Those of you who know me, would realise that I have NIL ability in keeping (at least woodworking?) secrets!
The furniture that I am making as a sign of reverence to the “murdered tree” is to be a .....uhm ..... SURPRISE!
This could make WIPs a little tricky as you never know who may be reading the thread. For example, I didn’t know that I had been working with 62woollybugger for 20 years. Strangely enough, he didn’t use that name at work :B
However, at this early stage of making components, I can’t give away too many secrets by posting a WIP?
My new design requires a number of curved sections and I didn’t fancy trying to steam bend a timber, one of whose common names is
bastard box? I made a substantial former of the required diameter.....
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.... and have made the first prototype which has now been sanded to 800 and finished only with WOP..
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I experimented with thickness of laminations and have settled on 5 mm thick and held with my standard Titebond glue.