mixed timber furniture (examples for the youngster)

[brian mcmillan]

examples for the youngster!!!

here is som examples of mixed colour timber furniture that i have made in the past.
please have a look at attachments to give u an idea of what mixed timber looks like.




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[dazzler]

Myrtle and Ash :?

[brian mcmillan]

na mate jarrah and ash

[RufflyRustic]

Gorgeous!!!!

Any chance of a close-up of the top of the butcher's block? That looks amazing!

cheers
Wendy

[s_m]

Thought the handle placement on the cabinet was "interesting" but then realised it's a chest of drawers (?filing cabinet) on it's side :D.

I agree the butcher's block is lovely :2tsup:!

Steph

[brian mcmillan]

here is a close up of the top





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[munruben]

excellent, a quick run down on how you did the top would be interesting

[Banksy]

Looks great Brian.

But is this a different table? - the drawer handle is different and the drawer or the block has been swung 90°.

[brian mcmillan]

just worked out a rough size size for my top say 600 by 500 for example then went
600 divided by the size you want your squres in the top 35 = 17.14
then 500 divided by 35= 14.28

then remove the points so 17 by 35= 595
14 by 35= 490

so the actuel top size is 595 by 490
work out how many blocks you need 17 by 14 = 238 blocks
divide that by 2 for the different timbers 119 blocks of each timber needed but make extra to allow for stuff ups

now work out your thickness say 70mm then 119 by 70mm = 8333mm
so you machine up say 9 metres allowing 600mm of 35mm by 35mm of (in this case jarrah) obviostly in shorter lengths! and 9 metres of (in this case vic ash)

dock it all into your 70mm lengths (witch is boring and time consuming)

then starting on one side glue one line red white red white.....17 times then on the next line you do glue it to the previus line at same time as making the new line and continue until all 14 lines are done. make sure its on a flat surface with news paper on it or some kind of paper once you have glued all blocks get 2 peices of scrap timber 70mm by say 20mm about 650mm long and wrap in news paper put along oposite eges and clamp together then cut 2 more pieces 70 bo 20 wraped in paper say 480 to fit in between other clamping sticks and clamp those together hopefully all joins should line up if machined square and the right size

this is a time consuming job and you will need a slow drying glue i used i 24 hour 2 pack apoxy resin witch is really strong aswell ive made three of those butchers blocks now and every time i do the top i ask myself y i do it but once its finished it seems worth the time

[brian mcmillan]

Looks great Brian.

But is this a different table? - the drawer handle is different and the drawer or the block has been swung 90°.

yes it is ive made a couple the one at the top is 16 squares by 14
and the close up one is smaller at only 12 squares by 10 i think from memory this one had bigger squares 42by42mm maybe??? sorry its been a while since i made that one

[Lignum]

The other way to do it which i prefere, is to get 2 planks, one light, one dark 250 x 38 and dress it.

Dock the ends to the desired length (70mm) so you will have a heap of pieces 70mm (L) x 240 (w) x 35 (T) width and thickness = endgrain

Alternating light and dark, glue each peice so its back to one long plank. When dry, rip into 35mm strips, dock to length and arrange side by side and "move" every 2nd one back one place and do the final glue-up. Quick and stress free.:)

[RufflyRustic]

Thanks Brian, the top is indeed superb!

Have to agree Lignum, that is the easy way of alternating timber.

I did the same thing when I made that little chess board, except I glued the 12mm x 12mm dar lengths together first, then cut them into strips and the rest as you did. Much easier than fiddling with tiny individual blocks.

Cheers
Wendy

[brian mcmillan]

i thought of that but didnt think i would get the acuracy or join quality from saw that i would from thicker.

different horses for different corses i suppose

[theyoungster]

cheers for the pictures of other two tone jobs they look great
i was stressing for a while there thinking that my job would look weird but since coming on here i havnt looked back nd i just getting on with the job

cheers for the pics
the youngster (bryce)