Thread: Latest piece completed

Okay now I feel like a gumby - but at least I now know that this hobby will last a life time and that the things I may make in the future can get better.


Thanks for the insipration..

ccb

Dave,
That's incredible work, really beautiful. My initial reaction was to scrap my workshop too and go and collect stamps or something. Still, it's motivation to keep on learning and trying new things. Congratulations.
Cheers
Graeme

Simply amazing

Lost for words!

Wonderful work Dave


2 Questions

Could you please give the dimensions for the piece (sorry not sure what to call it)?
And from HWMBO (LOL) could you please explain how you get the pictures to change like that? It is really bugging him that he can not do it.

TIA

Cheers

Sorry to but in but as for the moving pictures look up "animated GIF" on the net and you should find how to do it


Ross

Most inspiring work Dave, infact Frickin Brilliant

Please don't tell us you made that with a rusty old fret saw and blunt chisel....


Beautiful work, kudos.

Just when I thought that I was starting to get to the point of being a reasonable craftsman, along comes someone who moves the bar so far that I go back to the ranks of a beginner! That is a wonderful peice, beatifully done and finished. Simply the best post I have seen on this BB!
jacko
p.s. The animation works well too!

Absolutely fantastic, not only the execution but the design is briliant, I love the different size and position of the handles on the drawers it is so well balanced.

Just out of interest, how many hours would it take to make such master piece ?

Beautiful work, just beautiful!!!!

Thank you for sharing it with us.

RR

Originally Posted by flea1607

Could you please give the dimensions for the piece (sorry not sure what to call it)?
Cheers

There's some info on Daves website. Looks like it's for sale, why not buy it? I'm sure the big fella wouldn't mind

Thanks for all your wonderful comments guys !

I've been offline for a while after copping a nasty virus or something that wiped out my operating system . :mad:

I'll try and answer any questions , at least the ones that haven't been answered already .

Richard , I'm a shipwright by trade , so that's given me a good grounding in the technical side of woodworking and of course , curves are second nature to me . After building and fitting out luxury yachts for 25 years , I found that I was using more and more toxic chemicals and less wood . I decided to get back to wood and build things to show off the timber . There is no "place" to go and learn this stuff but rather , it's a progressive trip with each new piece inspiring new ideas . Keep pushing the envelope and you'll find yourself somewhere where others haven't been before .

Groggy , no , I won't tell you that . Apart from the drawer internals and initial squaring of the frame timbers , most of the work was done on the bandsaw . This is the 10" x 10" block of crotch maple that this came from .



Flea , it's about 16" wide and can't remember the other dimensions off hand . I don't do plans , so dimensions and proportions are done on the fly with the wood itself governing the final size . Although the piece of wood was quite large , it was cut at around 30 degrees to the grain . This did limit the size of the piece because I needed to cut the wood so the grain direction was correct .

Animated gif images are simple a cycle of images that have a timing code to change and in this case, these are looped .



Jack , there is about 3 weeks work in this one , including a week for finishing when other projects got some attention too .

Cheers,
Dave

Dave, have drooled through your site 3 times now and still can't get enough.


Someone mentioned taking a match to their shed and I have to echo this feeling, however, 1. I don't have a shed yet and 2. am not going to give up.

To make me feel a little better, can I ask how long you have been working with wood?

thanks
RufflyRustic