 and 2 x 6 white deal. Cost so far is about €250. Here are a few pictures:
The base is draw bored but not glued so that I can remove the dowels and disassemble if I ever want to remove it from the attic.
The top is fastened with wedged tenons. It is as solid as a rock with no movement.
My bench dogs have the springs in the middle so that they are reversible. They are white oak I believe. The spring is re-purposed from a wooden venetian blind that I found in our communal trash shed. One is protruding slightly, another is flush with the bench top (though slightly out of focus) and the last one is free standing on the bench top to show construction.
The central tool tray can also be used as a bench stop when flipped over.
I'm currently working on the tail vise and leg vise. I turned the 1 1/4 inch screws out of hard maple on my Lidl lathe and cut the thread using a Korean made thread cutter. I'm very pleased with the results despite the cheap and cheerful tools.
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Woodworking noob here, this is my first attempt; had a go at making a floating bed. the design is a mish-mash of various designs found online.
I’m currently organising some mahogany or possibly walnut to put around the visible parts, not sure what to do about the base. I bolted the two sections together as the carpet is being changed-forget about lifting this in one piece
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Finished this mini Mustang for my nieces today.
Neck and body are sapele with a rosewood fretboard
Cherry red with gold sparkles on top.
Making a matching one in different colours next weekend.
Designed with child destruction in mind :P
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I use the LED T8 style battens myself, just fitted a second one there last weekend and have a third lined up to go in between them this weekend:
Low power, nice and bright, cheap enough (about €30 each), and granted that's the cool white colour but you do get a choice.
They're just temporarily fitted there, I still have some wiring to do for the shed, but even so they're working out very well.0 -
Made a box joint jig the other day just to try one out, ended up with 4 sides of a box. Had to put a top and bottom on then! Few gaps as joints were a hair tight and hard to get together with glue applied. Came out well though
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Wired in the third T8.
It's now brighter inside the shed (2400 lux) than outside the shed (2000 lux) at noon on most days in Ireland
(And that's at the workbench, at eye level it's closer to 5500 lux)
I'd say the lads on the ISS will be able to tell when your're working in your workshop 0 -
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Ebay, here to be exact. The first time I was able to find someone selling them individually but now it all seems to be in pairs. You might as well have them shipped directly to you by the way, they're so long that they count as an oversize package if you use addresspal and that'll set you back 25 quid
(Actually, that might have gone up this week along with their usual packet fee which went from 3 to 3.50). 0 -
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Ebay, here to be exact. The first time I was able to find someone selling them individually but now it all seems to be in pairs. You might as well have them shipped directly to you by the way, they're so long that they count as an oversize package if you use addresspal and that'll set you back 25 quid (Actually, that might have gone up this week along with their usual packet fee which went from 3 to 3.50).
Parcel Motel have a new 'XL' service for bigger items that won't fit in a locker, collect from local depot, from eur7
https://my.parcelmotel.com/Member/PriceCalculator0 -
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Made 2 adjustable trestles with rollers on top for supporting long lengths of timber will cutting on the saw. Made from 30mm and 25mm light gague steel box, some leftover steel from another project, 12mm threaded bar with wingnuts welded at end to make the locking bolts. Bit rough and ready, ready for polishing nd spraying in the morning.
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Made progress on my plane rack.
Plough and router plane slots.
Block plane cubbies. These and the 722's cubby are the only part of the design I thought up myself instead of nicking them from somewhere else.
A map, in case I get lost
Finished, mounted and filled.
Finally starting to look tidy.
Need to build the chisel racks for the lower left corner of the plane till, then get a saw till going and a rack for the drills. And the clamps. And I think that's it for the immediate shed furniture to-do list then.0 -
Having some steel box left over from the previous project this week, used it up making a jig for sharpening my gouges.
After looking at a few youtube vids of homemade Ellsworth jigs, I decided to have a go at making one for myself. Only cost a few bob on materials, surplus steel from a previous project. Spent more time than money on this project, getting measurements right and cuts square (ish) but hopefully will pay off!
Made from 30mm & 25mm light gauge steel box, 1 1/4" angle, M 8 gutter bolts and nuts. Still have to cut the holder for the gouges. All the parts welded up ready for polishing and then spraying. Will post again when I've sprayed and then assembled.
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Polished and sprayed this morning. Gave it 3 coats of spray. Gouge holder yet to cut, weld and spray. Think I'll leave that till tomorrow
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Finally got my jig finished today. Made the gouge holder at 45* though when welded its a bit more like 43*. Made a second holder and that's at roughly 60* I think. I've yet to try out the new grinds, will make templates for the various grinds to make setting up quick and repeatable. Happy enough the way they turned out, all from off cuts from a previous project.
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Hi,
inspired by a Shou Sugi Ban - Japanese charred cedar.
I'm planning on making a planter from old scaffolding planks.
Timber will be also covered with decking oil for a better/ nicer finish. Here's progress so far:
And it was done without the torch - traditional way:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W4ic52Pai8
www.youtube.com/watch?v=agxKECGE_sk
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