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Thread: Morris chair - My first project
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22nd July 2012, 09:54 PM #1Novice
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Morris chair - My first project
I know now that my first project should have been smaller, easier and or may be on a softer wood, but my enthusiasm got the better of me! I'm sure you understand .
Having no experience in wood working, this forum is a treasure trove of knowledge - thanks to all of you! I did spend a lot of time on YouTube as well, as I was predominantly using hand tools. Having bought oversize timber(makore & Fijian mahogany), I can well and truly say, I did some planing. The timber is beautiful but the makore did work my sinuses and blunted tool edges. I did buy a triton saw from a forumite mid way through the project to break down the wood, as hand sawing was terribly slow for me (I think it's the saw, more than anything). I also used a router for grooves in the arm rest, everything else was hand tools.
Before the next project, I plan on building a few jigs, to make things easier! Learnt a lot from this project, having made (quite) a few mistakes, but I'm quite happy with the outcome.
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22nd July 2012, 10:00 PM #2
Very nice job, and some lovely colour there
What finish did you use?
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23rd July 2012, 08:24 AM #3Novice
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Thank you. The finish is called Treatex, wax n oil blend, mainly used for floors. I was experimenting with tung, linseed, poly, etc, but it kept darkening. This kept some of the pink hues in, and I really liked it.
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23rd July 2012, 01:44 PM #4
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25th July 2012, 10:43 PM #5
Nice job Michael, keep up the good work
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26th July 2012, 08:15 AM #6Novice
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Thanks SB & 3TS!
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26th July 2012, 10:14 AM #7
very nice, love the colour. I have been thinking about one of these for a while you may have motivated me it is worth a greenie.
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26th July 2012, 10:18 AM #8
It's your first project and you did it mostly with hand tools??
Something to be proud of indeed."I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."
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26th July 2012, 10:34 AM #9
Nice chair
Regards
John
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26th July 2012, 10:24 PM #10Novice
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27th August 2012, 02:10 AM #11New Member
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very nice indeed well done, Im getting motavated
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28th August 2012, 09:34 PM #12
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