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29th August 2010, 04:39 PM #31
I would look at cutting it into veneers with the finest blade I I could find for my small bandsaw, then I would look at what timbers I could find which would work well as a contrast to it and make a bike
something like this Elisabeth's R4, birch, purpleheart, Vancouver BC - Gallery: R4 Pursuit - Renovo Hardwood Bicycles
Unfortunately there is no possible way I could do this in the available time I have in the next few months, but it wood look good...lol!!!I am told that sharpening handsaws is a dying art.... this must mean I am an artisan.
Get your handsaws sharpened properly to the highest possible standard, the only way they should be done, BY HAND, BY ME!!! I only accept perfection in any saw I sharpen.
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29th August 2010, 09:04 PM #32.
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As far as the piece of wood goes. It's clearly a very nice piece. Maybe I am just not worthy but it's not talking to or even looking at me. This is not unusual as I rarely hit it off with a piece of timber via an on-line photo. I'm with Neil, ". . . I would need to see and feel it, then perhaps think about it for a few years before deciding what to do with it . Even then, it may take years to finish it, to give the timber its due".
I also think you are maybe pitching to the wrong choir. The sort of poetry we know and our "passion about using eco sustainable woods" is expressed in a very different way. It's expressed in the things that are made, how they are made, and the materials from which they made. That is why I joined and participate in these forums. As soon as folks start posting poetry about their future activities I'm outta here. There are already enough gunna's on the forums.
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30th August 2010, 06:34 PM #33GOLD MEMBER
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Maybe the problem is the time limit Matt. Maybe extend the period a bit (or a lot).
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30th August 2010, 10:41 PM #34
Hi Matt,
Great offer. And very nice of you to give the piece away. Heres my entry.
<style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> </style> If I were given this piece of timber I would make a cabinet (about 700mm high x 400mm wide and 400mm deep) that could show off all of the timbers grain and figure, I would do this by making the centre panels thin so the timber would not be hidden. It would have two panel doors maybe with glass in the centre or the timber and a dove tail draw maybe with some other timber. It could have a natural edge on the top if the one in the picture would look any good. It would have inlay down around the legs and ebony and kauri banding around the top. I would use ebony or a very dark wood as it would be eye catching but not over powering. As a student I could use the machinery at the TAFE night class I’m doing to sand it and finish it properly.
Reasons I like using Eco friendly timber because
- It saves trees being logged from native forests and it can save the environment to. I don’t like rare trees being cut down (rare as in being very old, large or there is not many of them left around) as it is not necessary as we could recycle timber or collect it.
- It is better for the environment
- You can often get larger pieces of wood as the trees have died a long time ago when there was no rush to make the tree in to boards.
- Eco friendly can be more cost effective, produces less carbon emissions when it is being collected and doesn't take up space in land fill being reused. Using Eco friendly timber means there is less carbon emissions produced when resourcing the timber, like with kauri the timber is extracted from the ground, the land is returned to its natural state and the land is not permanently damaged.
I have attached a drawing of my thinking.
Regards BenLast edited by benupton; 30th August 2010 at 10:42 PM. Reason: Add drawing
Regards Ben
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30th August 2010, 10:43 PM #35.
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onya Ben!
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31st August 2010, 01:52 PM #36New Member
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If I were to use the piece as described in my earlier post. I would first enter it into the quaterly wood turning comp. Then donate it to charity.
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31st August 2010, 02:09 PM #37Banned
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2nd September 2010, 12:32 PM #38
I saw Tahne Mahuta too and the other smaller ones (not really the right word they are all huge) I played Tahne Mahuta a flute song and will stick the vid up on YT one day soon I hope. The Kauri Museam was shutting when I arrived.. bugger...
Really interesting about the 5 million yo piece of wood in the coal seam, I hadn't heard that, what an awesome wood to last like that...
Thanks for your thoughts on the piece of wood
Matt
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2nd September 2010, 12:47 PM #39
Thanks for your views mate, a thought and plan is where it starts, the rest is up to your intention and will....I agree that holding and feeling the timber makes a huge difference.
I don't believe in wrong, and I am not talking about giving it away I am serious as I believe anyone interested in the piece of wood would be also...Yes there,s always dreamers so be it, we often believe we can do more than is possible, I know I do but that inspires me none the less.
When you say "we" I take it you are attempting to speak for the group as a whole which is out of touch as we all have different views obviously, which may be entirely different to those you express.
Matt
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2nd September 2010, 12:56 PM #40
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2nd September 2010, 01:01 PM #41
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2nd September 2010, 01:24 PM #43
Thanks for all your ideas and entries , for me this fits the criteria the best and so Ben Gets it , I will however donate other Kauri wood to Bevan and Jarrod to see thier projects through because I like thier ideas a lot and they sound serious, I will PM you guys soon.... In excitment I am dreaming of the finished works
Matt
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5th September 2010, 08:49 PM #44
Well, I am honoured I must say. Hope to speak with you soon Matt.
Cheers
BevanThere ain't no devil, it's just god when he's drunk!!
Tom Waits
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