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Coming along nicely Ticky. 1500 - nice and smooooooooth

I like the clamps also, which brand are they? Cheep, expensive?

Looking good Ticky.
I like the little cut out at the top of the sides. It is the small details that add to the overall finish!!
Just wondering, what finish are you thinking of using??

Gazaly,

The clamps are called Power Press. They slide onto a lump of pipe, no thread required. You can turn them around & push with them as well & they were reasonablly expensive, about $58 each plus the pipe. I was talking to the rep at the Adelaide ww show & sadly, there are no longer available. He told me that they would not sell in shops, but at shows where they were being demo'd, they always sold out. He also said he was thinking of buying the rights & formular (Plastic) & producing them in Australia, but that remains to be seen. My mate recently found 5 of them in a hardware store, all covered in dust. He offered the bloke $200 for the lot & he kept 3, I got the other two, giving me 2 pair.


WOOD BUTCHER,
Going to try to mach the stain I used on a TV corner Unit, & oil it with some fine buffing oil. I have a little trouble colour matching & that is the one part of the job that has me worried. I should go & do some sort of finishing course, but every time I want to do a course, I think "I could buy more tools with that money" & so I do. Thats why I have a good selection of tools, & no idea how to use them...


Steve

Originally Posted by Ticky

Going to try to mach the stain I used on a TV corner Unit, & oil it with some fine buffing oil. I have a little trouble colour matching & that is the one part of the job that has me worried. Steve

Here is a little tip that might help with colour matching. It will not help with your present project but possibly will with future ones.

Get a piece of scrap about 100mmx50mmx8mm from the project you are making. Everything you do to the project you do to one side of the scrap, sanding, sealing, staining, etc. As the project progresses, write on the back of the scrap the date, the name of the project and the actions performed. If you mixed stains to get a certain colour then write down the ratios used. Put the scrap away in a safe place, I have a draw full of these. If you ever need to match a previous piece then you will be able to get very close to the original finish by referring to the notes on the scrap piece.
Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by Sprog

Here is a little tip that might help with colour matching. It will not help with your present project but possibly will with future ones.

Get a piece of scrap about 100mmx50mmx8mm from the project you are making. Everything you do to the project you do to one side of the scrap, sanding, sealing, staining, etc. As the project progresses, write on the back of the scrap the date, the name of the project and the actions performed. If you mixed stains to get a certain colour then write down the ratios used. Put the scrap away in a safe place, I have a draw full of these. If you ever need to match a previous piece then you will be able to get very close to the original finish by referring to the notes on the scrap piece.
Hope this helps.

Great idea Sprog, very deserving of a greenie

Originally Posted by Ticky

Gazaly,

The clamps are called Power Press. They slide onto a lump of pipe, no thread required. You can turn them around & push with them as well & they were reasonablly expensive, about $58 each plus the pipe. I was talking to the rep at the Adelaide ww show & sadly, there are no longer available. He told me that they would not sell in shops, but at shows where they were being demo'd, they always sold out. He also said he was thinking of buying the rights & formular (Plastic) & producing them in Australia, but that remains to be seen. My mate recently found 5 of them in a hardware store, all covered in dust. He offered the bloke $200 for the lot & he kept 3, I got the other two, giving me 2 pair.

Thanks Ticky. Thats a pity, they look realy good.

Sprog,

could not agree more with Gazaly, That is a great idea. This is only my second furniture piece & the TV unit was my first. Pitty I did not know of your idea then. On the up side, I now know more than I did yesterday & no doubt less than I will tomorrow.

Gazaly,

Yes it is a great pitty, they are a very good clamp & extreamly strong. The only possible way to improve them that I can see is to have more of them. Pretty sure they were made by Irwin. Perhaps if we all emailed Irwin, They may start making them again. Worth an email.

steve

Went to there US website and found these:



http://www.irwin.com/irwin/consumer/...rwinProd100023

Got to admit, they look pretty good, but quite different from yours Ticky. What do you reckon?

Just looking at that pic of your jig , it appears that the piece of pine has mould. Icould be wrong but if it does watch out as it may spread.

Gazaly,

Sorry mate, thats not the one.



Found this site
http://www.cornerhardware.com/cart.p...ng&postal=5018

They are advertising them for US$26.69, so they must still be available

They are called Power Press.

I sent an email to Irwin today but have not yet recieved a reply, but my email has been playing up a bit lately. Need to format my computer & reload everything but I still havent finished doing our tax returns & it is nearly November. Perhaps you could send them one as well & let me know if they are still available & if there is an Australian distributor. I could use a few more sets as well.

Steve

Originally Posted by seanr

Just looking at that pic of your jig , it appears that the piece of pine has mould. Icould be wrong but if it does watch out as it may spread.

Seanr,

Bummer, & I thought it just had charactor. The things I know about timber, I could paint on my thumb nail with a 4" brush.

Thanks for pointing it out mate, any ideas' as to what I should do about it?

I just checked the shed, (11:28pm) & I have some Feast Watson Fungishield left from my first piece of furniture, That should do the trick, shouldn't it?

Steve

I'm no expert , but fungi is the word i was after . From what i know the fungishield might help but when you stain it it stands out(the fungi that is).
If you can replace the timber , however i've seen pieces of furniture with this in a few shops . If its on the inside and cant see it dont worry too much . I know pine that i have stored for a while seems to have more % of pieces with fungi and when i cut it you can see that its all the way through . I get my pine at a bargain price so any sign of fungi now and i throw it.

Seanr,

It was a while ago when I did my first piece, but I think I was told something about fungishield evening out the colour when you stain it. Can't really remember now, But I will give it a shot any way. If it is no good, The minister of finance will make me build another one. Now wouldn't that be a shame, being forced to do wood work.

Steve

Originally Posted by Ticky

Seanr,

It was a while ago when I did my first piece, but I think I was told something about fungishield evening out the colour when you stain it.
Steve

You have got that dead right, that is exactly what it does