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26th August 2005, 10:48 PM #1
scratch building
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"
So I went to my offcut box and pulled out a length of 5x2 (straight away like a good boy),
cleaned up two sides
drilled six holes
Put the timber through the bandsaw and then chiseled out the rest of the tool holder slots:
Reassembled the 5 x 2
And reglued back together
Now I want to clean up the other 4 sides and place a triangular section at bottom to add stability.
But can member advise me how to proceed and do a veneer job on this creation. I have some sycamore, black walnut or teak available.woody U.K.
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26th August 2005, 11:36 PM #2Originally Posted by jow104
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.
- Andy Mc
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27th August 2005, 01:46 AM #3
Well she keeps knocking the plastic tower over, so I reckon I can't lose.
woody U.K.
"Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them." ~ Abraham Lincoln
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27th August 2005, 02:25 AM #4
Very thoughtful of you Jow!
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27th August 2005, 06:13 PM #5GOLD MEMBER
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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
I've just become an optimist . Iv'e made a 25 year plan -oopps I've had a few birthdays - better make that a 20 year plan
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27th August 2005, 06:37 PM #6Originally Posted by Peter36
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.woody U.K.
"Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them." ~ Abraham Lincoln
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27th August 2005, 08:04 PM #7
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 timeThose are my principles, and if you don't like them . . . well, I have others.
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27th August 2005, 08:24 PM #8
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.woody U.K.
"Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them." ~ Abraham Lincoln
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27th August 2005, 08:29 PM #9Originally Posted by jow104Those are my principles, and if you don't like them . . . well, I have others.
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27th August 2005, 10:14 PM #10Originally Posted by jow104
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.
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.
- Andy Mc
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28th August 2005, 06:49 PM #11
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.Stupidity kills. Absolute stupidity kills absolutely.
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28th August 2005, 09:45 PM #12
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?woody U.K.
"Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them." ~ Abraham Lincoln
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28th August 2005, 10:02 PM #13
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.Stupidity kills. Absolute stupidity kills absolutely.
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30th August 2005, 12:54 AM #14
progress
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)
woody U.K.
"Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them." ~ Abraham Lincoln
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30th August 2005, 09:02 PM #15
Thats looking very good John but wheres the blinking scratch that you're building.
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