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Thread: Silver ash chest finished
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27th July 2005, 12:48 PM #1
Silver ash chest finished
Here are some pics of my silver ash chest (see http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=19575 for the construction details), finished with 4 coats of Minwax satin wipe-on poly. I should have re-read the FW article on wipe-on finishes, and used their technique of applying more finish as dry spots appeared in the first coat, and wiping off the excess after 15 minutes. I wiped it off immediately, so there tended to be dry spots, and I had to apply four coats instead of three. But the finish brings out the curly grain in the timber nicely, I think; and the finish is very easy to apply.
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27th July 2005, 01:23 PM #2
Two thumbs up for that one Rocker. Beautiful result.
How are the handles done? Is there a recess underneath for grabbing onto?Those are my principles, and if you don't like them . . . well, I have others.
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27th July 2005, 01:24 PM #3
That came up really well, Rocker, you must be very happy with the result. You've brought out the best in the timber, & the dovetail splines are an excellent functional & decorative feature.
The spalted silver ash on the side looks great - pity there wasn't more of it. I've never seen SA like that. The figure on the top & front has come up well too.
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27th July 2005, 01:45 PM #4Originally Posted by zenwood
The drawer pulls are the same shape as the dovetail keys, and were routed with the same dovetail bit, but their edges were rounded over with a small round-over bit in the router table. I did not use the router-table's fence for the rounding over; I hand-held the workpiece and made climb cuts on the end-grain edges. With a larger-radius round-over bit, this would have been hazardous, but with a 3/32"-radius bit it seemed safe enough.
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27th July 2005, 01:47 PM #5
Very nice work. I like the way the grain really shows up.
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27th July 2005, 01:53 PM #6Originally Posted by Rocker
Not being a routermaniac, I don't know what you mean by climb cutting the end-grain edges, but thinking about it, I'd have thought hand-held on pieces that small would be pretty hairy...?
I would have still thought about routing a recess underneath the pulls, so you didn't have to 'pinch' the handles so much, and it wouldn't affect the visual link between the handles and the mitre keys.Those are my principles, and if you don't like them . . . well, I have others.
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27th July 2005, 04:19 PM #7
Zenwood,
Climb cutting is feeding the work piece the 'wrong' way in order to minimize tear-out. It requires that the workpiece be firmly grasped, since there is a tendency for the bit to grab it, unless the workpiece is fed steadily past the bit. With a small-radius round-over bit like the one I was using, there is no serious hazard in this procedure. At worst, the bit would only make a small nick in your finger if you were careless enough to be caught by it.
Rocker
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27th July 2005, 06:40 PM #8
Rocker, once more a peice to be proud of and the rest of us to admire and envious. I just don't understand where you find all the time for the output that you have! I'm retired but after calls from SWMBO on time and effort, tennis, design etc, there does not seem to be eni=ough hours in a day.
jacko
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27th July 2005, 06:49 PM #9
Hey Rocker,
That's a very elegant piece, and I agree about the dovetail inserts...they set the whole thing off.
Love the silver ash.Andy Mac
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27th July 2005, 06:57 PM #10Originally Posted by jacko
There you have it - I was careful to buy a place without a tennis court, so that I had plenty of time for woodworking. But, if the truth be told, I am too aged and decrepit to play tennis My rellies are all in England; so there is not much to distract me from the shed. I fear, however, that space constraints in the house may soon compel me to give up making large pieces of furniture. Perhaps I shall have to take a mistress; but then again, after reading Bec Cartwright's poem to Lleyton, maybe not.
Rocker
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27th July 2005, 08:36 PM #11GOLD MEMBER
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Originally Posted by Rocker
PeterI've just become an optimist . Iv'e made a 25 year plan -oopps I've had a few birthdays - better make that a 20 year plan
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27th July 2005, 09:30 PM #12
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27th July 2005, 09:37 PM #13Originally Posted by Rocker
That's definately one to be proud of. Lovely wood, and excellent craftsmanship from what I can see in the pics. Worth a green one mate!
Which I'll send when I've spread some more around (thus this edit...)
Cheers!
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27th July 2005, 10:01 PM #14
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27th July 2005, 11:00 PM #15
Top job Rock!
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