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1st September 2014, 10:45 AM #1GOLD MEMBER
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Here's a big one for your toolbox
A four foot gouge!
http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/l...jectID=5818510
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1st September 2014, 04:36 PM #2
I'm glad I'm not making those... I'd need a bigger grinder..
That must be a huge piece of box..
Ray
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2nd September 2014, 03:42 PM #3GOLD MEMBER
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I guess one would not be getting too close to the work eh?
Experienced in removing the tree from the furniture
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3rd September 2014, 08:30 AM #4
Does look like Box in the small pic, Ray, which is probably intended, but the blurb says "Beech". If you blow the pic up as much as it will stand, you can make out the faint ray fleck of Beech...
I've seen a small plane made from Box, & from the end-grain pattern, I estimated it must've come from a tree at least 6 inches in diameter. So I just consulted Mr. Wikipedia, and this is what he says: "Buxus sempervirens is an evergreen shrub or small tree growing to 1–9 m (3 ft 3 in–29 ft 6 in) tall, with a trunk up to 20 centimetres (7.9 in) in diameter (exceptionally to 10 m tall and 45 cm diameter)". So you could get a Box handle that size if you got your hands on a log from a tree like that. Wish I had a couple growing in my back yard!
Cheers,IW
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3rd September 2014, 09:54 AM #5GOLD MEMBER
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In the log home building industry, that's called a "slick" which you push with your shoulder.
Take a peek at the house on the home page. Dime a dozen that size.
Magard Speacialty Log Building Tools
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3rd September 2014, 05:42 PM #6GOLD MEMBER
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This is a trade display model that I doubt has ever been used on wood.
Most slicks have a handle that is twice the length of the blade.
This gouge has a blade about 2/3 of the length and is another foot longer than the common large slicks.
I'm guessing you'd have a hard enough time just picking it up let alone using it!
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3rd September 2014, 06:30 PM #7
Maybe used by two people?
Yes I know I am just being silly.
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4th September 2014, 07:28 AM #8GOLD MEMBER
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Anything smaller would not be entirely useful when 36" - 48" logs need to be jointed.
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