More woodtalking

**BobL** · 25th June 2006, 12:25 AM

One for those that like the rustic look.

I resawed a block of redgum from the woodpile to make more handles and after slabbing it said. "You are not going to make me into handles, I want to be a set of bookends". And here they are after their first coat of organ oil. The trouble with detailed photos is they can reveal stuff ups really well. I can see I need to resand along couple of the joint lines cos a thin veneer of glue's showing and a faint trail of ROS orbitals are showing up on the close up picture of the grain.

The silver edging is entirely natural, it really shines silvery.

Anyway, based on this we are suspending burning any more firewood until further notice.

**dan_tom** · 25th June 2006, 09:55 AM

Looks like we both caught the red gum bug this weekend! Rustic and solid book ends - nice!

Cheers
Dan

**Skew ChiDAMN!!** · 25th June 2006, 08:54 PM

The natural edge really sets 'em off. Good job!

**Wongo** · 25th June 2006, 10:53 PM

Noice.

**Andy Mac** · 26th June 2006, 09:26 AM

Very nice rustic work! You're going to get cold if you keep talking to firewood!

Cheers,

**RufflyRustic** · 26th June 2006, 09:47 AM

Very nice Bob! Some decent bookends which will do what they are supposed to, stop the books from falling over.

Very Nice!!!

Cheers
Wendy

**BobL** · 26th June 2006, 10:31 AM

Thanks all,

I finished them off yesterday and SWMBO is quite pleased with the result.

Originally Posted by Andy Mac

You're going to get cold if you keep talking to firewood

We're using our fireplaces less and less every year. I usually come home and head straight for the shed. SWMBO comes home later and starts the gas heater, cos she's too tired to light a fire.

More woodtalking:
My latest project is a bowsaw. Yesterday I resawed two blocks from the wood heap, a 250 x 900 mm long bit of sheoak and a 400 x 300 block of redgum. The Sheoak was slightly twisted and badly cracked and peppered with sand in the cracks and natural surface openings, had to spend some time with the hose cleaning it up. Interestingly I think it cut slightly easier for being wet. I was hoping to get 1 decent piece/board out of it for the saw but instead it gave me 4 , 30 mm thick "interesting" boards and said "I want to be a coffee table top". Dang, have to put those aside for another day.

The second was a 400 x 300 block of redgum. After the first cut, the grain shouted (with a sort of germanic accent!), "I VANT TO BE HANDLES"! Well, at least a bow saw has handles.

Wendy, this may have been said before but . . . The problem with wood talking is you can't use earmuffs or earplugs to block out the chatter, you have to use a blind fold and leather gloves, and the blind fold doesn't exactly add to shed safety.

**zenwood** · 26th June 2006, 10:31 AM

Love 'em. The silvery bark, and feature grain and checks look great.

Also, it's good to see someone who cares enough about books to use bookends. Just wish I had space in my bookcases for bookends. As it is, the books are all squished in from end-to-end, and put flat in all the gaps on top.

**BobL** · 26th June 2006, 10:48 AM

Originally Posted by zenwood

Love 'em. The silvery bark, and feature grain and checks look great.

Also, it's good to see someone who cares enough about books to use bookends. Just wish I had space in my bookcases for bookends. As it is, the books are all squished in from end-to-end, and put flat in all the gaps on top.

Ahh, an interesting statement that. SWMBO is a "librarian" and I get very firm remarks about the way I (mis)treat books. On the other side of the fence she collects childrens picture books and young adult literature. Hence our house is full of books and every bookcase is stuffed to the gunnels with all the gaps on the top filled plus piles of books laying on their sides on top of the bookcases and the current book count on her side of the bedhead is 22 and I have 2!

The big project for this year is to build more bookcases but every time I go to the shed to do this the wood keeps talking me out of it. So at least I have a set of bookends to go in the shelves when they are finally made.

**Jill** · 26th June 2006, 10:57 AM

Beautiful bookends, Bob! Sounds like you're going to have fun finding a space for them - unless you build a few more bookcases to hold them and the rest of the books?!

Cheers,

Jill

**Skew ChiDAMN!!** · 26th June 2006, 06:10 PM

Bookshelves? AAARGH! :eek:

This is how you tell when you have too many... when the only space left to put 'em is in your window frames!! (Who needs curtains?

)

**rhook** · 26th June 2006, 06:52 PM

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

Bookshelves?

I particularly like the way you use the hammer to stop the Orson Scott Card paperbacks from crawling away...

**BobL** · 26th June 2006, 08:13 PM

Originally Posted by rhook

I particularly like the way you use the hammer to stop the Orson Scott Card paperbacks from crawling away...

Nah, I think he uses the hammer to squeeze extra books on the shelves. But hey - you have heaps of room left, look at all the gaps above the books on each shelf.

**Skew ChiDAMN!!** · 26th June 2006, 08:37 PM

That's the penalty stick for unauthorised and overdue loans.

The only reason there's any space in there at all is... I've been told I'm not allowed to block out all the light.

Sides, the amount of books in my Tower of Pisa replicas would need a damned sight more than just a piddly 'ammer to squeeze into that li'l space. [sigh]

**RufflyRustic** · 27th June 2006, 09:52 AM

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

Bookshelves? AAARGH! :eek:

This is how you tell when you have too many... when the only space left to put 'em is in your window frames!! (Who needs curtains?

)

Great insulation idea though!

cheers
Wendy

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