Thread: Back with more Blackwood

Originally Posted by Claw Hama

Yep that would do it Nick. I had another go today, its like going to the gym but you get paid to go.
Didn't ride the bike its piddling rain and I'm not that keen.

Good idea - the chain would get wet and only go rusty

Hey guys, Mick I generaly try not to play with things too much and keep them natural. This split will probably get a butterfly in the end grain out of sight and once the split has had a couple of coats of fisnish it should pretty much vanish. There are a few shakes that I will put some epoxy into to seal them up and make them look better (I'll get to them shortly). Most people seem to like a few natural features, it's what shop furniture lacks, that and that the timber is kiln dried and that tends to take a lot of the life out of it. I mostly only use naturaly air dried timber.

Nick I am thinking of being brave today and riding even though it looks like rain. I have a full can of Lanox so the chain is safe.

Originally Posted by Claw Hama

...that the timber is kiln dried and that tends to take a lot of the life out of it. I mostly only use naturaly air dried timber.

Nick I am thinking of being brave today and riding even though it looks like rain. I have a full can of Lanox so the chain is safe.

Interesting that the kiln sucks the life out of timber, never heard that before. Have you thought of donning the wetty and mask for the bike ride

Hi Springy, I just wrap my laptop in a garbage back before I drop it in my backpack and off I go.

Another day of not wanting to anoy the neighbours with noise over Easter so only moderate progress.
Squared up the legs and tidied up the end grain, I have both the LN LAJ and the LV LAJ, I bought the LV first and find it a bit heavy and not as comfortable as the LN but for big end grain jobs the extra weight and wider blade is great (I wouldn't part with either of them)
I then put some dowel holes across the top edge in readyness to put the top on.
Then came the tenons on the cross member and then the mortice in the legs. Stopped, not throughmortices. I drill them out with a hole saw first and then clean them out with the chisels.
Next just bumped together for a test fit.

Tomorrow I will epoxy up the shakes and then break out the sanders (belt and ros) and clean the whole leg assemble up before glueing it together.

Like that CH thinking of those around you sleeping off hangovers while you work quietly away to sounds of shavings and bloody loud music

Nice progress BTW

hole saw?

Ray
neighbours happy

anyway yesterday CH played big band march music all day



CH
a couple of Smilies just for you

Hey guys, no loud music either, tomorrow there will be. Sorry not hole saw, speed bore which I have shortened the bradpoint on so I can drill deeper without poping out on the pretty side.
Very cute smilies. Heading out to do HMAS Adelaide soon, they are still stuffing around making it safe and taking all the fun out of it.

Originally Posted by Claw Hama

Heading out to do HMAS Adelaide soon, they are still stuffing around making it safe and taking all the fun out of it.

I thought that would have been done before they pulled the plug.

Back watching again - love blackwood.

Did wonder about the hole saw - thought you might be making blackwood wheels for some in the toymaking area

Thanks claw. I seem to find myself discarding timbers due to checks or splits in the ends but maybe I should be embracing them.(especially timbers such as brush box or spotted gum)

Hi Guys
Pete, the work is done before hand but its F'ing big plug they pull with a fair bit of explosive attached to it and some bits get more than a bit out of shape on the way down. I heard they had some trouble with some doors that got sprung (and could jam) and a few other things they had to tidy up.
Hey Bob, we will have to try for that coffee next time we cross paths.
Just a minor brain snap Nick, hole saw/speed bore bothmake holes
Hi Mick, I try to salvage as much as possible. If I am going to have too many splits, shakes, holes etc in one piece I may discard some but I find most people are happy to have the "features". Have a look at the pics now. I did puta tiny bit of walnut wood filler in that little crack you saw before. The large shakes I filled with resin with a bit of walnut stain (just a few drops) so they have also pretty much disaapeared.
Mick if you look at the lastphoto (wobbled a bit) on the inside of the far leg you can see where I have filled the shakes, (grey areas). This will disappear once the finish goes on.

Today was filling the shakes and sanding. All ready to glue up and put some finish on.

Originally Posted by Claw Hama

Hi Guys
...
Just a minor brain snap Nick, hole saw/speed bore bothmake holes
...

Had me perplexed for a bit - wondering why you were doing through tenons and why a hole saw. I actually had a close look at the work to see if there were any through tenons . Brainsnap to see if we were awake.

I must say the frame looks particularly speccy

Do you use the spoke shave to tidy up the edges?

I'm sorry for the confushon Nick, it's like now, bit weary and ready to count sheep.

"Then came the tenons on the cross member and then the mortice in the legs. Stopped, not throughmortices"

"Not through Mortices" sorry again that was all just a little different to the way most people would describe "Stopped tenons" and don't try and do them with a hole saw either

Maybe I should have had more time off over Easter