Thread: Towel rack

Nice!

I like it. Good on ya matey !

Now, lets talk about the floor.....looks nice

Originally Posted by custos

, and now I have to make one for our bedroom.

To hang the jocks on I bet

Ahhh, the floor. My pride and joy. Over 120 m2 of grey ironbark (Eucalyptus drepanophylla), beautiful stuff. The guy who installed the flooring was a real timber buff and a bit of a greenie so he approached it as a labour of love. the floorboards are secret-nailed but of course you can't nail-gun such a hard timber so every nail hole is pre-drilled and hand nailed. Again because of the hardness of the the ironbark he broke a drill bit about every 20-30 holes.

I've made some furniture our of offcuts but it really takes a toll on any tools. It's hard and heavy. To give you an indication, the density of Jarrah is about 835 kg/m3 and ironbark is 1105 kg/m3. On the hardness scale Jarrah scores an 8.5, Spotted Gum 11, and ironbark a 14. (see here)

Nice darkside job Custos. Of course, you planed the dowels to round from square stock, didn't you?

Nice rack and floor - well done Custos

Mmmm. Superb job custos. Did you glue the dowels in place?

And how come SWMBO doesn't know you do woodwork?

Come up a treat Custos, well done.(rain check on the greeny...)

Looks great, sometimes it is best to keep it simple.

Originally Posted by zenwood

Mmmm. Superb job custos. Did you glue the dowels in place?

Yes, glued in.

Originally Posted by AlexS

Nice darkside job Custos. Of course, you planed the dowels to round from square stock, didn't you?

Heh... no I'm not claiming this is a darkside job -- stock cut with drop saw, holes drilled at the drill press, edges rounded by router.... I usually don't hand cut M&Ts, but in this case there were only a few so I did it to see if I still could.