Thread: Log drawers

Some photos would be nice!! At the moment I can only picture a stump with a clock on it.

G'day Mr.I and welcome to all the advice you could ever want!!

Some of that advice may even be very useful. - like doing as Claw suggests.

Originally Posted by Claw Hama

Some photos would be nice!! At the moment I can only picture a stump with a clock on it.

Yeah bro, that's basically it - I'll post a picture later on.
Also, one of my new log to work on...

Any suggestions on best ways to carve out some of the log?

Cheers...

I reckon you could manage it somehow with one, more or all of the following:

axe
drill
router
chisel
plane

all depends on how much wood you're carving though doesn't it?

Originally Posted by mr.incredible

Yeah bro, that's basically it - I'll post a picture later on.
Also, one of my new log to work on...

Any suggestions on best ways to carve out some of the log?

Cheers...

As Claw said we need a photo. I to have no idea unless we see what you want to work on. Its a bit confusing.

Journeyman, you missed Dremel and Explosives
Mr I can't you find us a pic or a sketch, mime maybe?

Originally Posted by mr.incredible

Any suggestions on best ways to carve out some of the log?

Cheers...

I've used a chainsaw and a grinder with an "Arbortec" wheel fitted to hollow out sections of log before.
But as others have said already, it's a bit hard to guess what it is you actually want to achieve. More description and preferably some pics would help to understand.

Or if you're looking for a natural alternative, then you could unleash some termites on it

Originally Posted by Claw Hama

Journeyman, you missed Dremel and Explosives
Mr I can't you find us a pic or a sketch, mime maybe?

Hi guys, attached are pictures of my basic, yet does-the-job-cheaply bedside table and a couple of pictures of the new log; one of which is sitting against the old log in a sort of 'comparison picture'...

Hope that helps. =s

Cheers.

Bedside table: http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/5696/dsc01702uq.jpg
New log: http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/8352/dsc00001nh.jpg
Rough sketch in MSPAINT: http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/829...chpoorpoor.jpg

Hope this somewhat helps, and keep in mind that I am no artist, nor am I a woodworker.
I'm a student! And a mediocre one at that. >_>

Hi Mr I, hey I was pretty close, nice stump. You will get plenty of ideas from the gang but here's mine.
Your log/bed side table is very green and will take a long time to dry out ie you are going to have more movement than a school boy with a penthouse magazine. So if you intend to make this soon I would buy myself a couple of nice cane baskets the size you want your drawers, cut the holes to suit, they can sit in there as drawers. The holes, chainsaw!! Once it has dried out enough, (what do you recon guys, 2 years, no, 3 maybe) then make your drawers and fit them. By then you will have more experience too.

I recon you could do it like a big bandsawn box. "Slab" the front and back off the log. Then the sides. Use them like veneer later on when they have dried. Cut the draws and everything out with a "b(&^* big bandsaw. I kinda had a plan for a slightly smaller piece of log I found. Its on the list.

Either a Bansdsaw as TL suggested or Chainsaw but do what Claw Hama said, the timber is too green.

As noted above, the log is too green. Also store it in a shed not out in the sun. Make sure it is ventilated all round and keep a lookout for possible splits occurring.
Looking at the size of your log start thinking about 3 - 4 years before you decide to do anything with it.
Its a long slow process.