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14th March 2021, 06:19 PM #46
The problem with making furniture directly from the felled tree is that every time you run out of timber, you have to pick up the chainsaw! It was raining most of today and, being a Sunday, the chainsaw didn’t seem as attractive a prospect as it normally does?
I got clear finish and stain on to some of the pieces......
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..... but the stain was a bit of a ‘bullet-dodger’ and a late change of plan! The sapele laminated ply I had for the job ended up being not just a ‘variation in colour’ but a clashing WRONG colour! As a reminder, here is the altar that the lectern has to match and how close the lectern will be to the altar so I decided to stain the sapele to match with the panel on the front of the altar?
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By the end of the day, the components below the torsion box were mostly complete so tomorrow will be ...... CHAINSAW DAY!
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14th March 2021, 08:57 PM #47
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14th March 2021, 09:16 PM #48
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15th March 2021, 10:22 PM #49
I had a one-step-backwards one-step-forward sort of day so the only positive thing i can show you today is......
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...... this little piece of magic I picked up on line. I want the old tree to show through so I use pieces of timber with splits and occasional sap holes BUT I first fill them with this thick, black super glue that settles into the blemish and is then sprayed with accelerator! It files flush quickly and is then polished with the sanding used on the timber so it is no extra work. It does leave a wonderful, smooth surface but still shows the spirit of the tree.a rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
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15th March 2021, 11:05 PM #50SENIOR MEMBER
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Don't be coy, tell us what the magic potion is called.
mick
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16th March 2021, 05:12 PM #51
Spinning things make you giddy I heard it so often. Good to see you have raised the standard and taken to turning on a lathe just think of it as an over sized router except with the wood in the jaws no the tool. Tool in your hand and shavings much bigger.
You could convert to Catholicism farm the whole project out at half the cost............oh forgot you are doing this for LOVE for one of two reasons 1 to keep in good books loser to home, 2 So heaven throws open its doors
Why is the left side higher than the right?
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16th March 2021, 08:41 PM #52a rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
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16th March 2021, 08:55 PM #53
Nah, still get giddy Ray, I subbed out the turning.
This afternoon I got back on to the torsion box. I dressed the face timber to width and thickness and then dragged out my old mitre sled to cut to length
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By tonight I had cut the four faces and I’m pretty happy with the mitre joints which here are only held together by a framing clamp. Tomorrow I’ll domino these joints and get it glued up. If you’re trying to work out what happens from here ........ so am I?
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17th March 2021, 07:21 AM #54
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17th March 2021, 05:51 PM #57
I wasn’t happy with the assembly so, after gluing up the ‘table top’, I pulled the whole lectern apart, fixed a couple of fit issues and put it all back together again. Just a few words however for anyone who may be considering making furniture out of Forest red gum (FRG) and the first word is......
DON’T! it is SO hard and dense that every screw hole needs be drilled and preferably taper drilled. I am using Robertson hardened steel screws and so far I have literally shattered 3 drivers! The second word is.....
also DON’T!
So, back to today’s efforts, I domino’d the table top mitre joints, glued and clamped it and let it set for a few hours
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When good and dry, I fitted it’s plywood top, re-sanded it and applied a first coat of WOP. When fine sanded, the FRG looks and feels like polished marble.
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I returned to the stash of chainsaw milled timber and selected some straight grained pieces to dress for the framing trim with the intention being to ‘harmonise’ with the framing of the altar top.
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I tried to attach the framing pieces with fine nails but it just laughed at me, I am now thinking epoxy!a rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
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17th March 2021, 06:45 PM #58
Could be harder Alan, something like Iron Bark or Gidgee.....
Hardness Scale of Aussie Timbers .pdf
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18th March 2021, 08:16 AM #59SENIOR MEMBER
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The cross grain edges of the torsion box look beautiful.
Have you taken any moisture readings of the FRG?
I'm thinking drawer fronts for my long baulk but only when I find a second pair of hands to help with the milling. It must weigh >100 kgs.
mick
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18th March 2021, 10:19 AM #60
Thanks Mick, yes it is beautiful timber but I’m not game to take a moisture reading because I don’t know what I would do if it was too green. The lectern has to be made from the timber from this tree and the lectern is already taking too long? I’ve designed it so that none of the FRG is restrained but only time will tell. I have developed a burning dislike however for the thug who milled it. IF he had milled it to 30 mm thick as requested it would definitely be dry by now!
PS, I’m happy to be the other pair of hands and I’ve been known to work for hearty food and fine wine?a rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
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