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Some woodwork at long last!

Postby Phil » 10 Dec 2017, 09:07

Some woodwork at long last! :D

A neighbour around the corner wanted a piece of Jelutong cut to size and the edges shaped.

This must more or less look similar to an existing piece where his wife displays animals. The new piece will be used for a couple of elephant ornaments.

The existing piece has an Ogee profile.

No problem says I confidently, just need a day or so to pack all the stuff away that I dumped when I brought the tools back from son’s house. (ok, so it took a couple of hours)

The Jelutong was roughly 400mm long and about 300mm wide and 20mm thick.

There was not one straight edge! :cry:

He had clearly marked off the final piece, so it was now a question of trimming off the edges as close to the lines as possible.

Fired up the table saw and then cut down one length as close to the line as possible, free hand.
Not too shabby.
I then fitted a fluting bit in the router and trimmed the edge till it was straight.

The Makita router in the table was making more strange noises than before, bushes packing up. Just pushed on regardless.

With one straight edge it was easy to trim off the other side on the saw.
The process was repeated for the 2 widths.

Now to Ogee. Fortunately I had bought a bit many years ago.

Note to self – remember it’s the finished face down.

The router was sounding sicker and sicker, and then there was a strange smell.
Ok, whip it out and screw in the Ryobi, fit the Ogee and we were away.

The Jelutong is quite soft so I could take 1.5mm bites.

Final board looked good, he will do the sanding and finishing. I will try get a pic once completed.

The only pics unfortunately are the two machines set up ready to go.

Table saw
TableSaw_SetUp.jpg
Table Saw set up
(36.02 KiB)


Router Table
Router_SetUp.jpg
Router table set up
(32.63 KiB)



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Re: Some woodwork at long last!

Postby Mike G » 10 Dec 2017, 09:56

I'm not familiar with jelutong, Phil. I presume this is a local wood?

Your workshop looks neat and tidy! Time to make some sawdust and shaving... :) Getting that first reference edge is a general principal of joinery, as you know. Hand tool guys would have planed that at the bench.
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Re: Some woodwork at long last!

Postby Rod » 10 Dec 2017, 12:41

I’ve got a simple sliding/clamping “jig” that holds the timber to cut a straight line on the TS.

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Re: Some woodwork at long last!

Postby chataigner » 10 Dec 2017, 13:54

Rod wrote:I’ve got a simple sliding/clamping “jig” that holds the timber to cut a straight line on the TS.

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I fix a reference straight edge to the workpiece and use that to follow the rip fence. Double sided tape for little things, screw to the back for bigger ones.
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Re: Some woodwork at long last!

Postby Doug » 10 Dec 2017, 14:23

Looks a well organised workshop Phil.

I find either a track saw or circular saw & straight edge to be the easiest way to straighten wavey edged planks
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Re: Some woodwork at long last!

Postby Phil » 10 Dec 2017, 16:00

Mike G wrote:I'm not familiar with jelutong, Phil. I presume this is a local wood?

Your workshop looks neat and tidy! Time to make some sawdust and shaving... :) Getting that first reference edge is a general principal of joinery, as you know. Hand tool guys would have planed that at the bench.


Mike, it is used by carvers, straight grain and quite 'soft'.

Origins in South East Asia.

http://www.wood-database.com/jelutong/

I have to keep the area quite tidy and clean as it leads directly into the scullery.
(the wifes part of the house :D )


{Edit - diction !!!!!!!!!!! :cry: :cry: :cry: )
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Re: Some woodwork at long last!

Postby Phil » 10 Dec 2017, 16:04

chataigner wrote:
Rod wrote:I’ve got a simple sliding/clamping “jig” that holds the timber to cut a straight line on the TS.

Rod


I fix a reference straight edge to the workpiece and use that to follow the rip fence. Double sided tape for little things, screw to the back for bigger ones.



I have a toggle clamp "jig" set up for doing this, but the piece was just too wide.
Will remember the double sided tape for future use. 8-)
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Re: Some woodwork at long last!

Postby Phil » 10 Dec 2017, 16:18

Doug wrote:Looks a well organised workshop Phil.



Thanks Doug.
See comment to Mike's post.

The area available to me is about 2m in the front of the cars, so layout was quite important.

Before we moved I had a scale drawing and the machines and work areas sizes and as the removal truck unloaded, each piece was assigned to its place.
It was a tight fit and a couple of mobile bases were constructed before we moved.


Doug wrote:
I find either a track saw or circular saw & straight edge to be the easiest way to straighten wavey edged planks


Unfortuntely I don't have a circuler saw.

BUT .........

I do have a RAS.
The heal and toe alignment still needs to be sorted out after a major service a 'few months ago'. :oops: :oops:
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Re: Some woodwork at long last!

Postby Phil » 12 Dec 2017, 06:27

[quote="Mike G"Getting that first reference edge is a general principal of joinery, as you know. Hand tool guys would have planed that at the bench.[/quote]

Hand tools? :o
Planed at the bench? :o

Not familiar with these concepts. :lol:

I could have planed it on the Elektra Beckum, but that would meant spending a couple of hours replacing the blades.
The one blade has a 1mm chip off the edge, and the blades are gunged up from the Pine that I thicknessed before moving.
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Re: Some woodwork at long last!

Postby Phil » 03 Jan 2018, 13:18

Here is a pic of the final product, in use.

The chap did the sanding and finishing, waiting to find out what was used for finishing.

There was a small sliver-chip on the top edge near a corner which seems to have been sanded and not that visible.

Jelutong_Eliphants.jpg
Jelutong base for Eliphant collection
(302.77 KiB)


There are 14 different elephants on the board.

The top right corner ‘multicoloured’ elephant is actually a candle. Made at a candle factory in Swaziland, Swazi Candles.

You can visit the workshop and watch candles being made.

The outer coloured layer is thin wax (millifiore veneer) which is then moulded around white wax. There is a good explanation on their website

http://www.swazicandles.com/

We have a frog and mushroom that we bought there about 25 years ago.

In the middle left is a clear glass elephant from Ngwenya Glass factory also in Swaziland.

https://ngwenyaglass.co.sz/

We have a similar one and then a large one also bought about 25 years ago.

When visiting the factory there is a viewing platform around the top and you look down at the furnaces and glass blowing.


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Re: Some woodwork at long last!

Postby Phil » 08 Jan 2018, 15:08

Final finish:-

Woodoc Weatherproof wax, 3 coats (it is what was available on their garage shelf)

https://www.woodoc.com/en/products/wood ... rproof-wax
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Re: Some woodwork at long last!

Postby TrimTheKing » 08 Jan 2018, 16:15

Very nice mate. I'm not an ornament person but they look good.

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Re: Some woodwork at long last!

Postby Phil » 09 Jan 2018, 07:11

TrimTheKing wrote:Very nice mate. I'm not an ornament person but they look good.

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We are very minimalistic when it comes to ornaments, pictures and furniture, the wife will explain very carefully about dusting and cleaning :o

There are some ornaments packed in the cupboard and these get rotated every couple of weeks.
Currently on display are some Birds of Knysna, 3 Penguins and 2 'other' birds.
https://www.birdsofafrica.co.za/index.php


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