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  1. 3rd September 2006, 11:27 AM #1
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    Default First major project with Studley's wood.

    I believe its spotted gum. The 'stiles'?? cut from some 4x2 and the shelves 135x19 flooring, generously donated by TexB.

    Sanded to 400, shellaced and UB waxed.

    Not quite finished, I wanted to see how it looked in situ before finishing the top, veneering the shelf end and deciding how the bottom skirt should look.

    Bit tedious project, lots of belt sanding and finishing. The timber was all warped to some degree, so a bit of cutting and jointing required. Lots of tear out, even with newly sharpened blades. Hard and dense as hell.

    Worst part was getting it in the house. It is 2075 tall and the door is 2000. I assembled on the verandah, minus the top shelf, then tilting with great difficulty manouvered thru the (wide) sliding door. Must weigh close to 150Kg.

    Its 2000 wide. No backing, except for the middle bit, as I feel that would make it all too dark. Lots of mistakes, hopefuly hidden by skillfull camera work. In real life it looks a little better than pics, as the flash makes it all a bit stark
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  3. 3rd September 2006, 05:42 PM #2
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    Thats a serious undertaking, you've done well Bodgy it looks great.
    It's better to be thought of as a fool than to speak up and remove all doubt!
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    Looks good Bodgy, just what your woodwork book collection needs!
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    Great work, like it a lot. I've had requests to build a large-ish bookcase and was thinking of a wall unit type arrangement. Backing the central section only also good design idea. Well done.
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    Great work Bodgy. You've done a great job on the finish, too. Really came up a treat.

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    You've got to look out for wide angle lenses (or wide angle settings on variable lenses) when you photograph something with a regular grid to it - they tend to make strange bulges & curves appear where none exist.
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    Good result Bodgy, you're shaming me into doing something with the wood you gave me!
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  9. 3rd September 2006, 09:35 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by bsrlee
    You've got to look out for wide angle lenses (or wide angle settings on variable lenses) when you photograph something with a regular grid to it - they tend to make strange bulges & curves appear where none exist.
    I have a few digital cameras, one of which is quite top end. However, to get the wide angle function going I would either have to:

    Invest hours in experiment or,
    Read the instructions, which would put me into code violation.

    Neither of which fills me with enthusiasm. I had noticed that the uprights look a little bowed. They're actually not, thanks to the table saw.

    Thanks to all for the kind comments.
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    Nice work there Bodgy you have done an excellent job. Bet SWMBO was happy with the finished result. Well done.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Al B
    Nice work there Bodgy you have done an excellent job. Bet SWMBO was happy with the finished result. Well done.
    Alas, HI is rarely happy.
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    Very nice

    Could do with something like that here.
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