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Thanks Ian and point taken. Right now I'd love to have a project underway that I could actually report on! If I do, I will be on the lookout for any competition in the form of major sporting...

Hi Derek - how reassuring to read your post and to know that I'm not the only one with such thoughts. Recently I tried to encourage discussion posting a build of mine to both try to help and...

School holidays have a habit of absorbing lots of quality woodworking time - but finally I have managed to make some progress and here is an up-to-the-minute update...

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Ready to...

The first activity of the day (after an early run in the bush with the family) was to cut the tenons for the seat and back. So here goes - hot off the press...

The bench as it is at this stage - a...

Hi Christos - thanks for the thought and I'm about to post this morning's work...

Cheers, Dave

Yes, it's true. I've just used my dado set to cut another 12 tenons - bit of time saved there!

She bought me the 24" Super Jig with vacuum recovery. A real snap to use and she even watched the...

Excellent question and thanks for asking... :oo:

Even though it's that nasty treated pine, I'm treating this as a bit of a dry run for a 'proper' piece built with 'proper' timber. Also - I quite...

For some time I have been wanting to make a useful storage space next to our pool – outside but under a balcony. A few pencil sketches, some time on Sketchup and a cutlist in Excel later and off I...

Thanks for your kind words - it's going to be fun and is a bit of a prototype for a bigger version in the next year or so, hence the cheap timber. You are correct - treated pine is far from the best...

If that works for you, perhaps you could put your mind to a way for me to sneak into my shed a 21" bandsaw, a spiral head thicknesser, a drum sander, the list continueth....

...not to mention that...

Hi Paul and thanks for your response and kind words.

I've been in contact with the timber supplier and they think 2mm will be adequate for this job, especially if it's oiled properly. I might...

Hi all,

I'm about to make an outdoor seat/storage unit for our pool. It will be outside and below a deck so will be subject to some light moisture but not in any driving rain. It isn't supposed to...

Many thanks for your response. I've done some more research and checked my shed and found an almost new can of Enseal Clear Timber preservative, left over from a job done by a builder to replace a...

Hi all,

I've just constructed a large bin tidy from H3 treated pine to be situated in our garden (2.6 w x 1.4 h x 1.4 d). This is my first external project (I usually make indoor furniture) and...

Hi all,

it's been quite some time since I've posted and happily, I'm back in the my beloved woodworking shed after producing 2 great little kids (I'm sure there's a better way to phrase that...)....

Hi mate - my first log in for many months (sometimes kids will have such effect...).

Nice sentiment of yours to want to document what can only have been a huge effort by your mate Ray. In answer...

Hi Ian - thanks for the compliment! Sadly for me, any reasonable result requires a *lot* of time - something not lost on my lovely wife. :-) I'm certainly going to make the 2nd insert and was...

Hello Alex,

you are generous with your advice and many thanks! I like the idea of using shellac as a pore filler - something didn't feel quite right with the notion of a sanding sealer before...

Quick follow-up for what it's worth.

I have done some reading/thinking on the sanding sealer and will do without. Hopefully if I get the burnishing procedure right any pores/fine cracks should...

Hi all,

I'm just competing a table for my little boy having just completed 2 chairs from NG Rosewood. The table is also from NGR but I've just competed a checkerboard top from Jarrah and Tas Oak...

Well, I had another look and there was minimal oil contamination of the mortise areas and so I got stuck into it with the Titebond and voila! - all is well and dandy.

Many thanks for your advice...

Hi Ian and thanks for your advice. I had read that somewhere but promptly forgot about it, right when the information was of use to me! Wiring!

Cheers,
David

Many thanks FP the 2nd. Yes, this lot has been a little over engineered and with luck, my young lad will appreciate the efforts his dad has gone to and pay some respect to his Rosewood chest of...

Hi all,

a quickie - I have some small frame and panel doors, oiled 2 days ago with Organoil Danish Oil prior to glue-up. When oiling, I was very careful to avoid areas around the mortises.
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No, it's PNG Rosewood. Mostly yellowish but much of it has beautiful red figure - rather like flames. One piece (used for the drawer front) has astonishing figure. I worked particularly carefully...

