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27th May 2013, 01:33 PM #1Senior Member
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do what with oregon
I-ve been given some oregon beams 200x50x4mt, they where left over from big pergola that was built, wondering what you cqn do with oregon in woodworking, can you make jewellery boxes etc? with it, I sure hate to waste it. Thanks everyone
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27th May 2013, 03:01 PM #2
Make it join Washington....
Seriously, I have turned some left over, its pretty plane from memory and really softI may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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27th May 2013, 03:04 PM #3GOLD MEMBER
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How are you off for work benches?
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27th May 2013, 03:06 PM #4GOLD MEMBER
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Tell the person you got it from to be careful. It rots very well if it is in a place where it regularly gets wet. I had to replace a bunch of oregon on a patio roof because it rotted out.
The other day I described to my daughter how to find something in the garage by saying "It's right near my big saw". A few minutes later she came back to ask: "Do you mean the black one, the green one, or the blue one?".
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27th May 2013, 06:43 PM #5Intermediate Member
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Burn it, and keep warm.
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27th May 2013, 10:04 PM #6
Think big Billylad! Tables, cupboard carcases, doors, rocking horses, I've done them all with oregon. The really old close grained and clear stuff is the best but you can still do nice work with newer stuff.
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28th May 2013, 10:15 AM #7
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28th May 2013, 01:09 PM #8Senior Member
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do what with oregon
Thanks all for your replies, guess I will have think bigger.
Would love to do rocking horse, but I know I know I'm no good at carving, I'm into box making at the moment, so will haveto think bigger.
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28th May 2013, 02:21 PM #9
I can’t imagine myself carving a rocking horse out of Oregon. It will drive me crazy.
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13th June 2013, 07:17 PM #10Alumnus of Wood and Strings
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20th June 2013, 03:25 PM #11
Holmesy & I went to an ol' fellas house near me in Feb this year to look at a dozen saws he had.
He had been a cabinet-maker for 20 or 30 years before changing to another job.
He was very keen on oregon as a timber, and was a part of the reason I decided not to use the oregon I have for the outdoor workbench I was/am planning.
He showed us inside to see things he had made for the house over time ... I found a couple of poor photos I took of his oregon table.
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20th June 2013, 03:49 PM #12
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23rd June 2013, 08:57 PM #13New Member
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How about some outdoor furniture
I made some Adirondacks out of Oregon I got from a mates pergola. The slats were made from Cypress Pine Pickets as I didn't want to cut down the large sections of old Oregon.
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25th June 2013, 05:13 PM #14New Member
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Awsome table with an oregon top
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25th June 2013, 11:45 PM #15
Amazing Prismatic veneer from Oregon
On the back of the latest Fine Woodworking there is a showcase of a gu who creates sensational prismatic effects with quartersawn oregon - great effect for a fairly straightforward technique.
Here's a link to a showcase of some of the work.Shine on you crazy diamond!
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