Thread: How not to make a ladder

Sanding don't you love sanding sanded to 120 grit on the inside planning to go to 400 depending on the shellac experiment at Robbos, in fact a lot depends on the shellacing at Robbos. We have a crack! Dooon't panic it's just a face crack that skirts around the meaty bit I say More of a concern is that I have to write notes for a reminder to which way's where
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Your delightful “ladders” harkens allegorical interpretations, “Jack in the beanstalk” “Jacob’s Ladder, or Grimm’ fairy tales. Though the work is seemingly light and whimsical, it (the work) is complex. I really find the pieces engaging. Please post more images and if you care to share, your thoughts.

Attachment 210421I do care to share Jack but at the moment my thoughts are like this pile of letters I've cut out. They'll eventually be stained and rusty nailed on something or other to form some words I copied from Wikipedia and altered a bit:

STANDARD PALLETS STANDARD HARDWOOD
TREE PALLETS ARE SQUARE HARDWOOD
TREE PALLETS WHICH ARE STANDARD
IN AUSTRALIA AND NONSTANDARD
ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD

Now how deep and meaninful is that Really wanting to get back to the ladder soon but I'm doing big hours at the grind stone. Thanks for your thoughts Jack you been to Australia yet?

Cutting up letters? Love it. While everyone else has moved on from the pallet challenge you are still finding inspiration. About time the rest of us have another pallet challenge perhaps. Been a bit quiet on that front I reckon.

Originally Posted by tea lady

Cutting up letters? Love it. While everyone else has moved on from the pallet challenge you are still finding inspiration. About time the rest of us have another pallet challenge perhaps. Been a bit quiet on that front I reckon.

It's been four years still someones gotta love 'em, their very forlorn things you know

Oh Springy, I've told you before to make sure the string line is tight before you cut along the line.
Nar, looks amazing mate, lots of fun

Originally Posted by springwater

It's been four years still someones gotta love 'em, their very forlorn things you know

4 years? Have I been mucking round with wood for that long? Gotta quite mucking round soon and get serious. (Not as serious as that other serious woman wood worker though. )

Originally Posted by Claw Hama

Oh Springy, I've told you before to make sure the string line is tight before you cut along the line.
Nar, looks amazing mate, lots of fun

Claw ya old bag of spuds good to see ya

Originally Posted by tea lady

4 years? Have I been mucking round with wood for that long? Gotta quite mucking round soon and get serious. (Not as serious as that other serious woman wood worker though. )

Ya gunna get you're odd yank going haywire tyhese days

[QUOTE=springwater;1499402]Claw ya old bag of spuds good to see ya

Prolly should've used old bag of spuds as a term of endearment here, sorry abot that

He does look a bit like a bag of spuds with legs.

Dodging showers all day but I was able to blend the rung ends into their legs and sanded the ladder to #240 grit ready for red dye.
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Between showers, sunshine, rain squalls, hail, hot water, warm dye and dogs the first application of the famous U-Beaut water dye of the red kind went on and soaked in a bit I hope. I'll leave it in the shed for a week and sand it down to #320 grit ready for the next dose/bout
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Hi Springy, From what I can remember of them your previous ladders were left natural in colour. What's the motivation for red this time?