Thread: scratch building

Originally Posted by jow104

I was going out of the back door towards the workshop and the wife said
" I could do with something better to hold those kitchen spatulas"

Errmmm... I don't want to rain on your parade, but are you sure the other half would consider that "better?"

The female species have odd ways of looking at things; they don't see needing to remove one tool to get at another as a chance to play with their toys...

But I like the idea. Might have to pinch it.

Well she keeps knocking the plastic tower over, so I reckon I can't lose.

Very thoughtful of you Jow!

Why veneer it Jow . Why not lash out and make one out a bit of solid oak or how about making a bigger round base to stabilize the plastic tower

Originally Posted by Peter36

Why veneer it Jow . Why not lash out and make one out a bit of solid oak or how about making a bigger round base to stabilize the plastic tower

The timber is construction grade softwood and vey porous and from my usual source. Secondly I have never done any veneering and want to get some action.
Bu :gger why didn't I think of adding the heavy base to the plastic tower

Your mention of oak has got me thinking, any offcuts of 2x1 upto 10 x 2 in hardwoods or mixed timbers would be workable to this design.
Thinking of adding leg supports.

Cool idea. Why did you do the splitting down the middle? Couldn't you have just drilled the holes all the way down?

Here how I solved a similar problem several years ago. Frees up bench space and creates a shelf at the same time

Zenwood,

My Forstener bits were not long enough, high speed drill were OK for length after initial forstener cut but our kitchen tool handles flatten out on the handles and the slots grip better.

Looks like you do some good cooking in Aus.

Originally Posted by jow104

Looks like you do some good cooking in Aus.

Nah: just enough to keep alive (except pancakes). Like everything else in our house, it attracts junk!

Originally Posted by jow104

The timber is construction grade softwood and vey porous and from my usual source. Secondly I have never done any veneering and want to get some action.

I'll wish you luck with it then... I'm an expert at stuffing up simple veneering, let alone something with holes to work around!

Bu :gger why didn't I think of adding the heavy base to the plastic tower

Nar, toss the plastic! How 'bout combining zenwoods & peter's ideas and make a new tower with a bigger base, using cup-hooks to hang stuff? Or, if you have a lathe, turn a few spokes to hang the implements off. Come to that, hit the implement handles with a BIG hammer and replace them at the same time! Matched set...

Your mention of oak has got me thinking, any offcuts of 2x1 upto 10 x 2 in hardwoods or mixed timbers would be workable to this design.
Thinking of adding leg supports.

Especially if you have access to a lathe.

BTW, I've already pinched your idea. I did warn you! Using it to make a knife-block in which the handles recess a few cm.

If you moved those big black and orange clamps to the bottom it would be stable
After that bloody coffee table I am now a veneering expert :mad:
Don't use PVA, use a good cross linked PVA, coat both surfaces, let it dry then iron it on, boom boom, simple as that, and don't use any spirit based stains or finishes as they dissolve the glue.

Iain

What do you mean by a cross link PVA?

I was intending to 10% water a genuine PVA glue, coat one piece of veneer drop side on, coat back side with pva and then drop veneer on. Any problems?

Yellow glue as opposed to white, stronger and has better hanging on capabilities.
I glued up a buckled bead to a wall once and expected to get about three months out of it before it let go.
8 years later it's still there.

A kind member on the UK woodwork forum posted me a gift of veneers, some burr maple and silky maple together with some banding to complete my kitchen palette holder.

Ends in burr maple as per pictures and top palette holes veneered over and recut.

Hope to complete this evening when our tempertures coold down ( 30c in shop at the moment)

Thats looking very good John but wheres the blinking scratch that you're building.