Thank you Greg. These accolades are causing my head to swell here! I'm glad I didn't post any close-ups...

As for the ARC, perhaps I'm just old fashioned - perhaps it's that I was brought up in...

Hehe - had I even bothered to look at your location I would have seen that you are in the *very* distant northern suburbs of Sydney (but sans daylight savings...).

:-)

Well, you are too kind - thank you and thank you folks!

As for your reference to local Artme - I'm always keen to know who is doing what in my area. I try to support the local Men's Shed - great...

Hi all,

When my lovely wife became pregnant, where many would lament the fading of life as they knew it (yes, I did end up selling a sports bike and sports car...), I saw opportunity and so there...

Follow-up...

Late yesterday I took the panels and returned them to the house where they had sat for months, perfectly flat prior to their oiling. Overnight they decided to become flat again and...

Many thanks Mr Enfield (I ride too - or did before building this monstrosity!).

The panels were sanded about 2 months ago and have been dead flat since then - so were beautifully climatised to...

No why hadn't I thought of that??!! :-)

Cheers and I hope little Eldridge is less work than his/her cot! He/she had better appreciate all that hard work and treat it with respect...

Hello all,

well, another question regarding my cot build underway! I have made 4 bookmatched panels from Aust. Red Cedar to fit into the back length of the cot. These are approx 240 x 480mm and...

Thank you all for your help. Building this cot has so far been a great learning curve, even though the staggering amount of sanding/work involved has sometimes been a little daunting. A bit left...

Hi DJ (I'm a DJ ~ "David John"...),

thanks very much for your kindly advice. I'm sure you're right but with my limited knowledge and resources, I found the orbital + 80 grain to be effective at...

Hi all,

after many dozens of hours working on our cot (baby is due Apr 4), finally I'm down to the fine sanding of each component before oiling (Organoil Danish Oil) and assembly.

Here is my...

Hi artme,

yes, I am very grateful for what I have and am certainly hopeful that I can make pieces worthy of it, including the cot under construction!

As for mentors - you are all mentors too...

Hi all and thanks for your contributions (and concern)!

This is all part of my learning no doubt and I'm falling more and more in love with wood, the more I learn about its character! However, as...

Hi all,

I was working through the cutlist for a cot I'm building yesterday and cut the rails and slats for the front section and left them in the shed. On returning to work on them today, I was...

Hi Zelk and John - thanks for your comments. It was really only a pretty simple project but I think I've learned a lot and it has been very satisfying.

The holes I carefully marked out and made...

Thank you kind Sir (I'm assuming "Sir" here!) :-)

I'm very happy so far and can't wait to get into the burnishing. Earlier, Ernie at Organoil said that the more heat from rubbing you can put...

Hello again good folks - and again, I'm thrilled by your encouragement and good advice! It really makes a difference.

I have gone with some beautiful Organoil Danish Oil and attached are pics of...

You are very encouraging and I appreciate it! It's truly amazing what one can do with a camera and 14 hours of Photoshop these days... :;

Cheers,
David

Hello good people,

as a relative newbie, I have attempted a (simple for you, complex for me) job building a little stool for my wife with angles everywhere, through wedged tenons etc. (See:...

Hi there SB,

many thanks for your reply. This approach sounds great but given my boards are around 24mm thick, unfinished - how would I go about resawing to this thickness without wasting a fair...

Hi good people,

as mentioned previously, I'm completing the design of a cot for our little one, due Apr. I've now decided to build the whole thing from my lovely pile of Aust Red Cedar (can I...

Hi jmk89,

well, a big thank you. I've just spoken to Kevin from the Kuring-gai Mens' Shed and will be meeting him in the coming week to have a chat about my project. He very kindly offered to...

Hi Dave,

many thanks for the words of encouragement! I think I'll need them. Well done on your hard work and I will remain inspired by your efforts!

With luck I'll find someone to help me...

Hi folks,

yours truly is embarking on an ambitious project to build a cot for our (fingers crossed) first child, due early April! Many are doubters and my lovely wife has even suggested that at...

Hello Mr/Ms Clear Out (another interesting name...),

the board was acclimatised equally on both sides so should be OK. I should have known better when I bought it (or driven home via Carbatec and...