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8th February 2014, 07:27 AM #1Senior Member
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Bent & twisted - warning - metalwork content
Came across a neat medieval bent-wood chest on the web and decided to try my hand at bending some wood for a scaled down version of the chest (8" long - 1/3 full size).
I had a bundle of 1.5mm mahogany veneer tucked away and thought that might be suitable, made up a former and Knocked up a steamer from a length of PVC pipe and a wallpaper stripper.
After an hour in the steamer the first strip was bent to the former with a strip of stainless sheet as backing, dried overnight then glued up off the former while still damp.
Second strip given the same treatment and then glued to the first. There is an overlap of three layers at the back to re-inforce the hinge side.
The bending went quite well but not as easily or as neatly as I had hoped, the use of a rasp & sandpaper soon ironed out the wrinkles
The metal-work was cut out with a piercing saw from 40thou steel sheet (mostly from a re-cycled projector casing - I never throw anything away, then oil blackened. The pins are escutcheon pins with the heads suitably 'distressed'. I ran out half way through so had to turn up a few on the lathe.
On the original the metal parts are held on with nails clenched over on the inside but I couldn't get this to work in the small size so the pins are rivetted over copper washers.
bentbox1a.jpgbentbox2.jpgbentbox3.jpg
Some images of the construction on my website here
Anyone seeing the latest weather news from this green & pleasant land will understand why my next project may be to build a big boat and start collecting pairs of animals.....
Web-footed MarkWhat you say & what people hear are not always the same thing.
http://www.remark.me.uk/
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8th February 2014, 08:19 AM #2Skwair2rownd
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Love it OBUK!!!
You certainly put some thought and effort into that!!. Cutting those metal
strips most have been damned tedious.
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8th February 2014, 09:34 AM #3
Impressive!
RegardsHugh
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8th February 2014, 10:02 AM #4
That is very impressive. Nice job.
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9th February 2014, 03:35 PM #5
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9th February 2014, 03:56 PM #6SENIOR MEMBER
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Nice work old biker. very nice.
i reckon it would make a pretty cool lunch box
Cheers
Frank
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10th February 2014, 08:27 PM #7
Great project Old Biker. Thanks for the details on the veneer bending. Very impressive.
And my head I'd be a scratchin'
While my thoughts were busy hatchin'
If I only had a brain.
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6th May 2014, 04:01 AM #8Novice
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7th May 2014, 09:28 PM #9
Very cool
I will NOT be showing my wife
Because then I would have to make an exact copy
So that's two two ups
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8th May 2014, 10:24 AM #10
Funny I was checking out your site for signs of life yesterday
Good to see your keeping your head above water ............can I send a bar of soap towel maybe
Really like the whole box very medieval Sue said I am safe from requiring to make one ATM 1 spinning wheel done one to go
OH will there be a WiP on the ARK
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11th May 2014, 02:30 PM #11GOLD MEMBER
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My knee-jerk, gut-reaction at first glance was the top quality of the metal work over the box. The pirate's treasure chest. And what a treasure it is.
Should I find the metal, would you care to outline the oil-blackening process?
Quite frankly, I need to build a pair of those.
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11th May 2014, 08:18 PM #12Senior Member
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Oil Blackening-
My method is pretty basic - get the metal red-hot & dunk in oil, reheat & burn off the oil, repeat a couple of times to get a depth of colour.
It doesn't seem to make a lot of difference, at least to my eyes, which oil. The box metalwork was done in lamp oil (probably whale oil from a distinctly Victorian tin that came from my Grandfather's shed) but I've had good results from cooking oil (ex. chip fryer) and old motor oil.
The process is a bit smelly & almost certainly a fire risk so common sense would indicate that it is probably best not carried out in a shop full of wood shavings.
The metal bits were de-oiled in the pile of wood dust under the bandsaw.
Once assembled on the box the whole thing was liberally coated with tinted beeswax polish (home made), left to dry off then finished with a shoe brush.
MarkWhat you say & what people hear are not always the same thing.
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