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6th February 2019, 09:24 AM #1
How about a crazy gauge set?
I am currently finishing off a few marking-gauges for folks who missed out on the lot I posted before Christmas. I had to scratch through my entire stock of suitable wood to find enough, with just enough left over for another 3 or 4 gauges. So I decided to use up the last of it making a couple of extra pairs, & close that chapter for a while.
One pair, in Bull oak, was coming along nicely until I started shaping the top on one gauge. A small discolouration on the surface turned out to be a flaw running right across the most visible part of the Flaw.jpg
This is a common problem with both Bull & Hairy oaks from some areas. You will come across old borer galleries in unexpected places: gallery.jpg
But something else causes these odd, randomly-distributed bark inclusions. They are rarely more than a few mm wide, & can be small, localised flaws that you don't see until you start turning it, or large, very visible things like this: bark inclusion.jpg
Anyway, that was my last piece of Bull-oak big enough for a gauge stock, so I decided instead to make a 'pigeon pair' using Hairy-oak for it's mate. That involved cutting up the last of my stock of H.O. to get a sound piece, but eventually, I managed it.
Then I had the idea of going the full monty & making a 'crazy' set, along the lines of Bushmiller's 'crazy saw service'. So I dug out a billet of River oak that has been sitting in the pile for about 10 years. River oak is a dense, tough wood (the bullockies of old liked to use it for their bullock yolks, according to Bootle), but can be a bit bland. However, older trees get 'black heart', rather like 'Blackheart Sassafras', caused by a pigmented fungus, which can make it much more interesting - I refer to it as 'ebonised': Blackheart A_ cunninghamiana.jpg
Trouble is, the heavily-pigmented stuff is highly prone to internal collapse & checking, no matter how slowly & carefully you dry it: Internal checks.jpg
However, after careful sawing & searching I got some sound bits and so my 'crazy' gauge set was born: Crazy set 1.jpg
Apart from showing off three different Allocasaurinas, it should be easy to spot which gauge you want on a cluttered bench.....
Cheers,IW
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6th February 2019, 09:26 AM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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Beautiful work as always Ian.
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And the important question is, when are they up for sale and how much?
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A very nice set, Ian. As a fellow wood species nerd, I fully appreciate the satisfaction associated with a set of "matching" woods in the same genus.
Im sorry, but did you say you were running out of wood? Did I read this correctly? That simply will not work. Do I need to fly down there and find some kind of Gumtree ad or a rogue fencer in the central highlands to restock you?? Do I need to mail you some bona fide Washington apple wood?
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7th February 2019, 06:39 PM #7
I'm touched, but not tempted, Luke...
It's not that I'm out of wood, the pile under the house has changed a bit, but hasn't diminished at all since you last saw it, in fact it has grown just a little. No, it's tool-suitable wood stocks that that I've run down, and that's just what I wanted. No doubt more will come along & find me one day, but I'm not looking for it atm, I want to muck about with other stuff for a while....
Cheers,IW
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7th February 2019, 06:47 PM #8
Ian
From one "crazy" to "another," I like them.
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PaulBushmiller;
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