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14th July 2015, 09:50 PM #61
Mate, I appreciate your comments and support.
Regards.
Pete.
P.S. Yep rust inhibiting.
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14th July 2015, 10:29 PM #62
Your mate is going to be gob smacked when he gets this.
An absolute credit to youThe person who never made a mistake never made anything
Cheers
Ray
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14th July 2015, 10:35 PM #63
Thanks Ray. It's been a real labor of love.
Who ever thought a box could be so much work.
Best reagrds
Pete.
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15th July 2015, 09:15 PM #64
Hi All.
This afternoon my mate Bob dropped around the handle spindles that I had asked him to help me with. Bob is a fine engineer, and as usual, delighted me with his precision. A lovely man with real skills and a willingness to help anyone who needs it. The American White Oak spindles were oiled and the American Walnut handle supports were polyurethane spray painted.
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I also got a chance to finish the sliding tool trays. I made the tray handles from some very figured Camphor Laural that I had bought in slabs. I picked out the darkest and most fragrant pieces. Rust inhibiting remember. True! I plugged the screws with the matching Walnut.
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Thats it for today. Tomorrow is another day.
Until then.
Best.
pete.
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15th July 2015, 10:36 PM #65
Pete your engineer mate hasn't done half bad job there bet they are only out .0001 or so.
Just watch the Camphor its intoxicating he might get high on the fumes
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15th July 2015, 10:39 PM #66
That is beautiful work Pete. Love to see some of the other work you have done in your life.
Dave TTC
Turning Wood Into Art
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16th July 2015, 06:37 PM #67
Being a real treat to watch this progress.
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16th July 2015, 07:19 PM #68
Thanks guys.
I've really enjoyed the project and the writing up each day of my progress. I also enjoy the interaction with other members of this Forum and feel that I now have some new friends. Thanks.
Dave: I'm sure that you will see more of my work. I have already started a new thread of a Crows Ash kitchen benchtop that is about to begin.
Best regards
Pete.
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16th July 2015, 08:18 PM #69
Today saw the completion of the tool chest.
image.jpgI just needed to fix the handles to the sides of the chest. I did not want to show any fixings so I decided to dowel and epoxy glue them on. To do this I would need some dowels. I've got some standard pine dowels but wanted to use hardwood dowels instead. So I pulled out my old dowel making "machine". I've had this since I was an apprentice. I don't use it much, but it works just fine. I just milled a bit of Jarrah to 10mm x 10mm and then hammered it through the 10mm hole in the jig. Perfect dowels!
Then the dowel holes needed to be drilled. They have to be nice and straight, so I cut a piece of board for a template, marked it out, drilled the holesand then used it to drill into both the handles and the sides. I made a depth stop for the drill because, heaven forbid, what if I drilled a hole through to the other side?
I then scratched the polyurethane off so that the epoxy would stick, then glued and clamped the handles into position.
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Now it's finished.
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I asked my mate Graeme to come over to the workshop this afternoon to have a look at something I was working on. when he walked in to see his name on a chest, He was speechless.
After a few moments to take it in he said, "Pete, I am truely touched that you would spend so much time making something so beautiful for me. Thank you very very much".
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I would like to thank all of you who have followed my project with interest and have encouraged me with your advice, kind words, and offers of help. It has made the project so much more enjoyable.
I will post some nice final photos in the next day or so.
Thanks again.
Pete.
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16th July 2015, 09:02 PM #70regards
Nick
veni, vidi, tornavi
Without wood it's just ...
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16th July 2015, 09:10 PM #71
Thanks Nick
It really is a delight to do a project for just the sheer joy it brings to another.
Regards
Pete.
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16th July 2015, 09:29 PM #72
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16th July 2015, 09:49 PM #73
Midnight! That's too late Mate. What are you doing?
P.
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16th July 2015, 10:04 PM #74
Jacking a house up
Dave TTC
Turning Wood Into Art
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16th July 2015, 10:13 PM #75
If you work past 5pm around here the council fine you.
Take it easy buddy.
P.
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