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Thread: Old Hornibrook Bridge timber
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26th September 2011, 11:57 AM #1Senior Member
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Old Hornibrook Bridge timber
The Redcliffe Woodcraft Society was given a piece of IRONBARK girder from the demolished Hornibrook Bridge that was originally constructed in 1938 and at the time was the longest bridge in Australia and then became the longest pedestrian/recreational bridge in the world (as per Goggle). The request was that the council would like a bowl turned from it.....so after helping to take one slab from the girder section muggins me said OK "I will take a piece and see if I could tun something". I have never attempted to turn/cut anything so hard in all the time that I have been doing woodcraft. I spent more time sharpening then turning and my planned design was changed due to the hardness and faults that emerged......anyway the result of my effort ended up looking like a hat of the era, the rim embellishment is supposed to represent the changing tides and the fault lines the actual bridge.
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26th September 2011, 12:01 PM #2
They will love it
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26th September 2011, 12:15 PM #3SENIOR MEMBER
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thats a great looking peice kcam, i really like the rim embelishment.
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26th September 2011, 12:18 PM #4
I believe that you have done justice to the Bridge , the builders , and the timber.
It is an EXCELLENT piece of timber and workmanship.
Very well done
Jeff
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26th September 2011, 12:41 PM #5
Really like that one
...but together with the coffee civility flowed back into him
Patrick O'Brian, Treason's Harbour
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26th September 2011, 12:45 PM #6Old Fart (my step daughters named me)
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That will be a great piece to show off. It is well presented and I do love the feet.
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26th September 2011, 01:28 PM #7Senior Member
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Thanks all for your positive comments cheers kerry
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26th September 2011, 01:56 PM #8Skwair2rownd
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That is one excellent piece of wormanship!!
It's going to the right place also.
Love the piece of Ironbark too!
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26th September 2011, 02:23 PM #9Awaiting Email Confirmation
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I may have fished off that piece of timber.
I didn't do any good but you sure did.
Lovely work!!
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26th September 2011, 02:26 PM #10
I used to fish of there too, back when I was a kid.
I know they built a new bridge to replace it, and last time I was around there the old Hornibrook Bridge was still there, but you couldn't fish off it anymore - when did it get knocked down?
Very nice bowl and I love the detail.
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26th September 2011, 02:47 PM #11Senior Member
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Waldo, they have just finished removing the last of the piles, the two "decorative" pylons were retained at the ends and a short section each end is being refurbed for fishing etc. the new Ted Smout bridge duplicates the old concrete bridge and now there is 6 lanes plus a walk/bikeway with a fishing platform in the middle of the new bridge......Kerry
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26th September 2011, 02:49 PM #12
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26th September 2011, 02:53 PM #13Retired
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That bridge was good for fanging across on dark, stormy nights.
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26th September 2011, 04:26 PM #14
The rim embellishment looks great! And the rest too. Great job!
anne-maria.
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26th September 2011, 05:17 PM #15GOLD MEMBER
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Great looking bowl.
Well worth the battle.
Ted
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