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29th September 2010, 11:41 PM #1gravity is my co-pilot
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A brace of Walnut tilt-top tables
About 25 years ago my Grandfather made this small, tilt-top table. A few months ago, one of my uncles (in a moment of misplaced philanthropy) gave it to his nephew instead of passing it to my Mother (who always was the intended recipient). This was even more annoying as I used to nip around to his shed after school to help(?) him with its construction. So, work has started on a pair in Walnut (one in Juglans Regia, one in Nigra) to cheer her up.
Expect glacial progress due to a recent addition to the family. The turning will be by another forum member (aka my Dad) who has a lathe, yours truly (who doesn't) will engage in the straight work and carving. With stunning attention to time-and-motion, there is a few hundred kms between the makers, which may present a few problems as the pieces need to come together...
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30th September 2010, 10:26 AM #2GOLD MEMBER
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I can see why your Mother would be annoyed as the piece is an heirloom. Your Grandfather was certainly a skilled crafstman . Lookin forward to a WIP
I've just become an optimist . Iv'e made a 25 year plan -oopps I've had a few birthdays - better make that a 20 year plan
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30th September 2010, 12:27 PM #3
I hope at least the nephew was deserving of the table!
Will you be coping the leg joints, or faceting the bottom of the pillar? If the former, I hope you and your dad have synchronised your callipers etc..
I know you believe you understand what you think I wrote, but I'm not sure you realize that what you just read is not what I meant.
Regards, Woodwould.
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30th September 2010, 03:19 PM #4gravity is my co-pilot
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1st October 2010, 08:27 PM #5gravity is my co-pilot
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1st October 2010, 11:20 PM #6gravity is my co-pilot
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Here’s a few pictures of some of the wood that is to be used. The Regia was bagged after a storm in the Ovens Valley knocked down a few hearty limbs at a friend’s farm. The black Walnut came after a quick drive to my local timber yard.
The design of the tables is a scaled-down American colonial piece. Construction will be traditional, with the legs dovetailed into the pedestal etc., while animal glue will be used throughout. As Tsar bond, the hide glue (aka bone glue, nag clag, horse sauce, scotch glue or groom’s revenge) I often use came out of the old Soviet Bloc, I thought it only fair to mate it with a design from the Western Hemisphere. Being from the USSR, I dread to think about its contents, but it works very well. You can read an excellent piece on ‘horse sauce’ here.
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1st October 2010, 11:35 PM #7
Huzzar for the Ovens Valley and the Walnut it produces!
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I know you believe you understand what you think I wrote, but I'm not sure you realize that what you just read is not what I meant.
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2nd October 2010, 09:29 AM #8Jim
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As you well know walnut does have its inclusions and sometimes foreign objects. It also varies a great deal.
Coming out of the woodwork and recognising BD as my son, the pieces he gave me for the pedestals are amazingly different. The first is far less dense than the second and for me more difficult to turn. The colour varies greatly too.
From now on things slow down as the bird-cage spindles are nearly an exact copy of the pedestal but only 2 1/2" long. I'll have to dig out my small set of marples.
Cheers,
Jim
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2nd October 2010, 09:52 AM #9
Very nice turning there Jimbur!
I hope you broke it to him gently before coming out with this revelation on the forum!
I have milled somewhere between fifteen and twenty Walnut trees that I bought in or around the Ovens Valley (one from Dargo was four feet diameter about a foot above the ground). Some from the same property were virtually identical (same variety), but the remainder were very different which speaks volumes about the Victorian Walnut industry in its formative years..
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2nd October 2010, 11:44 AM #10Jim
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2nd October 2010, 05:08 PM #11gravity is my co-pilot
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2nd October 2010, 07:06 PM #13Jim
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3rd October 2010, 08:08 AM #15Skwair2rownd
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Well, you two certainly will have your work cut out living up to the standard of the original, but you have made a damned good start JIm! Great turning!
As an aside I have only turned one piece of Walnut. It was given to me buy a friend and I really loved turning it. I made a small, thin walled bowl. I was amazed at how thin I was able to get the walls.
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