Thread: Tea lady's lidded box "Fred!"

You will catch up to me at this rate.

Yesterday market, and the day before getting stuff ready for the market (sold ONE pen!!!!!)

Today is my day off - I need a holiday.

Tomorrow is my aunties birthday, and as much as I don't want to, I have to visit. Mum wanted me to go for lunch so I could see the video of my cousins wedding. Let's see, I've seen my cousin about 3 times in my life, once as an adult. NO THANKS! So I'm going to drop off present and LEAVE!

(present, top in a box!)

Maybe tomorrow afternoon, but the afternoons are getting VERY hot and my lathe is now in the sun from 11 until 4.30!!!

So probably Tuesday morning. sigh.

Originally Posted by ElizaLeahy

You will catch up to me at this rate.

Yesterday market, and the day before getting stuff ready for the market (sold ONE pen!!!!!) It takes a while for things to settle out at the market. Did you get a fell for what people liked?

Today is my day off - I need a holiday.

Tomorrow is my aunties birthday, and as much as I don't want to, I have to visit. Mum wanted me to go for lunch so I could see the video of my cousins wedding. Let's see, I've seen my cousin about 3 times in my life, once as an adult. NO THANKS! So I'm going to drop off present and LEAVE!

(present, top in a box!)Promoting your aunt to executive?

Maybe tomorrow afternoon, but the afternoons are getting VERY hot and my lathe is now in the sun from 11 until 4.30!!! Don't tell me about hot. I would like to turn at night but the shed is too cold after the sun goes down. I persist sometimes, but have to stop when the shivering gets to much.

So probably Tuesday morning. sigh.

Its alright! Real life will get in my way again soon. The boys went to the footy today. I think they are on the train now, so I have another hour of holiday.

Originally Posted by tea lady

Actually, I've got a little elcheapo small drill thingy I got from Dick Smiths years ago. Doesn't drill straight, but maybe that would work for buffing. Where does one get the little felt wheels from? Or can I make home made pom-pom ?

IF you do make it out of cotton , like kitchen string .

Originally Posted by rodent

IF you do make it out of cotton , like kitchen string .

I made it our of layers of cotton t-shirt, like a miniature swans down mop, (ater gazing at the little packets in Bunnings. ) but I couldn't get it to buff. I don't think it was getting hot enough, as heat is necessary for the shella wax to go in isn't it. So I've put that box down to think about for a while, and mucking up other things.

Today I had the mysterious shrinking lid phenomenin. I'm sure when it went together that the lid was the same diameter as the base, but after getting flung off it was suddenly really loose and 2mm smaller in diameter.

So...... The mysterious shrinking lid? I was holding the lid in the chuck and had to wittle away shavings tillthe base went on, then after l'd sanded a bit it flung itself across the room like a ......flung thing, and when I retreived it the lid was waaaaaaaaaaaaay to small. Or the base was way to big. How come? When it was a jam fit to start? Did the lid get smaller some how? Does wood expand with heat? (Its Blackheart sassafrass BTW. With little bit of waste pine to hold on to, that was going to be parted off later.
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So that was yesterday. Today I did two little silky oak box bodies.( Haven't done the finials yet. Was having a rest from them. Will do more tomorrow.) and I only flung one of the lids a little bit. (They still have a touch of shrinking lid too though.
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I had that mysterious skrinking lid syndrom happen to me yesterday too!

Is it happening to the boys too, or it is just us?

Originally Posted by tea lady

Does wood expand with heat?

Yes

So if the wood is gonna change dimension as it warms from being sanded....... Do you just make sure everything is warm? Have the bit you are not working on in front of the heater? Or just in your pocket.

Or do I just say "Its the sassafrass eccentric grain!"

1. If the wood's heating up so much that it's moving while you're sanding, you're sanding way too hard. That sorta heat's not good for wood or the paper. Finger-burning heat's not good. 'Tis OK for a friction polish, but then you're not applying it for as long as you spend sanding.

2. Sometimes the wood momentarily spins in the jam chuck while turning/sanding. You may not notice it, but every time it spins it makes the fit looser. Not usually so much so that the lid's a mm smaller though... but enough that you may need a bit of paper packer? Yes.

3. To end up 2mm smaller, I reckon it hit the ground and did a burn-out before tearing off down the driveway. Or it wasn't really a good jam fit in the first place. Maybe a bit of grit or something else got in the way and made it seem tight?

4. Blaming the timber's always a good excuse.