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  1. 25th August 2011, 06:17 PM #61
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    Quote Originally Posted by jow104 View Post
    Very nice trial run!

    Look forward to viewing your next session.

    I note you are storing chisels, is this a good route? I assume the timber is seasoned to around 12% and if in a shed might even go higher? I found here in the UK some of my steel tools will go rusty enclosed as such.
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  3. 25th August 2011, 07:31 PM #62
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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodwould View Post
    If you leave it until the glue is dry, you'll be making it hard for yourself. What's "barley twist banding"?
    If you don't know I must have misspoken. I'll dig around and find the right term.


    EDIT. Oh I meant barber pole banding. I think I got as far as typing b. a. r....and my brain went on autopilot to the wrong destination
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    Quote Originally Posted by jow104 View Post
    I note you are storing chisels, is this a good route? I assume the timber is seasoned to around 12% and if in a shed might even go higher? I found here in the UK some of my steel tools will go rusty enclosed as such.
    I did a bit of digging around which confirms what I was thinking. Storing them in a sealed wooden box is actually be a good way to prevent rust. The wooden partitions in my box are unfinished and so when the box is closed, it will help draw down the humidity in the box. I can always add a satchel of silica gel to help it along. Remember that 12% is bound water, it is not going to come out of the timber unless the humidity drops and if the humidity drops then there is no problem because that's the direction we want to go anyway. Rust won't form with air relative humidity below 40% and is slow below 50%. Also keeping the dust away by enclosing the tools will also minimise rust.
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    My experience has been different. I had some carving chisels given me (unused) in a wooden pencil type box and they are in a terrible state. Whereas I have a set of plough plane blades in a tin tobacco tin, a cloth that was soaked with engine oil 40 years ago and they have no rust.

    Your synopsis sounds sound tho.
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    I started a new WIP on another 3 of these boxes


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    It looks like you're cornering the knife box market. What were your reasons for the timber choices?
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    I know you believe you understand what you think I wrote, but I'm not sure you realize that what you just read is not what I meant.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodwould View Post
    It looks like you're cornering the knife box market. What were your reasons for the timber choices?
    It's what I had on hand? Last of the hoop pine boards I have that aren't pretty enough for something else and I have 2/3 cubic metre of rose butternut to get through. It works beautifully.
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    Michael your attention to detail is superb, I wish that I had the discipline!
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    Thanks Kerry, but I think you are being too modest
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    wow! another 3 boxes What is butternut like to work with?
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    Quote Originally Posted by RufflyRustic View Post
    wow! another 3 boxes What is butternut like to work with?
    Butternut machines well and takes hand tools exceptionally well, but it can give some people a nasty allergic reaction. Not me fortunately. It looks a bit like pacific maple or qld maple. Some seems to have a bit of a wavy figure. I think if it was to be used solid I would be staining it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mic-d View Post
    I started a new WIP on another 3 of these boxes here.


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    Did something go wrong with my computer, or is the WIP on another site?

    Either way, you must have a lot of knives and forks!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Blue-deviled View Post
    Did something go wrong with my computer, or is the WIP on another site?

    Either way, you must have a lot of knives and forks!
    I put a link in post 65, did you miss it or isn't it working for you? It is more of the same so I didn't want to post all the WIP here. I think anyone really interested can subscribe to updates on my picasa site.

    We will keep one box for our cutlery (maybe two) and the others I will try and off load. Perhaps as Georgian remote control holders
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    Nearly to the stage of veneering, but I have to make some banding first.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mic-d View Post
    I put a link in post 65, did you miss it or isn't it working for you? It is more of the same so I didn't want to post all the WIP here. I think anyone really interested can subscribe to updates on my picasa site.

    We will keep one box for our cutlery (maybe two) and the others I will try and off load. Perhaps as Georgian remote control holders
    I was thrown by the other site! Keep up the photos of the new trinity
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